Comments on: Captain America, Held for Ransom

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:07:22 +0000

Corn. Everybody knows corn smells delicious.

You learn something new everyday. I hadn’t realized that SCOTUS ruled on the tomato fruit/veggie issue. Good to know. I actually assumed you made it up, but I looked it up for good measure. Truth is stranger than fiction.

By: weptover

weptover — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:44:19 +0000

All who read this blog, take note: Tim is not above messing with a person’s severe personal disabilities — in this case, my OCD. If I had checked my son’s game when I got home last night and realized I was missing a superhero, I would have spent the night sleepless.

Would Tim puncture a man’s wheelchair tire? Would Tim put a hole into a bubble boy’s protective shell? Would Tim hide a person’s insulin? The answers to all of these questions is apparently “Yes.”

By: tina

tina — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:18:40 +0000

Way to keep Tim in line Liz!
Context is key you know.

How about a cherry tomato, still a veggie, or back to the realm of fruit?
Don’t forget grape tomatoes too.

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:20:47 +0000

“No way!” I declared, on reading that the U.S. Supreme Court actually issued a decision on the tomato’s status. So I went to the source of all truth - Wikipedia - and sure enough…! Amazing. However, Tim, you neglected the context, and this key bit, “The holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, and the court did not purport to reclassify the tomato for botanical or other purposes other than paying a tax under a tariff act.” So the tomato was safe from the tariff on veggies. And, added benefit, when asked by health-conscious nagging women, one can say - legally, if not botanically - “yes, I’ve eaten my vegetables; I ate tomatoes.” Which begs the next question - is it ‘tomatoes’ or ‘tomatos’?