And you're HOW old?!

[vanillafluffy]

Yesterday, one of the young ladies with whom I work (she's 25, I think), was nibbling on something at her desk, and asked the row as a whole, "Are pickles good for you?"

Remembering back to the days when Weight Watchers permitted them as an unlimited food group, I said, "Well, cucumbers are good for you, although the salt is a little iffy."

And she says, "Pickles are cucumbers?"

"Yes, the same way raisins used to be grapes. They had a little help evolving."

"Oh."

*headdesk* Twenty-five and doesn't know pickles are well-preserved cucumbers? Oy vey! I despair of the younger generation, I really do....

Comments

[jdsgirlbev.livejournal.com]

HA! Reminds me of a young lawyer wannabe of my acquaintance who was AMAZED that butter originally came from a *gasp* COW!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

So I'm sure the truth about cheese came as a complete revelation. (Unless it's that's pastuerized, processed cheese-food stuff, which I *think* is actually related to wax somehow.)

[jdsgirlbev.livejournal.com]

To me it tastes a lot like Vasaline... >:p *blech*

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

:D !!!

A guy is going door-to-door taking a marketing survey, when he arrives at the Jones house, where Mrs. Jones, surrounded by several little Joneses, answers the door.

The guy says, "I'm doing research for the company that markets Vaseline, and I'd like to know if you're familiar with our product."

"Yes, I am," says Mrs. Jones.

The guy scribbles a note on his clipboard, and asks, "And how do you use our product?" he wants to know.

"My husband and I use it for sex."

The survey-taker blinks. (Nobody has been this honest with him before.) "And may I ask HOW you use it?" he inquires, trying to keep the embarassment out of his voice.

"We grease the bedroom doorknob with it so no one can come in and interrupt us."

[jdsgirlbev.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA!!!! WHEE!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

The people running the cash registers at the grocery store don't recognize so many fruits and vegetables that it's become rather scary. I guess if they've never eaten anything except canned stuff on a plate at school or chopped lettuce in a burger, they really don't know what the original looks like.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

My personal opinion is that iceberg lettuce is eeevil. It's nasty stuff with no nutritional value whatsoever. I avoid it as much as possible. (Just iceberg---I have no issues with other varieties of lettuce.)

That said, maybe it's my imagination, or just my local market, but there ARE a lot of fruits and veggies available these days that I never heard of when I was following along beside my mom's cart. Daikon radish, tomatillo, chipotle---hell, I kept reading recipies that called for shallots, and had no clue what they were until I was 20-something.

But pickles? Figured that one out in grade school, thanks!

[starhawk2005.livejournal.com]

*snort* Ah, 'kids' these days. ;)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. And y'know, I'm aware that that makes me middle-aged---and I don't CARE! Next stop: old fogey.

[starhawk2005.livejournal.com]

*snort* You couldn't PAY ME to be a teenager these days. Meh.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

My teens weren't that great the first time around...I think I'd insist on A) a helluva lot of money and B) knowing what I know now.

I have the feeling it would go AU in a whole 'nother direction pretty quickly!

[starhawk2005.livejournal.com]

My teens weren't that great the first time around...I think I'd insist on A) a helluva lot of money and B) knowing what I know now.

Hear hear!

I have the feeling it would go AU in a whole 'nother direction pretty quickly!

Yeah. I would've kicked a lot more ass and snarked rudely at all the jerks who used to pick on me...

[strangevisitor7.livejournal.com]

Love the Icon and I am really sorry to say it doesn't suprise me. (I taught High school for 7 years)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

*nods* It's horrifying sometimes. Being in customer service, I get it from all sides, co-workers and consumers alike. They don't know the difference between "beach" and "beech", can't find their state on a map, think New Mexico is a foreign country, and don't even get me started on grammar and punctuation---!