Comments on: Potato or Tomato? http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/ A Tangential Autobiography Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Orb http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-17586 Orb Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:28:07 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/#comment-17586 I'm going to watch the whole episode of that show later. I'm sure it's going to totally depress me. My friends and I used to laugh at "city kids" who hadn't ever seen a cow in person before. Really no harm in not ever having seen a cow, but we thought it was funny, since we were surrounded by them. Now, kids don't even know what a TOMATO is, and I have to wonder, do they even know what a COW is? Seriously, you could have picked me up off the floor after seeing this. My gods. I didn't start life in the country, but I assure you, my inner city first grade class knew what a freaking tomato or potato was, even if we'd never seen a cow in person before. I’m going to watch the whole episode of that show later. I’m sure it’s going to totally depress me.

My friends and I used to laugh at “city kids” who hadn’t ever seen a cow in person before. Really no harm in not ever having seen a cow, but we thought it was funny, since we were surrounded by them. Now, kids don’t even know what a TOMATO is, and I have to wonder, do they even know what a COW is?

Seriously, you could have picked me up off the floor after seeing this. My gods. I didn’t start life in the country, but I assure you, my inner city first grade class knew what a freaking tomato or potato was, even if we’d never seen a cow in person before.

]]> By: Ekim http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-17585 Ekim Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:11:43 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/#comment-17585 My employer is a publicly funded body who are constantly attacked as a waste of money since they spend their time doing things like, well, teaching children that kind of stuff. They even arrange class projects where children plant vegetables and watch them grow. Everyone who is complaining about public money just assume that children must know about this, doesn't everyone know it? My employer is a publicly funded body who are constantly attacked as a waste of money since they spend their time doing things like, well, teaching children that kind of stuff. They even arrange class projects where children plant vegetables and watch them grow.

Everyone who is complaining about public money just assume that children must know about this, doesn’t everyone know it?

]]> By: John http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/comment-page-1/#comment-17584 John Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:24:28 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/03/29/potato-or-tomato/#comment-17584 I was once at a drive-thru and part of my order was the one dollar side salad. As the teen hands me my order, he asks, 'Are them things any good?' Momentarily confused, I hold up the plastic clamshell of the salad order and ask him, 'You mean this? Yeah, pretty good.' He replies, 'Huh, my girlfriend eats that stuff, maybe I should try it.' I drive off, realizing you can't make this stuff up, it's already reality. I was once at a drive-thru and part of my order was the one dollar side salad. As the teen hands me my order, he asks, ‘Are them things any good?’ Momentarily confused, I hold up the plastic clamshell of the salad order and ask him, ‘You mean this? Yeah, pretty good.’ He replies, ‘Huh, my girlfriend eats that stuff, maybe I should try it.’

I drive off, realizing you can’t make this stuff up, it’s already reality.

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