And at least the affair is with the avocado itself and not the color as it had been in the UK[1]... Of course now, an avocado bathroom will cost you 5-8000 pounds in resale value, so better spruce up the 70s chic before listing[2]. On the other hand, it apparently is making a retro comeback.

[1http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/interiors/bathroom/avocado

[2]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4282662/Avocado-bath...

Straddling the line of off topic

I'm sorry you got downvoted like that, but there are different flavors of offtopicness on HN and some of them are quite welcome. Whimsical tangents, particularly, that veer off in some unpredictable direction, can be quite good for intellectual curiosity, which is the main value of this site.

The kind of offtopic discussions we really want to avoid are the generic and predictable ones. This includes vapid comments and ideological/political flames.

Those following along in other countries should also know that, amongst younger people, an Avocado is a typical house warming gift to friends who have recently purchased a house. Which, when you stop and think about it makes even less sense that the original proposition.

They likely never had avocados before (which is how they could afford to buy a house).

> amongst younger people

> recently purchased a house

Doesn't match up.

You realize that a lot of people don't live in hyper-expensive cities and purchasing a house even in your early 20s is not a huge deal? Here in North East of UK you only need about 10k for a deposit for a new house, it's hardly impossible to save that much if you have a job. London, sure - it's almost impossible. But not everyone lives in London.

I was replying to a (tongue in cheek?) comment about young people, avocados culture, and Australian home ownership. The assumption was this was specifically referring to Sydney and Melbourne.

What would the original proposition be?

Here (Germany) it is a loaf of bread and some salt I think; is it the same?

Same in Poland - bread and salt.

I never understood the "smashed-avo" obsession but they're great in a vegemite and cheese toastie.

Avocado is a high fat fruit. So for vegans or people on low fat diets they're especially delicious.

And it's great if you're on a high fat diet, you can eat all the avocados you want! I hadn't even ever tried one before.

Where on earth are you from that you've never tried an avocado!?

lol, Canada. I've always seen them, but they just look gross peel on or off. Little did I know, they're delicious.

Yeah at least it's not the great lime shortage of 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/upshot/why-everyones-talk...

If you think those prices are bad, don't go to New Zealand.

I have no idea why, but limes are extortionately expensive in New Zealand, even for imported goods.

They're currently NZ$35 per kg (over US$10 per lb).

It's standard to get a slice of lemon in your Corona (which are also extortionately expensive in NZ)

Or grow them. They fruit twice a year as far as I can tell and they keep for ages. I planted a hedge of them and give away supermarket bags full regularly. Most things taste better with some lime juice. They require zero care and at the current 35+ degrees Celsius, are borderline a requirement for living.

One doesn't just "grow things" in New Zealand.

I dunno, our huge hedge of feijoa trees beg to differ.

I guess you got your license in order, eh citizen?

> Or grow them.

NZ prisons might be better than US's but that's not saying much.

Someone's going to have to explain the lime police to those of us how aren't New Zealanders and have no idea what's going on here.

Oh it's not a "lime police", NZ has nothing against limes specifically, there is no special treatment.

It's just gardens in general which are illegal (without a license, obviously) https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/2nem47/can_you_...

If limes (or anything else, like grass, or strawberries, or potatoes, or mint, ...) happen to grow on your property it's fine and you can collect them, but if you tend to them or there's evidence you planted them it's gardening, and the penalties can be steep.

And police don't look kindly on non-native tasty edibles[0] which "just happen" to grow on the properties of unlicensed owners, as often as not the owner is assumed at fault and fined (though of course the harshest penalties like prison require positive evidence of guilt).

[0] and NZ has very few native or pre-european plant edibles at all, let alone tasty ones: https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/plants-edible-native

  It's just gardens in general which are illegal

I'm afraid you've fallen for a hoax [1]. Gardening is a legal and popular pastime in New Zealand [2].

[1] http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/new-zealand-gardening-law-hoax [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-zealand-gardening-...

> I'm afraid you've fallen for a hoax

Whereas I'm reasonably convinced you're a joyless shitpail[0] who manages to "well, actually"[1] a joke.

[0] https://www.oglaf.com/roguearsenal/

[1] http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1116378-starter-packs

Good grief. Personal attacks will get you banned here. Really, please don't do that, regardless of how nitpicky another comment was or how annoyed you feel.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Is there some sort of water or soil restrictions that warrant the licensing requirement?

I know NZ can be resource limited for a couple of reasons, but I'm trying to imagine why growing things would present enough danger to warrant the law being involved.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-zealand-gardening-... ?

Don't believe that article people, it's the Huffington Post, everyone knows they're full of shite.

During the great lime shortage I continued to get a great deal on limes from 99 Ranch. The whole thing was a total joke.

The Chinese community has their own sub-market:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-fruits-and-veggies-are-so-c...

There are 99 ranch's in Australia?! I don't know why, but I love that. Even in the US, it's one of the best places to get produce.

I still remember my mum and grandparents talking and complaining about the absurd prices of bananas in... 2007?

A cyclone destroyed quite lot of banana plantations in Queensland, which caused banana prices to shoot up to $12/kg

I saw them recently at South Melbourne market for "$7.99 each", the most I've ever seen them. (AU$8 = US$6.46 each).

There's a growing interest in Nepal as well!