So I just learned that tomato is actually a fruit.

[Mr Pickles]

Not kidding. Not kidding. The cheesecake thread enlightened me, but that's because someone else didn't know either! So I'm not alone on this one! I had to Wiki a tomato in order to find out.

How many of you (and you know there are people this time!) thought a tomato was a veggie!?!? Speak up!

 

[Juno]

corn is a vegetable.

 

[Jeff7]

Did you know that goose down is really feathers from a young goose? Or that radio waves are a kind of light? Or that paper is made from wood?

This knowledge, and much much more, can be yours for the low price of 3 easy installments of $19.95 plus $9.95 shipping, for my new book "The Origins of Common Items."

 

[Jeeebus]

Tomatoes are red.

Steak is red.

Tomatoes are thus beef.

/END

 

[Joemonkey]

A tomato is by definition a fruit, but the supreme court ruled it to be a vegetable for tax reasons.

 

[buck]

3rd grade ftw!

 

[ForumMaster]

ok that's just sad.

 

[legoman666]

Rule #1 of parodies: You can't parody yourself. That just doesn't make sense sir.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
A tomato is by definition a fruit, but the supreme court ruled it to be a vegetable for tax reasons.

And as such, Ronald Reagan ruled that ketchup was a vegetable for school lunch purposes...

 

[paulxcook]

Your legacy just keeps growing.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
Tomatoes are red.

Steak is red.

Tomatoes are thus beef.

/END

My tongue is steak!

/me eats his own tonque

 

[loup garou]

I don't understand people who revel in their own ignorance. Have some self-respect.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: legoman666
Rule #1 of parodies: You can't parody yourself. That just doesn't make sense sir.

This really isn't a parody, because I'm really not kidding. I blame my grandpa, Grandpa Lee, that had a big garden. Half of it was for the veggies and half of it was for the fruits. The tomato stalks were in the back of the veggie area.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: loup garou
I don't understand people who revel in their own ignorance. Have some self-respect.

"Dating your ex, Fry? Have you lost all self-respect?"

"All what?"

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: Mr Pickles

Originally posted by: legoman666
Rule #1 of parodies: You can't parody yourself. That just doesn't make sense sir.

This really isn't a parody, because I'm really not kidding. I blame my grandpa, Grandpa Lee, that had a big garden. Half of it was for the veggies and half of it was for the fruits. The tomato stalks were in the back of the veggie area.

did you skip 3rd grade or something?

 

[HannibalX]

More specifically the tomato is a berry.

 

[ElFenix]

if it is used to spread new plants it is a fruit.

 

[mugs]

Fruit is a botanical term, vegetable is not. Tomatoes are both.

 

[Dirigible]

I'm too subtle with my sarcasm. Fixed in my later post in the cheesecake thread. People still probably won't get it.

 

[Deeko]

Actually it can be both depending on which definition you use.

 

[herm0016]

green beans are fruit too... i bet that blows your mind!

 

[40Hands]

If it has seeds, it's a fruit.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: 40Hands
If it has seeds, it's a fruit.

Sesame bagels are fruits? now I'm really confused

And Nathan Lane doesn't have any seeds.

 

[biggestmuff]

Thanks for the update. Be sure and start a thread every time you learn a piece of 3rd grade common knowledge for the rest of the day.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Thanks for the update. Be sure and start a thread every time you learn a piece of 3rd grade common knowledge for the rest of the day.

Why did everyone pick 3rd grade? Did nothing important go on before or after that in grade school?