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Posted: 18 Apr 2010 | 6:00 am

This one looks to be borne out of the recent Bangkok 'red shirt' demonstrations and refers to Thai army soldiers whose standard issue green uniform are only an exterior front for their 'inner selves' who are perhaps secretly supporting the anti-Government demonstrators. The term has launched the current events joke about 'what's green on the outside and very red inside.'

Historically watermelons have taken a non-partisan side in the world's political sound stage.

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What about the less seen variety of water melon that is yellow on the inside?

Bill Barnett responds:
Yes those are out there as well we understand.

Winston Smith, 18 Apr 2010 | 11:34 pm

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