Drew to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down121
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minus-square@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish53•1 month agoPotatoes are definitely apples. The French call them “pommes de terre”, apples of the earth. Ipso facto. I will not be accepting questions at this time.
minus-square@CitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoThe german term for horse shit is “horse apples”, Pferdeäpfel. Proof that horses are really potatoes.
minus-square@Klear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoAs a Czech I find that utterly absurd. We call it “doughnuts”.
minus-square@CitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoPreposterous. You should get your head czeched.
minus-square@Hadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThat’s funny, I call something else horse figs
minus-square@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoThat doesn’t make sense. That makes horses apple trees not apples.
minus-square@flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoIn the US south, we also call horse shit ‘horse apples.’ That’s pretty cool, that the translation persisted.
minus-square@CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoTIL why the ‘horse apple pie’ I ate in grade school tasted like shit. I thought I just didn’t like eating horses.
minus-square@Dozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoFirst thing that came to mind for me.
minus-square@hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoMy brain autocorrected their mix-up of potatoes and tomatoes until I read your comment.
Potatoes are definitely apples. The French call them “pommes de terre”, apples of the earth. Ipso facto.
I will not be accepting questions at this time.
The german term for horse shit is “horse apples”, Pferdeäpfel. Proof that horses are really potatoes.
As a Czech I find that utterly absurd.
We call it “doughnuts”.
Preposterous. You should get your head czeched.
In Slovene we call them “horse figs.”
That’s funny, I call something else horse figs
That doesn’t make sense. That makes horses apple trees not apples.
In the US south, we also call horse shit ‘horse apples.’ That’s pretty cool, that the translation persisted.
TIL why the ‘horse apple pie’ I ate in grade school tasted like shit.
I thought I just didn’t like eating horses.
First thing that came to mind for me.
My brain autocorrected their mix-up of potatoes and tomatoes until I read your comment.