mgdlin@beryl.berkeley.edu (Gary D. Lindsay) (09/19/86)
In article <1886@shark.UUCP> ronba@shark.UUCP (Ron Bates) writes: >> > >I've read that a tomato is a fruit until it is cooked, when it is then >a vegetable. Does it really matter? > >If this definition is correct, then zucchini, pumpkins, green beans, chilies, >and corn are fruits while seedless grapes are a vegetable! > >Some how this doesn't sound right. The whole problem here is one of perspective. A tomato is a fruit to the botanist, and a vegetable to the greengrocer. Neither position is intrinsically right or wrong - only in con- text can we evaluate. (I could go into a discussion of linguistic/cultural perceptions of color, as well: suffice it to say where you stand on an issue depends on where you sit.) As far as this relating to motss: our perspectives are valid to us. Unfortunately, many in the 90% minority deny the validity of our perspectives. One man's making love is another's perversion. Let's send the tomato controversy to net.tower.babel or /dev/null. Gary mgdlin@beryl.berkeley.edu
manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (09/22/86)
In article <1993@mtgzy.UUCP> ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) writes: >At the risk of sounding tacky, has it occurred to anyone besides me that this >discussion of "what is a fruit?" in this newsgroup is, shall we say, odd? :-) For those familiar with the geography of Vancouver, there is a district called Kitsilano which was popular with hippies (remember them?), and has now been yuppified. There is another district called the West End which has a lot of gay people. The two are separated by a body of water called False Creek (because it isn't a creek). The following dialogue was quite popular a few years ago: Q: "What's the purpose of the Burrard Bridge?" A: "To keep the fruits and vegetables apart." I guess you had to be there.
ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (09/28/86)
At the risk of sounding tacky, has it occurred to anyone besides me that this discussion of "what is a fruit?" in this newsgroup is, shall we say, odd? :-) Evelyn C. Leeper (201) 957-2070 UUCP: ihnp4!mtgzy!ecl ARPA: mtgzy!ecl@topaz.rutgers.edu BITNET: mtgzy.uucp!ecl@harvard.edu Silly is a state of Mind; Stupid is a way of Life.