[Groop]Oh no! I'm Nut-picking!

[unirabbit1]

Well, if a peanut is a nut and a pea is a legume...what's a dognut?

Love, from, Unirabbit


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sudilovsky, Ariel" <ASudilov@calfee.com>
To: <Groop@groo.com>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:16 AM
Subject: [Groop]Oh no! I'm Nut-picking!


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Bron [mailto:DBron@flashmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 7:35 PM
> To: Groop@groo.com
> Subject: Re: [Groop]Another bit of sillyness
>
>
>
> >7. SAINSBURY'S PEANUTS - Warning: contains nuts
>
> Aha, as you see this is a false warning - as we all know a peanut is a
> LEGUME, not a nut.  You do watch Third Rock, don't you?
>
>
> -------->I hate to nut-pick, but I must.  The peanut is in fact a nut-not
a
> legume.  A legume is a pod, such as a pea or a bean, that splits into 2
> valves with the seeds attached to the lower edge of one of the valves.  By
> contrast a nut is a hard-shelled, solid textured, one-celled fruit, such
as
> an acorn or hazelnut, that does not split open.  Clearly one should
realize
> that a peanut, therefore, is a nut.  First, the peanut is not attached to
> the shell. Second, the peanut shell does not split open (of its own
accord).
> Another definition which should clear up any remaining questions is: A
seed
> borne in a fruit having a hard shell, as the peanut or almond.
>
> Webster's is a much truer and more valuable source for definitions than
3rd
> Rock.
>
> Ari
>
> p.s. A final definition of "nut" which might be of note is: Any member of
a
> group dedicated to cheese-dip, mulch or aficionados of such, especially
> where such member engages in debate as to the nuthood or legumehood of any
> nut or legume.
>
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