Wherein We Navigate The Storm

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Migraine auras? You can have relatively painless migraines [i would be so lucky]

I've had one of those, with no pain at all. When I first got the aura I was terrified because my mother used to (and maybe still does) get terrible migraines with all the worst symptoms...light and sound sensitivity, upset stomach, etc. Then after a while it just faded away. Very strange indeed. I am very sorry for those of you who get the painful kind

[Jester]

Sorry old boy but cucumbers are most certainly fruit -

*snip* pedantic but accurate definition of cucumber *snip*

Well, I'll be damned. My junior high science teacher taught me over 20 years ago that you learn something new every day. And I have yet to prove him wrong.

My bad. Cukes are fruits. Who knew? (Clearly not me.)

Therefore, pickles (i.e., pickled cucumbers) are by definition fruit.

The rest of my commentary regarding condiments, however, still applies.

[Geek King]

My bad. Cukes are fruits. Who knew? (Clearly not me.)

Therefore, pickles (i.e., pickled cucumbers) are by definition fruit.

The rest of my commentary regarding condiments, however, still applies.

Well, we could also muddy the waters by mentioning that scientifically they may be fruits, but in culinary terms, they're still put with the veggies. We won't even get into local terminology, because that could make the waters so murky they'd close the beaches for swimming, which wouldn't matter much to me, who thinks of cucumbers as a nice garnish for my lemonade that I sip on the beach under the umbrella with my book.

I lost hold of the analogy somewhere there. Oh, well. <Wanders off to get a fresh Dewski>

[Quillsilver]

Pickles are cucumbers soaked in evil...


...that is all.

[Jester]

To those who hate pickles.....




Fuck off. Give me your pickles, damn it.

You can have my olives, grapefruits, walnuts, and avocados, for which I have exactly no use at all. And you can chase them down with gin, tonic, diet soda, Heineken, and/or Red Bull, for which I also have no use.

[Andara Bledin]

Jester, I'll take your olives and avocados, but I'm keeping my share of the pickles.

^-.-^

[Jester]

Sorry Andara, I know plenty of people who will give me all their pickles for those olives and avocados.

I actually have a coworker at The Bar who hates pickles so much, when she makes one of our signature Bloody Marys which we serve with a pickle, she'll use a fork to pull it out of its container, rather than actually touch it.

[Quillsilver]

Okay....I will touch pickles, if I have to (which, working in fast food, I do), but the smell nauseates me.

Jester, I would love to send any and all pickles in this STATE your way...but my husband loves the damn things, so in the interest of marital harmony, I have to keep some around for him*.

*Just so long as he remembers to brush his teeth after eating them, and before getting within smelling distance of me!

[dalesys]

Lyuba the baby mamoth's body survived on a mud bank for about a year without being eaten because she was pickled.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Lyuba the baby mamoth's body survived on a mud bank for about a year without being eaten because she was pickled.

I saw that show on National Geographic channel! Lyuba was cute even if she was all wrinkly...

[Yarnil]

Generally if it comes from a flower, isn't it a fruit?

How about beans?

[lineswine]

Mmmmm...Red Bull - you don't know what you're missing.
I was working at a place that sold them cheaply - so I had 4 (whoops!)
I shifted all the stuff alright (was doing a I.T. refresh at the time, so it was all P.C. & related kit).
This was fine until the afternoon came round...& I found myself with the worst comedown for a long, long, time.

I'll not do that again in a hurry!

[Alpha Strike]

My first thought of 'shane' was that he has watched too much Storage Wars..where one person is constantly saying 'yep'. He was confused and thought he was at an auction bidding, so just kept saying 'yep' in order to bid on the clothing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought this!

Yyyyyyyyep!

OMG! It's Dave Hester!


Fun show, and I have no doubt that Dave has added a few "Yyyyyyyy" to his trademark call since he started showing up on TV.

[Jester]

Mmmmm...Red Bull - you don't know what you're missing.

Actually, I know exactly what I'm missing. There was nothing on that list that I had not tried at some point.

Red Bull to me tastes like ass. Perhaps worse. It is about the worst thing I have to smell at work pouring drinks, right up there with gin, maybe even worse than gin.

Plus it is a heavily caffeinated drink, and as a rule, I don't drink caffeine, so I don't bother with energy drinks in general.

So yeah, I know what I'm missing...and I am certainly NOT missing Red Bull in the slightest.

[Sapphire Silk]

To those who hate pickles.....

Fuck off. Give me your pickles, damn it.

You can have my olives, grapefruits, walnuts, and avocados, for which I have exactly no use at all. And you can chase them down with gin, tonic, diet soda, Heineken, and/or Red Bull, for which I also have no use.

Jester, you are more than welcome to any pickle that crosses my path. And I don't care what it is that is pickled: cucumbers, fish, cabbage, whatever it is you can HAVE it!

You can keep the rest of the stuff though, with the exception of the walnuts. I need those to make my special Christmas cookies

Red Bull to me tastes like ass.

It scares me to think of how you know this . . . .