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adidasss 05-22-2008 02:32 PM

Freaky math trick
 


Lol?

right-track 05-22-2008 02:37 PM

Not really...just ask the nearest person to think of a vegatable without doing the maths.

Farfisa 05-22-2008 07:37 PM

I was actually thinking tomato....does that mean there is something wrong with me?

NSW 05-22-2008 07:38 PM

I was thinking of a cucumber....hmm...

ProggyMan 05-22-2008 09:03 PM

That's not a vegetable...

Farfisa 05-22-2008 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProggyMan (Post 483123)
That's not a vegetable...

It can actually be considered either really.

ProggyMan 05-22-2008 09:08 PM

No, it has seeds. Hence it's not a vegetable.

Farfisa 05-22-2008 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProggyMan (Post 483126)
No, it has seeds. Hence it's not a vegetable.


"Botanically, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant: therefore it is a fruit or, more precisely, a berry. However, the tomato is not as sweet as those foodstuffs usually called fruits and, from a culinary standpoint, it is typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, as are vegetables, rather than at dessert, as are fruits. As noted above, the term "vegetable" has no botanical meaning and is purely a culinary term.

This argument has had legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws that imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled the controversy in 1893 by declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, based on the popular definition that classifies vegetables by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert (Nix v. Hedden (149 U.S. 304)). The holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes other than paying a tax under a tariff act."

ProggyMan 05-22-2008 09:14 PM

Lol, do you garden?

Farfisa 05-22-2008 09:16 PM

Want me to mail you some of my delicious tomatos?

ProggyMan 05-22-2008 09:18 PM

Nah, I got my own. My family's big on that kinda' stuff.

jackhammer 05-23-2008 01:51 PM

I went for tomato too.

Laces Out Dan! 05-23-2008 02:43 PM

I said Zuchini...

adidasss 05-23-2008 02:43 PM

You're all freaks. >.>

right-track 05-23-2008 05:22 PM

^Cabbage.

Just so you feel better...I said Carrot and so did the missus.

adidasss 05-23-2008 06:05 PM

:)

jackhammer 05-23-2008 06:25 PM

I think if you thought Carrot it means predictable and boring? ;)

Scott-they are called Courgettes!

right-track 05-23-2008 06:29 PM

^ Vegatable.

A tomato isn't a vegetable.

Carrots are artificially orange...now that's interesting!

Laces Out Dan! 05-24-2008 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 483385)
I think if you thought Carrot it means predictable and boring? ;)

Scott-they are called Courgettes!

What the hell is a courgette?

jackhammer 05-24-2008 04:11 AM

Courgette=Zucchini.

A tomato is a fruit but used as a vegetable.

Oranges are not strictly Orange either, the same as carrots. The colour has changed over many years.

right-track 05-24-2008 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 483526)
A tomato is a fruit but used as a vegetable.

A marrow can be used as a sex toy...but it doesn't make it one.

pheurton 05-24-2008 09:03 AM

rutabaga for me

o_0

jackhammer 05-24-2008 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 483534)
A marrow can be used as a sex toy...but it doesn't make it one.

Too much information here! ;)

tkpb938 05-24-2008 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships (Post 483071)
I was actually thinking tomato....does that mean there is something wrong with me?

Yes, you are terminally ill.

Dr_Rez 05-24-2008 09:53 PM

Thats odd.

Worked on me though.

Gates_of_Iscariot 05-26-2008 06:08 PM

i said potato

Far Beyond Driven 05-26-2008 06:59 PM

i thought of a big mac...i'm goin to mcdonalds.

ProggyMan 05-26-2008 07:04 PM

You seen Supersize Me? *shudders*

Dr_Rez 05-26-2008 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProggyMan (Post 484443)
You seen Supersize Me? *shudders*

They still make a good hamburger, healthy or not.

WWWP 05-27-2008 09:48 AM

The first thing that came to mind was a cucumber, but I realized it wasn't a vegetable so I switched to zuchini but I couldn't figure out how to say it out loud... So I said carrot.
Weird.

ProggyMan 05-27-2008 10:41 PM

Zuchini's aren't vegetables either...:rofl:

WWWP 05-27-2008 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProggyMan (Post 484938)
Zuchini's aren't vegetables either...:rofl:

Oh YEAH? Well... ya know WAT??? You're, um... DUMB.
end u dont reed good.


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