Re: OT: Fruit (was Re: Installation failed - again - why am I not surprised)

[albcares <acbangher@gmail.com>]

that's right or almost right. The story told of a pumpkin and an
acorn. And when the man lied under the oak to have a sleep, he was
actually awaken by a falling acorn that made his nose bleeding. This
is why the big pumpkins grow from a shaggy grass.
(sorry for my basic language)

2013/3/4, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk>:
> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 09:47:55PM -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote:
>>
>> There is a tale in my country about an arrogant man that considered
>> absurd
>> that a pumpkin, being a large fruit, comes from a short plant, and the
>> blackberry [1] comes from a tall tree although it is a tiny fruit. He
>> kept
>> thinking like this until he fell asleep under a blackberry tree and was
>> awaken by a blackberry hitting his nose.
>
> Just for the record, I would consider "cherry" to be a better
> replacement than "blackberry" here. The Blackberry grows on a trailing
> bush with thorny tendrils. Although its fruit is small, it's unlikely
> anyone would sleep under one. A cherry, on the other hand, grows on a
> full-sized tree under which someone could conceivably sleep. In
> addition, the stone in the cherry would give added impact when falling
> one someone's nose :*)
>


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