…when I told her there is such a fruit known as the Marula, that comes from Africa.

She has no reason to, in her opinion, because she remembers the time a few years ago when I returned from a deep-sea fishing trip in Portugal (I was stationed there) and I had fabricated a hilarious story to our good friend Paul Symonds about a supposed indigenous species of fish found only in Portugal — known as plotkyfish. The guy bought it hook, line and sinker (sorry, Paully) and my mom doesn’t want to be in the same boat.

Well Mom, relax. The marula fruit is REAL.

Photo evidence:

Hilarious video evidence times deux (taken from Jamie Uys’ film Animals are Beautiful People) exists here and here.

Love you, Mom. :)