Posted on 01/29/2007 6:40:07 PM PST by blam
The French word for potato is "Pomme de Terre" or, "Apple of the Earth".
The French word for "French Fry" is "Pomme Frite".
What is the French word for "Fried Apple"?
Sorry, I have never had an appropriate forum for this question.
Those apples are certainly ripe!
I give up?
Oh, give it a rest. I guess your "kids" have never been to the beach??? The cheerleader outfit certainly covers more than any bikini.
Can you explain to me why a picture of a cheerleader is relevant to an articles about apples. One of the problems with FR in the last few years is the overabundance of meaningless "joke" responses. Some threads have no posts about the actual article, just "joke" replies. It kind of makes the point of the sight meaningless.
I notice your post makes no references to Apples. Please try to stay on topic.
It wasn't the apple on the tree that caused all the trouble - it was the peach on the ground.
I didn't say that it was relevant. However, when people challenge me on how I act as a parent!?!? Give me a freakin' break.
FR has been that way since it started. I don't like it but i'm certainly not going to act like a bulletin board is suddenly going to be managed. These things (even before the internet) were unmanaged. What makes it different today?
"Pomologist?"
No, lunch!
My bad. Coy look and red faced.
Speaking of apples, if anyone knows where (and when) I can find Northern Spy apples in Chicago, thanks in advance. All I can find are Tasteless But Pretty.
"A completely new variety is very, very rare."
Not so fast, there. As I remember, a new variety of Golden Delicious was found growing in the Bahamas not too long ago. Nothing like an apple that can grow in the heat of the tropics.
... pompadourologist.
You need to get a grip! Seriously! If this bothers your children, they don't belong here! What do you do when we get those beautiful, wonderful pictures of Madeline Albright and Hillary Clinton?
Interesting. Thanks.
jm
It doesn't surprise me that they can't identify the variety offhand. Last I had heard, there were about 1,800 named varieties of apples in the U.S. if I recall correctly. That was in 1976. I almost took a graduate assistantship to research apple leaf photosynthesis at the U. of Michigan, but decided that wasn't particularly interesting.
I see you've met the local Taliban. Thanks for the pic.
Can you explain to ME why an article about apples is relevant to the original charter of Free Republic?
Heck, a pic of a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader seems more fitting fitting than an article about some apple tree planted in Italy or France 100 years ago! At least the cheerleader represents "America's Team."
What is this, grouchy old curmudgeon night on Free Republic?
Excellent question. Now it's going to bother me, too!
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