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Old 17-03-2004, 04:42 AM
Rod
 
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
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"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?


The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.
Rod

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Old 17-03-2004, 04:42 AM
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There does seem to be some confusion~~ though perhaps understandably. The so
called seeds of the strawberry are actually fruits in their own right
{achenes]. The strawberry is not a berry any more than the blackberry [a
collection of fruits each of which is a drupe similar to a plum] Take into
account with the dandelion that being of the compositeae each 'flower' is
actually a bunch of dozens of flowers and hence again each of the 'seeds'
are genuine fruits. A fruit, botanically, does not have to be succulent~~~
most are dry and winged or hooked. The only common aspect of fruits is that
they all contain one or more seeds.
Best Wishes
"Gregg Cattanach" wrote in message
om...
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--


Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


"Derek Janssen" wrote in message
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meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.


(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)

Derek Janssen (ironic, isn't it?)




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Old 17-03-2004, 04:43 AM
Rod
 
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
wrote:


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?


The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.
Rod

Weed my email address to reply
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html
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Old 17-03-2004, 04:43 AM
Rod
 
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
wrote:


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?


The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.
Rod

Weed my email address to reply
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html


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Old 17-03-2004, 04:43 AM
Brian
 
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There does seem to be some confusion~~ though perhaps understandably. The so
called seeds of the strawberry are actually fruits in their own right
{achenes]. The strawberry is not a berry any more than the blackberry [a
collection of fruits each of which is a drupe similar to a plum] Take into
account with the dandelion that being of the compositeae each 'flower' is
actually a bunch of dozens of flowers and hence again each of the 'seeds'
are genuine fruits. A fruit, botanically, does not have to be succulent~~~
most are dry and winged or hooked. The only common aspect of fruits is that
they all contain one or more seeds.
Best Wishes
"Gregg Cattanach" wrote in message
om...
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--


Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


"Derek Janssen" wrote in message
...
meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.


(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)

Derek Janssen (ironic, isn't it?)




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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--


Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


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Old 17-03-2004, 04:43 AM
Brian
 
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There does seem to be some confusion~~ though perhaps understandably. The so
called seeds of the strawberry are actually fruits in their own right
{achenes]. The strawberry is not a berry any more than the blackberry [a
collection of fruits each of which is a drupe similar to a plum] Take into
account with the dandelion that being of the compositeae each 'flower' is
actually a bunch of dozens of flowers and hence again each of the 'seeds'
are genuine fruits. A fruit, botanically, does not have to be succulent~~~
most are dry and winged or hooked. The only common aspect of fruits is that
they all contain one or more seeds.
Best Wishes
"Gregg Cattanach" wrote in message
om...
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--


Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


"Derek Janssen" wrote in message
...
meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.


(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)

Derek Janssen (ironic, isn't it?)




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Old 17-03-2004, 04:43 AM
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In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared:

(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)


I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they
called strawberries if they don't look like straw?"

--
Sean O'Hara
Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast
forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with
proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening.
--Coupling
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In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared:

(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)


I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they
called strawberries if they don't look like straw?"

--
Sean O'Hara
Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast
forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with
proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening.
--Coupling


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Old 17-03-2004, 04:44 AM
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The message
from Rod contains these words:
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
wrote:
"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:
"Kay Easton" wrote


A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.


Dunno where the rest of these have gone, but Rod's post is the only one
in the thread here.

The dandelion is a fruit? Yes, technically the seed-head is.

--
Rusty
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Old 17-03-2004, 04:45 AM
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
wrote:


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?


The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.
Rod

Weed my email address to reply
http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html
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Old 17-03-2004, 04:45 AM
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There does seem to be some confusion~~ though perhaps understandably. The so
called seeds of the strawberry are actually fruits in their own right
{achenes]. The strawberry is not a berry any more than the blackberry [a
collection of fruits each of which is a drupe similar to a plum] Take into
account with the dandelion that being of the compositeae each 'flower' is
actually a bunch of dozens of flowers and hence again each of the 'seeds'
are genuine fruits. A fruit, botanically, does not have to be succulent~~~
most are dry and winged or hooked. The only common aspect of fruits is that
they all contain one or more seeds.
Best Wishes
"Gregg Cattanach" wrote in message
om...
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--


Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


"Derek Janssen" wrote in message
...
meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.


(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)

Derek Janssen (ironic, isn't it?)




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Sean O'Hara
 
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Default a truly baffling question about strawberries

In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared:

(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)


I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they
called strawberries if they don't look like straw?"

--
Sean O'Hara
Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com
Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast
forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with
proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening.
--Coupling
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The message
from Rod contains these words:
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:59 -0500, "Ricky"
wrote:
"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:
"Kay Easton" wrote


A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a

fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

You aren't paying attention :~) You asked about seeds on the outside
and Pat answered the question you asked.


Dunno where the rest of these have gone, but Rod's post is the only one
in the thread here.

The dandelion is a fruit? Yes, technically the seed-head is.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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