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Malcolm wrote:
In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes

I had a teacher at school, when I was about 10 or 11, who said that
apple pips were the commonest cause of appendicitis and that we should
either spit them out or chew them up!

Old wives' tale.

The teacher was male(1).

(1) and heterosexual :-)

Old wives come in all ages and sexes.

Half a cup sounds plausible - 40 pips doesn't. I think that you could
probably kill yourself by adding plum kernels to muesli, but it would
make it very bitter.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.