30 September 2003Life In Samoa
Falling Coconuts

There's one thing in Samoa that I will not miss and that is the coconuts that fall from the tree next to my house and land on my tin roof sounding like a massive bomb or something. It never fails to startle me. It's just so strange.

I'll be sitting at home, like now for instance. It's quiet and peaceful. The only thing I can hear is the pleasant whir of the fan and my fingers blazing acorss the keyboard and then, all of a sudden, out of nowhere KABOOOOOM!. It's sounds like WWIII has started over my fale. It's very unpleasant.

Posted by andrew at September 30, 2003 04:30 PM


Comments

Dee Says:

did you know that the major cause of death in the Maldives are falling coconuts?

watch out! ;)

September 30, 2003 05:07 PM
Andrew Writes:

I know it's a major cause of death in many places. What's worse is a durian. Ever seen one of those?

Andrew

September 30, 2003 05:11 PM
Dee Says:

of course, it is my national fruit! never heard of anyone getting killed by one though...at least not falling. perhaps by asphyxiation in the back of a Malaysian taxi with a trunk full of the noxious fruit.

September 30, 2003 05:17 PM
Jim Gregory Says:

I have been in the back of a truck driving through the coconut plantation near Mulifuna, when a coconut fell and landed in the middle of us!

March 20, 2005 07:38 AM
Andrew Writes:

You're dam lucky no one got hurt.

April 1, 2005 02:08 PM




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