Man: Starch? Onion: Bulb.
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Neither, ROOT !
I do not get this at all.
Tuber or not tuber, that is the question.
I love it!
Is he suppose to be a starchy bulb?
I’m with Konrad. I don’t get the cartoon, and JohnnyDiego’s explanation makes no sense to me, either.
Lite-bulb?
No time today…. but I just had to say everybody’s making it too hard!
The counterman says “Starch?” meaning “Do you want starch in your shirt?”
The onion replies “Bulb,” meaning “No, actually, I’m not a starch; I’m a bulb!”
Kinda like the old “It’s windy!” “No I think it’s Thursday”“Me too, lets go have a beer” routine…..except misunderstanding, not mishearing.
Onions, BTW, are bulbs, which are fleshy, usually underground, stems, above the roots, which produce leaves above ground.
Tubers, OTOH, are underground root protuberances, like potatoes or begonia tubers, which can create plants by forming new roots and stems.
Thank you Susan Sunshine, I can always count on you to make things abundantly clear
Just in case anybody comes back…. I realised later… tubers can be attached to the stem OR root, cos potatoes are called stem tubers… but in any case, they store starch, and bulbs do not.Sigh… college was a long time ago.
Dan Thompson
el8 almost 12 years ago
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Z0LTAR almost 12 years ago
Neither, ROOT !
konradh almost 12 years ago
I do not get this at all.
Dean Nelson Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Tuber or not tuber, that is the question.
Karen345 almost 12 years ago
I love it!
iced tea almost 12 years ago
Is he suppose to be a starchy bulb?
Cartoonacy almost 12 years ago
I’m with Konrad. I don’t get the cartoon, and JohnnyDiego’s explanation makes no sense to me, either.
imbaldeagle almost 12 years ago
Lite-bulb?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 12 years ago
No time today…. but I just had to say everybody’s making it too hard!
The counterman says “Starch?” meaning “Do you want starch in your shirt?”
The onion replies “Bulb,” meaning “No, actually, I’m not a starch; I’m a bulb!”
Kinda like the old “It’s windy!” “No I think it’s Thursday”“Me too, lets go have a beer” routine…..except misunderstanding, not mishearing.
Onions, BTW, are bulbs, which are fleshy, usually underground, stems, above the roots, which produce leaves above ground.
Tubers, OTOH, are underground root protuberances, like potatoes or begonia tubers, which can create plants by forming new roots and stems.
OK, Botany 101 is out for the day.vermel33 almost 12 years ago
Thank you Susan Sunshine, I can always count on you to make things abundantly clear
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Just in case anybody comes back…. I realised later… tubers can be attached to the stem OR root, cos potatoes are called stem tubers… but in any case, they store starch, and bulbs do not.Sigh… college was a long time ago.