Random unimportant questions

TJ123 · October 2011

I'm sure others have stupid things they think about, but don't really care enough to actually find out the answers. Here's mine for today:

what makes something a fruit and not a vegetable? I'm thinking like tomatoes...

kms34 · October 2011

Fruit has seeds on the inside. I'm not sure how this works for berries though. Do blueberries have seeds?

LindsaymR · October 2011

kms34:
Fruit has seeds on the inside. I'm not sure how this works for berries though. Do blueberries have seeds?

But cucumbers have seeds right? So do peppers.

Teresa · October 2011

I'm a nerd, I had to look it up because I have no idea......

A fruit is the matured ovary of a flower, containing the seed. After fertilization takes place and the embryo (plantlet) has begun to develop, the surrounding ovule becomes the fruit. Yum. I won't go on about the four types of fruit--simple, aggregate, multiple and accessory--which explain things like berries and pineapples.

A vegetable is considered to be edible roots, tubers, stems, leaves, fruits, seeds, flower clusters, and other softer plant parts. In common usage, however, there is no exact distinction between a vegetable and a fruit. The usual example is the tomato, which is a fruit, but is eaten as a vegetable, as are cucumbers, peppers, melons, and squashes. The classification of plants as vegetables is largely determined by custom, culture, and usage.

Clear? Me neither.

kms34 · October 2011

Teresa:

I'm a nerd, I had to look it up because I have no idea......

A fruit is the matured ovary of a flower, containing the seed. After fertilization takes place and the embryo (plantlet) has begun to develop, the surrounding ovule becomes the fruit. Yum. I won't go on about the four types of fruit--simple, aggregate, multiple and accessory--which explain things like berries and pineapples.

A vegetable is considered to be edible roots, tubers, stems, leaves, fruits, seeds, flower clusters, and other softer plant parts. In common usage, however, there is no exact distinction between a vegetable and a fruit. The usual example is the tomato, which is a fruit, but is eaten as a vegetable, as are cucumbers, peppers, melons, and squashes. The classification of plants as vegetables is largely determined by custom, culture, and usage.

Clear? Me neither.

As mud.

LindsaymR · October 2011

So basically someone one day decided which foods would be fruits and which ones are vegetables and we just go with it.

Teresa · October 2011

Sweet, tastes better, kids will eat it = fruit.

Everything else = vegetable.

brynners · October 2011

Here's my random I've thought about lately.

Why do people ask how you are doing in passing? How often do we ask that when we don't really mean it? And, how often do we say "Good" or "Well" when really the true answer would be "I'm tired, sore and would love to be back in bed."

LindsaymR · October 2011

brynners:

Here's my random I've thought about lately.

Why do people ask how you are doing in passing? How often do we ask that when we don't really mean it? And, how often do we say "Good" or "Well" when really the true answer would be "I'm tired, sore and would love to be back in bed."

I hate when people say this! I'm fine saying hi, but I don't need anymore than that. We have food vendors that come everyday to work that you can buy lunch from. One guy is always like "so what did you do this weekend?". Kind of creeps me out but I know he is just being nice.

shannie21 · October 2011

Fruits grow from plants that flower above ground, vegetables from roots underground? That's about all I got from that explanation..not sure if its right?

treehugga · October 2011

"Fruit" has a scientific definition and a cultural definition. Think of it kind of like the saying "All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares".

AudreyHpbrn · October 2011

Here is my random and also targeted to TJ123.

When you have a child out of the US on foreign soil, do you ever think "Now my child will never be able to be President of the United States."

cracky! · October 2011

AudreyHpbrn:
Here is my random and also targeted to TJ123.

When you have a child out of the US on foreign soil, do you ever think "Now my child will never be able to be President of the United States."

Whut? Are military bases, which I assume is where she'll be giving birth, not considered US soil?

kms34 · October 2011

cracky!:
AudreyHpbrn:

Here is my random and also targeted to TJ123.

When you have a child out of the US on foreign soil, do you ever think "Now my child will never be able to be President of the United States."

Whut? Are military bases, which I assume is where she'll be giving birth, not considered US soil?

I thought so too but had to look it up:

U.S. installations in foreign countries are not considered part of the United States. So, delivering a baby at a U.S. naval base or embassy in a foreign country does not entitle the baby to U.S. citizenship. Although the "citizenship by birth" rules have been complex, the February 2001 Child Citizenship Act (CCA) simplified the process. Now, a child who is under the age of 18, was born outside the U.S., and has at least one U.S. citizen parent automatically acquires U.S. citizenship upon entry into the country as an immigrant. No further paperwork is necessary. The parent may request a Certificate of Citizenship and U.S. Passport for the child if proof of the baby's American-ness is desired.

AudreyHpbrn · October 2011

cracky!:
AudreyHpbrn:

Here is my random and also targeted to TJ123.

When you have a child out of the US on foreign soil, do you ever think "Now my child will never be able to be President of the United States."

Whut? Are military bases, which I assume is where she'll be giving birth, not considered US soil?

I'm not sure. But even just in general. If I lived in Paris (not military) and had a kid then under the original meaning of natural born citizen, the child would not.

I was reading somewhere about how politicians are wanting this revised (and it may be) to where if you are born to US citizens abroad then you would fall under natural born citizen.

Then I also learned that McCain was born in Panama at the time the US owned it but how no one questioned his citizenship like they have with Obama.

tiff-n-nick · October 2011

1. like the commercial, where DO all my chapsticks go? probably the same place as missing baby socks and scissors.

sroby · October 2011

Do the people mowing the sides of the road ever find anything interesting?

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