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From: Jim on 25 Jan 2010 05:46 On 2010-01-25, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> > >> > And yet you people think you've got it all fully characterised and fixed >> > and nailed down. >> > >> > You're all wrong. You're all beyond reason. >> >> People just have different palettes, and differnt tastes. Heck, Marmite have >> an entire advertising campaign based around that fact. > > My case rests, m'lud. eh? That one went past me a little quick. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: zoara on 25 Jan 2010 11:47 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > It's not about you. It's about the sprouts. I hereby nominate this for "best line of the decade". Well, so far, at least. Seriously, this thread is the funniest I've read in a long time. And I can't work out who is being serious and who isn't! -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 25 Jan 2010 11:47 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > In article <slrnhlqo42.17h5.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > >Nope. I just don't like sprouts. But then there's quite a lot of > > foodstuffs > >that I'm not fond of, sprouts are just the worst. > > There's a brassica continuum, from cauliflower which I find quite > pleasant in some cases (e.g. a good aloo gobi), through brocolli and > cabbage to sprouts which make me feel sick to think of. > > No doubt there is some substance (or group of substances) which these > foods have in increasing quantity, to which some people are much more > sensitive than others. Some people can taste a bitterness in cucumber which most cannot - there's a specific chemical that's been identified that causes this taste (to some), IIRC. I wonder if it's that, or something related to it? -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 25 Jan 2010 11:53 On 2010-01-25, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> It's not about you. It's about the sprouts. > > I hereby nominate this for "best line of the decade". > > Well, so far, at least. Gets my vote as well. Someone should .sig it. Now. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Ian Piper on 25 Jan 2010 12:25
On 2010-01-25 16:47:11 +0000, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> In article <slrnhlqo42.17h5.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> Nope. I just don't like sprouts. But then there's quite a lot of >>> foodstuffs >>> that I'm not fond of, sprouts are just the worst. >> >> There's a brassica continuum, from cauliflower which I find quite >> pleasant in some cases (e.g. a good aloo gobi), through brocolli and >> cabbage to sprouts which make me feel sick to think of. >> >> No doubt there is some substance (or group of substances) which these >> foods have in increasing quantity, to which some people are much more >> sensitive than others. > > Some people can taste a bitterness in cucumber which most cannot - > there's a specific chemical that's been identified that causes this > taste (to some), IIRC. > > I wonder if it's that, or something related to it? > > -zoara- Yes, the durian effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian). On a holiday in Sri Lanka my wife and I tried eating durian fruit. I loved it, she was nearly sick. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --� |