Even at the atomic level, things can go pear shaped

Pete Zicato • May 9, 2013 9:48 am
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/09/pear_shaped_exotic_nuclei/
infinite monkey • May 9, 2013 11:23 am
I was a standard model before I went pear-shaped too.
Lamplighter • May 9, 2013 4:15 pm
... but Asian pears are not.