Is the tomato really a fruit? Hell no!@!!!! - History Forum ~ All Empires

haha!

Hate and anger is the fuel of war, while religion and politics is the foundation of it.

You would! But then again getting apple pie time this time around would be awsome. Dont forget to give some cans of whip cream!

Edited by Ponce de Leon - 31-Oct-2007 at 00:25

But a more important question, do you eat it with a fork or a spoon?

A fork of course.

Originally posted by The Canadian Guy

lol...with spork...spoon/fork. LOL

They exist:

Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears.

I don�t know Pinquin. Gringo is hard to define. Perhaps gringoism means those with a whimsical turn of mind meaning fanciful; amusing; capricious and all that. These tomatoes are slippery so we have to use our sense of the absurd to defeat them.

Example of whimsical
Strolling down Disney World's Main Street is bound to put child and grown-up alike in a whimsical mood.
After announcing a determination to play serve-and-volley, whatever the event, the ultimate professional then proceeded to work chiefly from the baseline for five sets to defeat that whimsical artist Miloslav Mecir in the final of the Stuttgart Classic exhibition tournament here on Saturday.

whim�si�cal �adjective

1.	given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.

2.	of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human behavior.

3.	Erratic; unpredictable: He was too whimsical with regard to his work.

[Origin: 1645�55; whims(y) + -ical]

whimsy also whimsey

noun

An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

A fanciful or fantastic creation in writing or art.

the trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
Synonyms: flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsey, capriciousness

Translations for: Whimsy

Dansk (Danish)
n. - indfald, lune, s�rhed, affekteret, let sentimental humor

Nederlands (Dutch)
grillige humor

Fran�ais (French)
n. - fantaisie (litt�r)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Laune

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καπρίτσιο, ιδιοτροπία, (καθομ.) χοντρό καλαμπούρι
adj. - καπριτσιόζικος

Italiano (Italian)
capriccio

Portugu�s (Portuguese)
n. - id�ia estranha (f), esquisitice (f)
adj. - caprichoso

Русский (Russian)
прихоть, фантазия

Espa�ol (Spanish)
n. - capricho, antojo, extravagancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyck
adj. - nyckfull

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
怪念头, 反覆无常, 心情浮动

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 怪念頭, 反覆無常, 心情浮動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 별난 생각, 변덕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 気まぐれ, 気まぐれな考え, 奇抜な行動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نزوة, غرابه (صفه) نزوي, غريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גחמה, שיגעון, הומור משונה, מוזרות, קפריזה

It's a mixed bag of metaphorical meaning as you can see, but if you cannot understand then never mind. But if you understand then never forget the meaning of tomatoes for that is important when playing tennis in Stuttgart or Melbourne. To hit a tomato across the net at your opponent is the ultimate sport to squash the competition.

Edited by elenos - 31-Oct-2007 at 21:36

elenos

Yes Pinqin, the specter of the tomato looms large over us all.

elenos

oh and not all of us are gringos. LOL

Hate and anger is the fuel of war, while religion and politics is the foundation of it.

Personally I often find it hard to tell the difference between babies and tomatoes. They both sit there, round, bright red. Spewing juices everywhere half the time, and just vegetating the other half, and they're both found in maccas ketchup. LOL

Good point Zaitsev. I have never thought of it that way before.

elenos