Breaking April 1, 2005 News!
Genetic engineers have made a dramatic breakthrough and Fiery-Foods get the opportunity to test the ‘Chilmato 7-3’.
Read the Chilmato details
Almost believable, almost. I think the dead give away was Dr. Jean Splicer. Funny nontheless.

2 responses to “Chile-Tomato Hybrid Released”
I got excited for a second…sounded cool.
You’re not going to believe this, but I think this joke actually has its seeds, so to speak, in an old posting from the usenet that I STARTED MORE THAN 3 YEARS AGO! Here’s the link:
http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=92992
There’s just too much similarity… I had proposed using the striped cavern… looks like someone took it one step further I’d say!