Thursday, December 18, 2008

An orange by any other name is still as orange








"Clementines are oranges," I informed him.

"No they aren't. They're clementines."

"Which is a kind of orange."

"Then why do we call them clementines?"


"We only call apples apples," Andrew said.












I picked up an orange and showed it to Rachel.

"What's this?" I asked.

"Eeeeeeeeooooo!" she trumpeted.




  1. I love it! Danny always calls clementines "meekons" (I totally murdered the spelling) because that's what they call them in Japan.

  2. It's a wonder we ever know what we're talking about! :)

  3. Thanks to Kevan and the random stuff that comes out of his mouth, we call clementines "fake oranges."

  4. Hey elephant works for me! Sabrina refers to any drink as milk. Gets a little annoying when we give her milk and she wants juice, not any juice but certain flavor. We play the is this what you want game!

  5. That's hilarious. Oh, I had a ridiculous thought which is, by the way, VERY ridiculous, so please don't take it seriously, because I'm really being silly. Perhaps the US won't import oranges from China because they carry Avian flu, while everything else is just a product of forced labour and so we don't care that much... hahaha

  6. 4012
    Just a few of the codes I have to keep apart for the many different types of oranges that come through the checkstand. Do you know how many different types of eggplants there are?

  7. ps--I was thinking of getting a fruitbowl to decorate our kitchen. I told Richard this, and said, "Maybe I'll be more likely to eat it if it looks pretty." He reassured me I probably wouldn't, so I didn't buy it. BUT--your pictures make me want it, so maybe I just will get one. I'll give it to Michael for christmas.

  8. Rachel is to Heiss, as Clementine is to Orange, as MacIntosh is to Apple, as Russet is to Potato, as Jubilee is to Corn...and on and on it goes...

  9. That is really funny my mom read it aloud to me and I started laughing so hard. :) Luv u lots and miss u guys!