Was I that drunk????

[mogs]

I was out with a couple of friends last night and of course we got to talking about how my grow your own attempts were going (as you do!). I mentioned I had bought my potatoes for chitting and my friend of course asked what that meant. After explaining the science bit we then had a deep and meaningful conversation about how the tubers grow under the soil and my very bright, veryintelligent, articulate 48 year old gorgeos friend states her amazement that the tubers grew undergound and these were actually potatoes - she had no idea how potatoes grew or where they came from!

Talk about educating children about where their food comes from, I think we need to think about educating some adults - I couldn't believe she didn't know that!!?? Thought I'd had too many scoops of the amber nectar at one stage - apparently not, but needed a few more to calm me nerves!

Ooh suffering today though - whole day of nothingness - never again!

[HotStuff]

never again!

Until next time

[janeyo]

Did she think they grew on trees?! lol

[HotStuff]

Did she think they grew on trees?! lol

Alongside the spaghetti

[Oleander]

That reminds me of my son asking me if sausages grew on a tree or on the ground - he was 4 yrs old at the time, and I suppose in one way he was right! (Unless pigs take up tree climbing)


A few years later he was very concerned about the kit list for an overnight cub camp, and the need to take a "toilet bag" and what he might have to use it for......

Of course, we remind him of these events, and others, quite frequently......

[janeyo]

Hi hotstuff, your signature made my OH laugh outloud for about 10 minutes. He is an electronics engineer.

He had to explain it to me! lol

[Alice]

I know, it's shocking Mogs. I used to be a Nurse. When we sent babies home from the hospital there was always a little card saying what feeds they were on. For the bigger ones it was frequently cows milk. Then we would get the phone calls from the mothers asking where they could buy cows milk. They were gobsmacked to discover that was what was in the bottles from the dairy. The level of ignorance is just amazing.

[HotStuff]

Hi hotstuff, your signature made my OH laugh outloud for about 10 minutes. He is an electronics engineer.

He had to explain it to me! lol

Thanks, nice to know I made someone laugh today, he's obviously a man of great taste and discernment. Which of course you already knew as he's your OH

[MrsC]

My hairdresser last time I visited and asking me about what veg I was going to grow on my allotment, asked me if you could grow pasta!!!!!!!!

[Hilary B]

For all the jokes, there do still seem to be people who think meat grows on trees....

[miffy]

You would be surprised where people think food comes from, i have had children in my classes who do not recognise raw fruit or veg as they only ever see it processed into mc nuggets or burghers! They don't know that milk is from cows or that it goes into yoghurts etc.. So i am not surprised that when these kids grow into adults they don't know either.

[janeyo]

When I lived in France, the girl I lived with (also English was a little bit dappy and she once asked me if the reason they only had UHT milk in the shops was cos they didn't have any cows in France. lol

I also once childminded a girl whose mum thought that there was a difference betwen a creature and an animal. I never did work out that one! lol

[slabbit]

i,m still not having gooseberry bushes on my lottie...just in case my old gran was telling the truth???

[mogs]

OMG what's with the gooseberries? Now I'm showing my ignorance!!!!

[slabbit]

OMG what's with the gooseberries? Now I'm showing my ignorance!!!!

we were told we were born under a gooseberry bush...(is it just a brummie thing)