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Piercing has gone way too mainstream

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Shannon Larratt

I mean, even oranges are getting their navels pierced these days. I’m pretty sure that this orange isn’t 18 yet, so now I know where to get pierced in Edmonton if I’m underage — by Aaron Brink at Eye of the Lotus. Well, at least if I’m an underage orange… I doubt it applies to humans.

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67 responses to “Piercing has gone way too mainstream”

  1. violentjayne24 Avatar
    violentjayne24

    damn why dont i ever find moded oranges at my supermarket !?

  2. jordyn Avatar
    jordyn

    Ive definatly seen Bananas made to look like PAs

  3. Zena Avatar
    Zena

    #30, Mr. O, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I think this orange is gorgeous just the way it is you have no right to insult a fruit just because it’s not a stick and doesn’t conform to your idea of beauty!!

  4. Tohnia Avatar
    Tohnia

    I can dig it. A navel piercing on a Navel Orange!

  5. Smash Avatar
    Smash

    thats one fat naval

  6. xander Avatar
    xander

    almost an out-y

  7. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    That’s a great example of a perfect APPLEication of a navel barbell.

  8. Campbell Avatar
    Campbell

    Actually, Chaq, I think you’ll find that it’s a BANANAbell. 🙂

  9. FlaSH Avatar
    FlaSH

    i have the same foto)haha with cherry

  10. chemically_lobotomized Avatar
    chemically_lobotomized

    [email protected]#22

    There’s a reason we can’t see the big hole in the back of the orange (think american pie).

  11. Nikki Avatar
    Nikki

    That damn orange has a better looking navel than I do. D:

  12. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    That’s one sexy orange =)

  13. Troy Avatar
    Troy

    you should make a body out of fruit and pierce all the diferent body parts

  14. melsgam Avatar
    melsgam

    fat navels need love too!

    i’d love to put that in my mouth 😉

  15. dark_gothik Avatar
    dark_gothik

    that kind of orange is callaed a naval orange

  16. Sans Ailes Avatar
    Sans Ailes

    DUDE! Thats not cool. I did that over two years ago for an art project. I even had a whole little story about how the other citrus fruits(including a can of tangerine wedges) shunned him because he was different. T_T

  17. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    I knew a guy who used to pierced raw pork loin for practice. It was kind of disturbing. I think this is cute.

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