IDIOTS: Oklahoma Declares Watermelon State Vegetable

[sarahmichelef]

Oklahoma already has the strawberry as its official fruit, so the state Senate cleared the way Tuesday to declare the watermelon the state vegetable.

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[greyhame.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but watermelons are definitely not cucumbers.

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

But they are. They're actually gourds, but so are cucumbers. The family cucurbitaceae. Also the luffa!

[greyhame.livejournal.com]

No, no, no. See, cucumbers are long and thin, with thin, edible skin and pale flesh, and medium-sized edible white seeds, while watermelons are big and round, with thick, inedible rind and red flesh, and large, inedible black seeds. See? Clearly different! :-P

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

I see... how silly of me. And here I was about to point out that watermelons aren't, technically, melons...

What WAS I thinking?

[greyhame.livejournal.com]

Your science is no match for my obstinacy.

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

It works better if you just keep repeating things the way you want them to be. Eventually it becomes incontrovertible fact, no matter how much piddling "evidence" I can possibly mount against you!

I hear it works wonders.

[greyhame.livejournal.com]

Look, all I'm saying is that watermelons are not the same as cucumbers. This should not be a controversial statement. Related? sure. Both gourds? sure. The same thing? clearly not!

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

::chuckles:: True enough. Not the same thing.