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Mandarin Dynamite!

March 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Film, Food, Journal, Science

LorangeI was at the Whole Foods yesterday and they had something called a “Meyer’s Lemon” in the produce section, which looked like a lemon only much orangerer, and a helpful sign explained that it is indeed a cross between a lemon and an orange, developed in China.

My question: if you create a cross between a lemon and an orange, why on earth wouldn’t you call it a “lorange”?

Because then you could totally feed it to a liger.

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  • Aaron

    And it would make a dandy shampoo scent from L’Oreal…

  • Ocelopotamus

    In fact, they could make a shampoo for ligers! They could call it L’Orange for L’Igers by L’Oreal! Here, kitty, time for your groomies …