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Ignorant Asda - tomatos
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle?
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Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. -- Peter is listening to "Aerosmith - Living on the edge" |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:01:46 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Most, including the Supreme Court judge. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. Yes, which is why they are fruits like I said. Asda is American owned. You asked why and I told you. The local manager of my store is not an American, therefore I expect them to have a brain. The local manager is also the one that organises the aisles. The head office in America does not tell them how to organise their products. They just own Asda, if there was an instruction coming from above, it would be from Leeds, the Asda head office. In America, it's called Wal-Mart. Where do you expect to find strawberries? With the rest of the fruit, as they contains seeds, and they're not in the ground, they're hanging from a small plant. Although there is some peculiarity about the ovary position which means it's technically different. -- A federal survey shows that one in twenty Americans lack basic English skills. The good news is, even without those skills someone can still become President. |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:01:46 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. As do almost every other veg. Even potatoes have seeds on the flowers but they are difficult to eat. They are poisonous. Steve Asda is American owned. You asked why and I told you. Where do you expect to find strawberries? -- Neural Network Software for Windows http://www.npsnn.com |
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In message , Martin
writes On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. Asda is American owned. You asked why and I told you. Where do you expect to find strawberries? I'm pretty sure I heard that one store was going to start putting stuff alongside complementary (is that the word?) stuff. So strawberries would be immediately next to the cream. -- Ian |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:45:35 -0000, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:01:46 +0100, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. As do almost every other veg. Even potatoes have seeds on the flowers but they are difficult to eat. They are poisonous. ON THE FLOWERS, not in the potato. -- WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE. Worn once by mistake. Call Stephanie. |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:03:50 -0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Martin writes On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. Asda is American owned. You asked why and I told you. Where do you expect to find strawberries? I'm pretty sure I heard that one store was going to start putting stuff alongside complementary (is that the word?) stuff. So strawberries would be immediately next to the cream. The only thing you can be sure of is it won't be in the same place the next time. Half the time even the staff can't remember where it's been put. I wonder how much staff time-money they spend moving things up and down the store? -- WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE. Worn once by mistake. Call Stephanie. |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:51:37 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:25:05 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:01:46 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:09:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. All of them? Most, including the Supreme Court judge. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Cucumbers and marrows contain seeds. Yes, which is why they are fruits like I said. Asda is American owned. You asked why and I told you. The local manager of my store is not an American, therefore I expect them to have a brain. The local manager is also the one that organises the aisles. The head office in America does not tell them how to organise their products. They just own Asda, if there was an instruction coming from above, it would be from Leeds, the Asda head office. In America, it's called Wal-Mart. Maybe the manager is as stupid as the owner. Have you enlightened him? Have you considered shopping in a super intelligent German owned supermarket such as Aldi or Lidl? I use Morrisons, Aldi, and Asda. Asda happens to be the only local one with a proper bakery. Mostly the rest is from Morrisons and Aldi dependant on price and quality. Where do you expect to find strawberries? With the rest of the fruit, as they contains seeds, and they're not in the ground, they're hanging from a small plant. Although there is some peculiarity about the ovary position which means it's technically different. They don't contain seeds. The seeds are on the surface. When you pick up a strawberry, you have the seeds in your hand. -- gods don't smite people anymore because people of many different religions now living in the same town. No god wants to accidentally smite the wrong person and get sued by another god. -- David James |
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On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. Off topic. Today we came across Grilled Watermelon on a menu |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:39:37 -0000, David Hill wrote:
On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. So screws in B&Q should be on every single aisle, because you could use them for all sorts. What a stupid way of deciding where to put something. When I want a tomato, I look at the signs above the aisles, and look for the category it belongs in. Off topic. Today we came across Grilled Watermelon on a menu Is this unusual/funny/impossible/ridiculous in some way? I don't do a lot of grilling. -- Lemon entry my dear Watson. |
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On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! |
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:38:03 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') And what is the point of the e? are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! Why not? I do. -- Dancing cheektocheek is really a form of floor play. |
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On 09/12/2015 21:58, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:38:03 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') And what is the point of the e? Look in your dictionary. are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! Why not? I do. "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad". Miles Kington |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:24:42 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 21:38:03 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! I worked with a Dutch guy who sprinkled sugar on tomatoes before eating them as a dessert. The rest of his packed lunch was weird too. Even stranger was that he brought a packed lunch and a thermos of coffee to work everyday, when we had a very good restaurant quality food canteen, where meals were sold for the cost of the materials I had an uncle who sprinkled brown sugar on bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. He said it was normal behaviour in his home town. Steve -- Neural Network Software for Windows http://www.npsnn.com |
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Martin wrote: Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) As distinct from the garden fertilisers and chemicals? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 10/12/15 11:24, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 21:38:03 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! I worked with a Dutch guy who sprinkled sugar on tomatoes before eating them as a dessert. The rest of his packed lunch was weird too. Even stranger was that he brought a packed lunch and a thermos of coffee to work everyday, when we had a very good restaurant quality food canteen, where meals were sold for the cost of the materials The Dutch also sprinkle chocolate "hundreds and thousands" on buttered bread. I hate to say it, but it is quite palatable. But then I think brussel sprout sarnies are good too. |
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On 10/12/2015 11:19, Martin wrote:
tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department No way. It should be with custard, |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:24:42 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 21:38:03 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! I worked with a Dutch guy who sprinkled sugar on tomatoes before eating them as a dessert. What's wrong with that? Everything tastes better with sugar. The rest of his packed lunch was weird too. Even stranger was that he brought a packed lunch and a thermos of coffee to work everyday, when we had a very good restaurant quality food canteen, where meals were sold for the cost of the materials I've never known a work canteen supply anything at a reasonable price or quality, and definitely not both at once. -- Confucius say man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:35:19 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 09/12/2015 21:58, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:38:03 -0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 09/12/2015 14:09, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:37:57 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? http://mentalfloss.com/article/24881...-or-vegetables Americans are stupid. Fruits hang on things, vegetables are in or on the ground. And if you care to look up a proper website in the UK, not some backwards way first country, you'll find there is also a technical botanical reason a tomato is a fruit, to do with containing seeds. Same goes for beans. Tomatoes (note the 'e') And what is the point of the e? Look in your dictionary. Since when did a dictionary have points? are a fruit, but just don't put them in a fruit salad! Why not? I do. "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad". A fruit salad contains fruit, so I'll put tomatos in it if I want. -- I took my Biology exam last Friday. I was asked to name two things commonly found in cells. Apparently "Blacks" and "Scousers" were not the correct answers. |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". -- What's the fastest thing in Wales? A virgin sheep. |
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Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? |
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On 10/12/15 22:12, Phil L wrote:
Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? I just ask where the "non-world" food comes from - and get a predictably blank look. But we are making a fundamental mistake: applying logic and reasoning to marketing. Similarly once, long ago, I asked a bookstore (Heffers!) manager what was the distinction between "fiction" and "literature", and how I should predict which section contained any particular book. He was somewhat bemused by the question, and admitted he didn't know. |
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On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" |
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On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? |
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On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? British Isles, which is a geographical entity including Eire (much to their annoyance). |
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, Phil L wrote:
Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? Of course I see them as English. I also think spaghetti should not be a World food. World foods should be things that most English do not eat. -- All this "expressionism" in art, personally I think things ought to look like things. To me it's fairly easy to tell what the artists are trying to say with their smears and swirls -- they're trying to say they can't paint worth a damn. |
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:01:07 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? I typed the wrong word. Spellchecker isn't that clever. -- A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" |
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:49:26 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote: On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? British Isles, which is a geographical entity including Eire (much to their annoyance). The Irish are an abomination. -- A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" |
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:40:41 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:01:33 +0000, Farmer Giles wrote: On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? Obviously not he referred to isles in a supermarket. Which is when they put a load of stuff on sale prices in the way of your trolley. -- Got myself a new Jack Russell puppy, he's mainly black and brown with a small white patch, so I've named him England. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On 11/12/15 18:44, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:49:26 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote: On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote: On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? British Isles, which is a geographical entity including Eire (much to their annoyance). The Irish are an abomination. You original post smelled of trollery - but it had the virtue of being amusing. Your last response doesn't even have that small virtue. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:13:46 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 11/12/15 18:44, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:49:26 -0000, Tom Gardner wrote: On 11/12/15 17:01, Farmer Giles wrote: On 11/12/2015 11:01, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:12:33 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 10/12/2015 22:46, Martin wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:12:40 -0000, "Phil L" wrote: Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:19:33 -0000, Martin wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:39:37 +0000, David Hill wrote: On 09/12/2015 13:12, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Because people use them as a vegetable. I for one don't want Tomato with custard as a desert even if it is a fruit. LOL A good answer. Our local Dutch supermarket chain has tinned tomatoes in the section with Italian food. Which leads us to the question of whether tomato ketchup belongs in the fruit department :-) Morrisons here has a "World Foods" isle. What they mean is "foreign stuff". Like tomatoes, potatoes, that sort of thing you mean? He means aisle. - or do you see these as 'English' now because we've been eating them for so long? What's with this "English" I think you mean "British" If they are from the Isles he means Scottish?? You mean like the Isles of Scilly, or the Channel Isles? British Isles, which is a geographical entity including Eire (much to their annoyance). The Irish are an abomination. You original post smelled of trollery - but it had the virtue of being amusing. Your last response doesn't even have that small virtue. There's a reason for the stereotype. -- What should you do if a girl sits on your hand? Try to get her off. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! -- What's a Scotsman's cure for seasickness? He hangs his head over the side of the boat with a pound coin between his teeth! |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote:
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! -- What's a Scotsman's cure for seasickness? He hangs his head over the side of the boat with a pound coin between his teeth! |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On 12/12/2015 14:02, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! As with most supermarkets the section is "Fruit and Veg" I don't see the problem, and not everyone knows (or cares) that a tomato is a fruit. Come to that a lot don't even care what it tastes like. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:57:32 -0000, David Hill wrote:
On 12/12/2015 14:02, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! As with most supermarkets the section is "Fruit and Veg" I don't see the problem, and not everyone knows (or cares) that a tomato is a fruit. If they don't know what a fruit is, do they know what a car is? I guess the yanks don't know what a truck is, they think a 4x4 is a truck. Come to that a lot don't even care what it tastes like. If it's fruit and veg, there isn't a problem. But my Asda has a fruit aisle and a veg aisle. -- Anybody who claims that marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition doesn't know a damned thing about women or fractions. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On 12/12/2015 15:05, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:57:32 -0000, David Hill wrote: On 12/12/2015 14:02, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! As with most supermarkets the section is "Fruit and Veg" I don't see the problem, and not everyone knows (or cares) that a tomato is a fruit. If they don't know what a fruit is, do they know what a car is? I guess the yanks don't know what a truck is, they think a 4x4 is a truck. Come to that a lot don't even care what it tastes like. If it's fruit and veg, there isn't a problem. But my Asda has a fruit aisle and a veg aisle. I can't understand why, if you despise that supermarket so much you give them so much free advertising and don't take your custom elsewhere. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:52:28 -0000, David Hill wrote:
On 12/12/2015 15:05, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:57:32 -0000, David Hill wrote: On 12/12/2015 14:02, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! As with most supermarkets the section is "Fruit and Veg" I don't see the problem, and not everyone knows (or cares) that a tomato is a fruit. If they don't know what a fruit is, do they know what a car is? I guess the yanks don't know what a truck is, they think a 4x4 is a truck. Come to that a lot don't even care what it tastes like. If it's fruit and veg, there isn't a problem. But my Asda has a fruit aisle and a veg aisle. I can't understand why, if you despise that supermarket so much you give them so much free advertising I haven't given them any advertising, only bad press. and don't take your custom elsewhere. I already do, but for a different reason. I only buy 3 items in there which Aldi and Morrisons don't stock. -- How many potheads does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to hold the bulb against the socket, and the other to smoke up until the room starts spinning. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On 12/12/15 19:52, David Hill wrote:
I can't understand why, if you despise that supermarket so much you give them so much free advertising and don't take your custom elsewhere. He exhibits behaviour normally associated with a troll. |
Ignorant Asda - tomatos
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:01:36 -0000, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:07:41 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:52:28 -0000, David Hill wrote: On 12/12/2015 15:05, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:57:32 -0000, David Hill wrote: On 12/12/2015 14:02, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 09:42:15 -0000, Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:12:15 -0000, "Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote: Why have Asda got tinned tomatos in the vegetable aisle? Would you eat them with cream as a dessert? How would that decision affect what they actually are? Should we have an aisle labelled "stuff that goes with this other stuff?" I want a tomato, I know it's a fruit, so I should go to the fruit aisle! As with most supermarkets the section is "Fruit and Veg" I don't see the problem, and not everyone knows (or cares) that a tomato is a fruit. If they don't know what a fruit is, do they know what a car is? I guess the yanks don't know what a truck is, they think a 4x4 is a truck. Come to that a lot don't even care what it tastes like. If it's fruit and veg, there isn't a problem. But my Asda has a fruit aisle and a veg aisle. I can't understand why, if you despise that supermarket so much you give them so much free advertising I haven't given them any advertising, only bad press. and don't take your custom elsewhere. I already do, but for a different reason. I only buy 3 items in there which Aldi and Morrisons don't stock. Fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes and tomato puree? Pizza, triple chocolate fresh baked cookies, and fly spray. -- Women are like a pack of cards... you need a heart to love them, diamonds to marry them, a club to kill them and a spade to bury them. |
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