Leaf growing from cucumber

Japanese television reports that a cucumber was found with a leaf growing from it. Link

[#1 posted by LogrusZed, June 17, 2008 12:01 PM]

Didn't they also report that a cat gave birth to a litter of dogs?

[#2 posted by LogrusZed, June 17, 2008 12:01 PM]

Didn't they also report that a cat gave birth to a litter of dogs?

[#3 posted by technogeek, June 17, 2008 12:02 PM]

Only impressive if it was a plastic cucumber, I think...

[#4 posted by Jake0748, June 17, 2008 12:19 PM]

I've seen a few 'shops in my time and I can tell by the pixels.

[#5 posted by Tenn, June 17, 2008 12:26 PM]

Paging small briny pickle, paging small briny pickle. Takuan?

[#6 posted by GrumpySteen, June 17, 2008 12:29 PM]

1. Poke hole in cucumber and a leaf stem in
2. ????
3. Profit!

[#7 posted by Takuan, June 17, 2008 12:34 PM]

"even the best regulated families have accidents"

[#8 posted by curtismayfield, June 17, 2008 12:41 PM]

...and?

[#9 posted by Takuan, June 17, 2008 12:43 PM]

We do not Talk About young Hector.

[#10 posted by Dead Robot, June 17, 2008 1:00 PM]

...Film at 11.

[#11 posted by Freddy de la Cruz, June 17, 2008 1:05 PM]

Mmm, God must have created it expressly for our benefit. Plase call Kirk Cameron.

[#12 posted by Robert, June 17, 2008 1:09 PM]

Wasn't this one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

[#13 posted by neverland0, June 17, 2008 1:10 PM]

haha, watch the video, this is the least interesting interesting thing I have ever seen

[#14 posted by allan, June 17, 2008 1:11 PM]

egad! mission mission has been trying to solve a different cucumber mystery for months now! please help:
http://missionmission.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/cucumber-mystery-still-unsolved/

[#15 posted by p3n3nc3, June 17, 2008 1:21 PM]

Agree w/ #8 --

...and...??

[#16 posted by atteSmythe, June 17, 2008 2:02 PM]

That doesn't even look like a cucumber leaf.

[#17 posted by Jack, June 17, 2008 2:50 PM]

Get ready for the rapture, folks!

[#18 posted by noen, June 17, 2008 3:04 PM]

Gently but firmly grasp the tip and.... oh wait, you mean this isn't sex ed?

[#19 posted by rapemyskull, June 17, 2008 4:34 PM]

what an abomination. that cucumber is different from all the other normal cucumbers. i feel it should be excommunicated from the garden immediately, if not burned at the stake.

ask any vegetable.

[#20 posted by adonai, June 17, 2008 4:36 PM]

This is why you shouldn't have sex with trees...you never know where they've been.

[#21 posted by Takuan, June 17, 2008 4:41 PM]

(Cheesey, Cheesey)
(This is a song about vegetables, they keep ya regular
They're real good for yo)

Call any vegetable Call it by name
Call one today When you get off the train
Call any vegetable And the chances are good
Aw, The vegetable will respond to you

(Some people don't go for prunes...I
don't know, I've always found that if they...)
Call any vegetable Pick up your phone
Think of a vegetable Lonely at home
Call any vegetable And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you

Rutabaga, Rutabaga,
Rutabaga, Rutabaga,
Rutabay-y-y-y...

(A prune isn't really a vegetable...
CABBAGE is a vegetable...)

No one will know
If you don't want to let them know
No one will know
'Less it's you that might tell them so
Call and they'll come to you
Covered with dew
Vegetables dream, Of responding to you

Standing there shiny and proud by your side
Holding your hand while the neighbors decide
Why is a vegetable something to hide?

[#22 posted by ndollak, June 17, 2008 5:12 PM]

Cool, weird... probably fake. I don't know what a cucumber leaf looks like, so I can't tell how well it was faked if it's not genuine. However, it's not impossible. If a transcription factor in the cuke's DNA misfires at the right time and place, it could cause a leaf to grow where one normally does not.

If it's real, it's still safe to eat (the cucumber part, that is). However, if the cuke's owner feels nervous about it or exceptionally proud of it, I recommend pickling in very strong vinegar.

[#23 posted by minTphresh, June 17, 2008 8:44 PM]

put a condom on that thing before it goes off and somebody loses an eye!

[#24 posted by Mink, June 18, 2008 7:06 AM]

Clearly, a fig leaf.

[#25 posted by TheFool, June 18, 2008 12:09 PM]

All Life Is Experimental.