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I grew a few different courgettes and squash this year, and whilst your standard "run-of-the-mill" courgette has quite nasty spikes on the stems etc, I think I've found the most vicious (in my humble experience).
Lebanese.
The spikes on the stems are just nasty - scratching up your hands as you search for the fruit. Then, when you get the fruit that too has spikes. These ones stick in your fingers (I've got delecate office worker hands), and then when the spikes break off they leave a sticky residue on the actual courgette.
They taste really nice though, so I may just grow them again and harvest them with elbow length gloves on.
I harvested the last two last night for dinner.
Vicious I tell you.
Lebanese.
The spikes on the stems are just nasty - scratching up your hands as you search for the fruit. Then, when you get the fruit that too has spikes. These ones stick in your fingers (I've got delecate office worker hands), and then when the spikes break off they leave a sticky residue on the actual courgette.
They taste really nice though, so I may just grow them again and harvest them with elbow length gloves on.
I harvested the last two last night for dinner.
Vicious I tell you.
And hardly any of them rotted at the flower end either, bonus!
I found this out after having 30plus plants on the go;I noe have to were kevlar armgusrds and gloves when picking my squashes 
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