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  • robotzap10000@feddit.nlR [email protected]

    Two brussels sprout plants
    ?????

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    A joke of a plant

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      I think this was a dick joke

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      It was a dick joke.

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        I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s

        Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don't need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.

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        I don't want an ecosystem in my bush

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        • robotzap10000@feddit.nlR [email protected]

          Two brussels sprout plants
          ?????

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          Brussels is such a weird city

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            I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

            So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

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            • ohstopyellingatme@lemmy.worldO [email protected]

              I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

              So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

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              • obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.worldO [email protected]

                A cock quip

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                A phallic jape

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                • robotzap10000@feddit.nlR [email protected]

                  Two brussels sprout plants
                  ?????

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                  What's crazy is that not only is that the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, but practically the entire plant in that photo is edible.

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                    If you trimmed the bush back it'd look larger.

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                    This is what I keep telling the Mrs.

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                      A phallic jape

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                      A penis pun

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                      • D [email protected]

                        And the first English speaker who saw one went "you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree."

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                        It's because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.

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                          It's because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.

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                          Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.

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                          • ohstopyellingatme@lemmy.worldO [email protected]

                            I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”

                            So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:

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                            Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

                            • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
                            • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

                            I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

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                            • D [email protected]

                              Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

                              • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
                              • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

                              I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

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                              Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

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                                Fennel too- I always thought the white part was below the earth, like an onion. But no, the whole fennel sits on the earth, on a tippy root that's underground.

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                                • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksS [email protected]

                                  See, that's asparagus tricking you into thinking that is how it grows, by crafty memeing. When we (and by we I mean all right thinking asparaguys humans) know it isn't.

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                                  Let's hope they don't form an alliance with the "birds"

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                                    Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

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                                    Whoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland

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                                      Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:

                                      • Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
                                      • Sidewalk > side of road you walk on

                                      I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.

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                                      It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things

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                                        Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason

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                                        Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.

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                                          For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:

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                                          I was fully prepared for the image to load and for it to be the same one as the post lol

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