I don't know any jokes about running radishes. Please supply your own.

November 5, 2012 12:59 PM

"From the Department of Awesome Anthropomorphic Foodstuffs:" photos of a particularly delightful Daikon radish, brought to you by @Konsai_umemama, a farmer in Hyogo prefecture.
posted by ocherdraco (29 comments total)

This is legitimately one of the most delightful things I have seen in a long time.
posted by elizardbits at 1:02 PM on November 5, 2012 [8 favorites]

"I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I'M GETTING THE HECK OUTTA HERE!"
posted by Devils Rancher at 1:07 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Daikon't believe my eyes!!!
posted by boo_radley at 1:10 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

Still doesn't beat the radish on the elevator in 'Spirited Away".
posted by hwestiii at 1:14 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

That there's a prime candidate for googly eyes.
posted by JHarris at 1:17 PM on November 5, 2012 [4 favorites]

...said radish
posted by hwestiii at 1:21 PM on November 5, 2012

Ain't gonna lie: when I saw 'lil Redish trying to escape the knife, I got a bit verklempt.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 1:23 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

And here I was thinking that it would just be shaped like a dong. EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED!
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 1:24 PM on November 5, 2012 [10 favorites]

JHarris, you might enjoy VandalEyes.
posted by ocherdraco at 1:24 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

This news item must be a welcomed one for Hyogo prefecture, which is in the spotlight for a series of grisly murders and corpse-concealment incidents allegedly perpetrated by a 64-year-old woman on her family and in-laws in the town of Amagasaki.
posted by Gordion Knott at 1:35 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

"Is your radish running?"
"What?"
"Well, you better go catch it then!"

(Yeah, I got nothing.)
posted by McCoy Pauley at 1:43 PM on November 5, 2012

If only it had a tutu - it's executing a nearly perfect grand jete!
posted by ChuraChura at 1:46 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

My favorite is the radish walking/running the Shiba Inu. That reminds me, aren't we due for a new Puppy Cam?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 1:58 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

THAT IS DELIGHTFUL YOU WERE RIGHT!
posted by Mister_A at 2:01 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

If this had happened in the US, we'd have endless CNN reports about an apparition of the Virgin Mary's fat ass.
posted by R. Schlock at 2:23 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

I am so sad I didn't have the opportunity to dress as this radish for halloween.
posted by elizardbits at 2:31 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Me: "So is it true you don't eat meat?"

Vegetarian: "Yes, I think it's cruel and inhumane to eat other living things."

Me: "But wait, plants are living things too."

Vegetarian: "Yes, and that's why I only eat radishes."

Me: "But... why radishes?"

Vegetarian: "Because I absolutely hate radishes."
posted by pharaohmagnetic at 2:40 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

That radish should put on some clothes already.
posted by scratch at 3:26 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Rad!
posted by infini at 4:08 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

...ish.

Also, this makes me think of Cactuars from Final Fantasy. All it needs is the little face.
posted by wanderingmind at 4:39 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

That radish ain't running, it's doing a root march.
posted by Devonian at 5:16 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

In Sarajevo I purchased a horse-radish root shaped like a very large humanmale organ. it was fun acting like I totally did not notice the resemblence. I am sure the large hairy Četnik I bought it from embarrassed many less timid souls with that plant part.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 5:49 PM on November 5, 2012

First the eye leeches, and now anthropomorphic food? This place is quickly turning into my own personal NightmareFilter. Cover me in snakes, just keep the dancing cookies far, far away.
posted by Room 641-A at 6:00 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

Room 641-A, are you talking about the gingerbread men? With their cold frosting eyes, their razor-sharp icing teeth, and their irresistable samba dancing?

Yeah, they're pretty terrifying.
posted by Ghidorah at 6:27 PM on November 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

Brings back pleasant memories of Dokonjo Daikon (in whose honor I made this).
posted by moonmilk at 8:52 PM on November 5, 2012

Tumblr links one, two brought to you today by Baader-Meinhof & Co.
posted by Valued Customer at 9:22 PM on November 5, 2012

Did someone say googly eyes?
posted by kagredon at 10:02 PM on November 5, 2012

This post gives me the humorous vegetables!


“DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ROOT VEGETABLES. WHAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE."
-Death
posted by BlueHorse at 10:08 PM on November 5, 2012

Room 641-A, are you talking about the gingerbread men? With their cold frosting eyes, their razor-sharp icing teeth, and their irresistable samba dancing?

Very funny. Well, the joke's on you, because I'm not going to sleep anymore.
posted by Room 641-A at 10:49 PM on November 5, 2012 [1 favorite]