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

[Sean McCoy]

an insane k-9?


>From: "unirabbit1" <unirabbit1@email.msn.com>
>To: "Groop" <groop@groo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Groop]Oh no! I'm Nut-picking!
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:13:44 -0500
>
>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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