…between myself and the vegan IT guy at work:
Me: Morning, David!
David: Morning!
Me: So, you took a break from bananas and are now eating what appears to be the world’s largest strawberry.
David: It’s not a berry. It’s a pluot.
Me: A what?
David: It’s a pluot. Funny name, but it’s a cross between an apricot and a plum.
Me: Well that’s a dumb combination name. Aprilum would have worked better. Or maybe not. They shouldn’t have combined those two fruits. There’s not an adequate combination name.
David: Yeah, dumb name. But it’s good.
Me: Pluot sounds medical.
David: How’s that?
Me: You know, as in “Damn, would you look at the size of the pluot I just removed from that patient’s back!”
September 26, 2007 at 11:12 am
You’re not right in the head – you know that, don’t you?
That being said – I agree with you. Aprilum would have been MUCH better.
September 26, 2007 at 11:42 am
Definitely a dumb name, but it sounds delicious!
September 26, 2007 at 11:43 am
I agree. Pluot conjures up images of warbles and abcesses.
September 26, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Good one. Let’s see him eat that thing now. Every time you see him eating one, walk past, holding your back in mock pain.
Aprilum. Now, that could have been a full marketing campaign sung to the tune of an old Pat Boone song, April Love. If you know the song, it fits perfectly. “April – um is for the very young…”
September 26, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Always hated that name.
I like “plot.” Think of the marketing campaign: You’re a zombie on the go. No time for brains. Try Plot!
September 26, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Guess I won’t be eating one of those bastards any time soon.
September 27, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Sounds slightly less painful than a rambutan or a mangosteen!
September 28, 2007 at 7:20 am
I don’t think plap would work either.
September 28, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Ick- you gave me a mental image that I need to replace. STAT.
September 29, 2007 at 7:08 am
Hmmm. Maybe just not enough representative letters to convey the blend… plumricot? Plumicot…nah, sounds too much like plumbicon…but only to video nerds like me, maybe.
Applum? I would think it was a cross between an apple and a plum.
Aprilum is definitely better than pluot.