Eating tomatoes 'turns kids into criminals'

The Observer [UK] ^ | February 23, 2003 | Jean West

[snopercod]

The "Twinkie Defense" writ large.

[Bernard]

When my son was about 3 years old, we found out that the sodium in hotdogs and lunch meats made his behaviour very bad. Once we took him off that stuff, he was fine. The doctor we saw said this was common.

And now he's 16 and ranked first academically in his high-school class, so something must have worked.

[stevem]

For me it was always artichoke hearts and peas (peas to this very day). I haven't eaten peas since I got big enough to fight back.

[GreenCell]

This "defense" of non-social actions is just an excuse..substances may may you anti-social but, it's discipline and responsibility for "actions" that is the crux of the argument....

as one reader put it...and he's right, "the tomato-twinkie" defense will be here one day.

[P.O.E.]

I didn't have to read the article. I already saw the movie:

Can you believe this movie celebrated its 25th anniversary last year? Man, I'm gettin' old.

[thisiskubrick]

This article is a victory for the "bananas" industry.

[HairOfTheDog]

I have a friend who believes all this stuff. She obsesses about the ingredients in everything from her food to her toothpaste and laundry soap, and is convinced she and her children are 'allergic' to nearly everything. She says stuff like "Junior is allergic to tomatos and pickles. They make him hyperactive". If a child has a bad day, it must have been because he ate an unauthorized cookie somewhere.

Though I think we are what we eat, and I have no basis to argue with her, I know that she and her kids are always sick, and I (who eats nothing but junk food or whatever else is around) have not been sick in years. I don't know which came first, the obsession with ingredients or the constant illnesses, but she is, nevertheless, a hypocondriac.

[LibWhacker]

Politically correct "science" will lead nowhere.

[dvan]

Question? How do you eat a "doorstep"? Even smothered in butter it must be kinda hard to go down.

[facedown]

burp

[DC native]

Bernard, I fear you have not given yourself due credit for the love, concern, and effort that you likely poured into the raising of this child!

[Cultural Jihad]

Question? How do you eat a "doorstep"? Even smothered in butter it must be kinda hard to go down.

All references I have found call it a type of a large sandwich, made with a long loaf of bread. In their parlance, it seems to connote something large:

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"The (reports) that cross my desk are certainly as big a doorstep sandwich, and must consume a lot of planning officers' time and council tax payers' money."

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"It is important not to be intimidated by such terms, especially if you view 'theology' as a subject which is beyond you, something only done by people who can read books thicker than a doorstep sandwich!"

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[Tennessee_Bob]

I never have liked tomatoes. Now I have a legitimate excuse for not eating them.

[KeyWest]

Since all the bad foods were veggies it does go a long way to explain the actions of PETA.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Question? How do you eat a "doorstep"?


The same way you eat "$h*t on a shingle". One bite at a time!

[rintense]

I KNEW IT! Anything with inards as slimy as tomatoes must be evil.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Didn't early Americans think
tomatoes were poison?

[snopercod]

When my son was about 3 years old, we found out that the sodium in hotdogs and lunch meats made his behaviour very bad.

Are you sure it wasn't the cockroaches and mouse feces?

[Nov3]

The high glycemic load of the government recomended diet will be found responsible for a huge part of mental and physical illness. Just eat your 15 servings of grain and become diabetic and depressed.