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Imagine a very large onion that has gone a little rotten. Now imagine that a sex-crazed monkey has made love to this rotten onion. Durian is precisely like that... but in a good way. | Imagine a very large onion that has gone a little rotten. Now imagine that a sex-crazed monkey has made love to this rotten onion. Durian is precisely like that... but in a good way. | ||
My wife doesn't agree. She says that it is like kissing me early in the morning before I have cleaned my teeth. Like the smell of this kiss but with extra sugar. | My wife doesn't agree. She says that it is like kissing me early in the morning before I have cleaned my teeth. Like the smell of this kiss but with extra sugar. | ||
Curiously, after that first taste of durian, the taste and the horrid aroma become inexplicably compelling — like the stench of the sweaty panties of the | Curiously, after that first taste of durian, the taste and the horrid aroma become inexplicably compelling — like the stench of the sweaty panties of the Brazilian women's volleyball team.) | ||
''Nordvinden ok Solen på SamSka'' | |||
''Nordvinden ok Solen bestred om hvem var sterkere, då kåm en reisende förbi som klädde sig i en varm kappe. De stemmde at den som först kunne vålde reisenden at tage af sin kappe skulle anses sterkere enn den andre. Då blåsede Nordvinden så hardt som han kunne, men jo mer han blåsede, desto tettere reisenden hyljede kappen omkring sig; ok til sidst uppgav Nordvinden forsöket. Då skinede Solen varmt, ok straks tog reisenden af kappen. Så måtte Nordvinden erkenne at var Solen den sterkere af dem.'' | |||
(The North Wind and The Sun were arguing about who was stronger, when along came a traveler who was wearing a warm cloak. They agreed that the first who could make the traveler take off his cloak should be considered stronger than the other. Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew, the tighter the traveler wrapped the cloak around himself; and eventually the North Wind gave up the attempt. The the Sun shone warmly, and immediately the traveler took off the cloak. So the North Wind had to acknowledge that the Sun was the stronger of the two.) | |||
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