Shocked Aldi shopper finds VERY rude-looking fruit in his weekly shop
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What a pear! Shocked Aldi shopper finds VERY rude fruit in his weekly shop after hot summer fills supermarket shelves with shaky produce
- Johnny O’Connell, 43, burst out laughing when he discovered the large fruit
- Dad of two had been trying to lose weight so bought a bag of Conference pears
- Worker now happily scours supermarkets for other naughty fruits and veggies
- ***Have you seen strangely shaped vegetables on store shelves? Email photos to isabella.nikolic@mailonline.co.uk OR tips@mailonline.co.uk***
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An Aldi shopper was shocked when he found a very rude pear in his weekly shop.
Johnny O’Connell, 43, burst out laughing when he discovered the seven-inch fruit that bears a striking resemblance to male genitalia.
The father of two, from Morpeth, Northumberland, said his wife had told him to lose some weight, so he bought a £1.49 bag of Conference pears on Wednesday to snack on.
He said, “I’d snapped to buy a few things and brought them home and was unpacking when I felt like a snack.
“My wife talks about losing a few pounds, so I tore open the bag of pears and let this pear-shaped pear tumble out.
Johnny O’Connell, 43, burst out laughing when he discovered the 7-inch fruit that bears a striking resemblance to male genitalia
“My eyes almost popped out of my head. My wife just started laughing.
‘I told her I never eat that.
“Like a laugh, I posted pictures of it on my social media and my friends thought it was hilarious.
“I’ve had a lot of comments, including some very rude ones, but I like to think I’ve given people something to laugh about.
“I’m definitely not going to look at pears the same way again.”
It comes as farmers saw their crops devastated by the extreme heat waves that ripped through Britain in August.
The poor harvest led large supermarket chains to sell stunted and ‘shaky’ fruit.
The father of two, from Morpeth, Northumberland, said his wife had told him to lose some weight so bought a £1.49 bag of Conference pears on Wednesday to snack on
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has led a campaign to get supermarkets to accept more “sleazy” vegetables that they say “may not look normal, but will taste the same.”
Tom Bradshaw, vice president of the NFU, told The Telegraph: “There is nothing that is not affected when grown on a field that is not irrigated.”
He added: ‘Consumers need to have a little more flexibility, because potatoes might be a little smaller, onions might be a little smaller.
“And that’s still the case for anyone who just has to work together a little to accept that it hasn’t been a perfect time.”
The worker now likes to look for other ‘naughty’ fruits and vegetables while shopping.
He added: ‘It’s definitely perked up to go to the weekly shop.
“Besides the old squeeze test, I’ll see if it looks rude and if it does, it goes in the basket.
“I was a big fan of That’s Life in the ’80s when they showed raw vegetables and I would love to find as many naughty fruits and vegetables as I can.”