Pet Peeves?
#8746
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#8750
#8751
Re: Pet Peeves?
TV advert for the Salvation Army. Story about a girl who buys a new coat, then meets a poor homeless without one. Does she give the new coat to the girl? No. Does she give her old coat to the girl? No. She returns the new coat and gives the money to the Salvation Army because eventually they might give that homeless girl a coat.
My four-year-old niece pointed out how dumb this was. I'm betting that someone at the ad agency just wanted to push how stupid you have to be to give money to the Salvation Army.
My four-year-old niece pointed out how dumb this was. I'm betting that someone at the ad agency just wanted to push how stupid you have to be to give money to the Salvation Army.
#8752
Re: Pet Peeves?
TV advert for the Salvation Army. Story about a girl who buys a new coat, then meets a poor homeless without one. Does she give the new coat to the girl? No. Does she give her old coat to the girl? No. She returns the new coat and gives the money to the Salvation Army because eventually they might give that homeless girl a coat.
My four-year-old niece pointed out how dumb this was. I'm betting that someone at the ad agency just wanted to push how stupid you have to be to give money to the Salvation Army.
My four-year-old niece pointed out how dumb this was. I'm betting that someone at the ad agency just wanted to push how stupid you have to be to give money to the Salvation Army.
#8753
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Joined: Jan 2006
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Re: Pet Peeves?
When family treats another member of family like 2nd class citizens for no reason other then that is what they do...Pisses me off.
#8754
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#8756
Re: Pet Peeves?
For a moment there I thought WTF, either this is some racial joke that I don't understand or some other kind of nuttiness courtesy of the NAACP but no you were right. I am now Wiki enlightened, figures that big business had a hand in the banning of currants!
#8757
Re: Pet Peeves?
They are awesome fruits!
#8758
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Joined: Jul 2007
Location: North Norfolk and northern New York State
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Re: Pet Peeves?
To clarify, only the growing was banned due to potential disease spreading from a fungus on the bark; not the distribution or sale of the fruit. I've been happily buying blackcurrants at my local stores for 20 years. Now that I've read up on it, I do recall many of them are from Canada. I have a big (Costco size) box of them in the fridge right now; just looked at the label and they are from Peru! Who would have known ...
They are awesome fruits!
They are awesome fruits!
Ah just looked it up - apparently NYS repealed the ban on gooseberries in 2003!
Last edited by robin1234; Dec 10th 2017 at 7:38 am.
#8759
Re: Pet Peeves?
A very large amount of fruit eaten in the US comes from Chile and Peru.
Grapes are a well known example, but many other fruits are cultivated in Peru including blueberries, citrus fruits, olives, pineapples, guavas, bananas, apples, and pears.
The range of fruits from Chile is less - notably grapes, apples, pears, and peaches, but I believe the quantities imported into the US are greater than from Peru.
#8760
Re: Pet Peeves?
When you get drugs that say to take two pills and then at the end of the bottle, there's one left.