I should really clean my car.

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 04/14/2019 at 11:38 • Filed to: PATINA

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Bonus Jacarandas (hint: never park under):

fhrblig > Spanfeller is a twat 04/14/2019 at 12:06

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Why, is it like the manchineel tree that can kill you 900 ways?

Spanfeller is a twat > fhrblig 04/14/2019 at 12:12

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Well, Jacarandas sweat a sort of blackstrap that  can really fuck up a car’s paint

fhrblig > Spanfeller is a twat 04/14/2019 at 12:20

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Gotcha.

The manchineel makes me laugh because it’s cartoonishly deadly. It’s not enough for the fruit to be poisonous, no. The sap is corrosive, standing under it in a rainstorm can burn your skin, and the smoke from burning the wood will blind you.

Spanfeller is a twat > fhrblig 04/14/2019 at 12:24

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Not as deadly, thankfully. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig 04/14/2019 at 17:41

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I know those trees as manzanilla, but regardless they’re no joke. We encountered them in Curacao, where despite having been warned about them by the Dutch Marine C orps some of our recon operators set up a hide si te in one. All of those guys went to the hospital within hours, and the guy who rubbed his eyes got flown home. It was  the only time I experienced a recon team being taken down by the local flora.  

fhrblig > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/14/2019 at 18:33

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I saw a YouTube video of some guy who shot a video of himself being rushed to a hospital after eating one. Who the hell just  eats random fruit you find in a place you’ve never been before?

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > fhrblig 04/14/2019 at 18:47

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Just touching the bark or leaves will cause blistering.  I can’t imagine what eating the fruit would do.