The Glade 4.0

This has come up in the office just now as my loving wife packed one for my lunch.

Discuss. The pickle veggi or fruit thing, not what my loving wife packs for my lunch.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Cucumbers are fruits.

Therefore, pickles are fruits.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as fruits. However, much like tomatoes and squash they are usually perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables.[1] (Wikipedia)

So, whichever floats your boat. I perceive them as vegetables, even though they are technically fruit.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Or, one might say, "tickles your pickle."

I'll be darned if I didn't just learn something new.

A pickled what? You can pickle apples and damn near anything else according to Alton Brown.

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Technically, vegetables are a 'grocery store' type definition, nothing truly botanical.

Most vegetables can be classified as either fruit, leaves, stems, or roots

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Staying in theme...eating said pickle after eating a slice of watermelon...gotta say, not the best decision I've made today.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Pucker much?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

It's the after consumption burping really. Watermelon and pickle flavored? *shudder*

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

"A joke and a pickle...for only a nickel"

Quick, which movie is that from?

As both are from the melon family, I would have to classify them both as fruits.

This seems to be the reason that Oonagh cares for neither watermelon nor cucumber. Pickle that cuke, though and all bets are off. Loves 'em.

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

A fruit is just a sub-type of vegetables, so it's not "wrong" to call a tomato or cucumber a vegetable any more that it's wrong to call a square a rhombus.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

Right, since vegetable literally means nothing more specific than 'edible plant material'.

Hence why almonds are vegetables

Honestly, the word is completely arbitrary and dependent on context.

There is no right or wrong answer to, say, "Are mushrooms vegetables?".

And under common parlance, fruits are not a subtype of vegetables, as "some vegetables are fruit, but not all fruits are vegetables"

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

Actually, mushrooms are a fungus, not a vegetable (plant). Different kind of thing all together.

Ketchup is a vegetable.

Hence why I say 'vegetable' is an undefined word. You can find plenty of backing for mushrooms as vegetables, since the word is only defined in a culinary sense.

People always try to relate it to biology in some way, and there really is no tie in.

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Darksiege: You are not a god damned vulcan homie.

You're a rhombus.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

You're Screeling.

Your mom has all sides equal

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

LOL

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Ron Paul 2012

I've used that a few times myself, after "Ketchupgate".

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Parallelagram.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones