Stupid names for everyday things

[mudsticks]

I've had a look on Wikipedia and apparently a swede is a cross between a turnip and a cabbage. They're now so common that they've replaced the original turnip in many countries.

i grow both golden , and purple top turnips.

And swede too - which usually have a more orange flesh.

Its really not so difficult to tell the difference.

But then i originate from Yorkshire, so perhaps the superior intellect bestowed by my birthplace, gives me an edge in these matters??

 

[roadrash]

i grow both golden , and purple top turnips.

And swede too - which usually have a more orange flesh.

Its really not so difficult to tell the difference.

But then i originate from Yorkshire, so perhaps the superior intellect bestowed by my birthplace, gives me an edge in these matters??

The joke thread is that way>>>>>>

 

[Chris S]

i grow both golden , and purple top turnips.

And swede too - which usually have a more orange flesh.

Its really not so difficult to tell the difference.

But then i originate from Yorkshire, so perhaps the superior intellect bestowed by my birthplace, gives me an edge in these matters??

Do you fry them in lard?

 

[mudsticks]

Do you fry them in lard?

Nah,

I'm a southern softie these days - so they're usually sauteed in olive oil with garlic

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Where I come from a Swede comes from next door to a Norwegian or indeed a Finn. Otherwise we eat turnips

 

[MichaelW2]

I've had a look on Wikipedia and apparently a swede is a cross between a turnip and a cabbage. They're now so common that they've replaced the original turnip in many countries.

Ultimately is comes down to economics. Will you accept the same number of swedes as turnips in exchange for your chicken.

 

[Slick]

London city airport has a new passenger orientation space. Ffs

 

[mudsticks]

Ultimately is comes down to economics. Will you accept the same number of swedes as turnips in exchange for your chicken.

That wouldn't really work.
Swedes are generally harvested much larger than turnips.

I think we need to work on a price per kilo..

 

[swee'pea99]

That wouldn't really work.
Swedes are generally harvested much larger than turnips.

I think we need to work on a price per kilo..

To misquote Homer Simpson, root vegetables aren't food; root vegetables are what food eats.

 

[mudsticks]

To misquote Homer Simpson, root vegetables aren't food; root vegetables are what food eats.

Yes, well, please don't mention that to my veg customers..

I don't want them knowing that I am, in fact, just fattening them up for market.

 

[Drago]

You have few customers? Do they queue up for a look at your 'turnip'?

 

[mudsticks]

You have few customers? Do they queue up for a look at your 'turnip'?

I have about 90 odd

(some very odd )

customers.

With whom I supply their weekly vegetable needs, in glorious seasonal variety, all grown by my own mucky paw...

I reckon they should all be nicely fattened up in time for C'mas..

 

[MontyVeda]

i grow both golden , and purple top turnips.

And swede too - which usually have a more orange flesh.

Its really not so difficult to tell the difference.

But then i originate from Yorkshire, so perhaps the superior intellect bestowed by my birthplace, gives me an edge in these matters??

No, it doesn't.

 

[mudsticks]

No, it doesn't.

You're right, it totally doesn't.

I have a great affection for the county of my birth, and the side of the family which originated from there.

But I find that

"I know what I like ; and I like what I know"

kind of attitude, which comes off some of its sons (see Geoffrey Boycott and his ilk)
Deeply unappealing.

 

[MontyVeda]

back in the 90s one of my friends used to have a 'power nap' rather than just a 'nap' or 'snooze'