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    D'you think this guy's been reading some of our tomato threads and getting himself confused?

    What's gone wrong with our tomatoes? - Features, Food & Drink - The Independent
    Last edited by Sylvan; 29-06-2011, 05:33 PM. Reason: apostrophe!
    The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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    Took me ages to find the bit about armpit hair - he does run on doesn't he

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      Blimey, I read all the article and then couldn't get out of the newspaper! He's totally confused and I really can't see anyone taking their tomatoes back to the supermarket because of "tastelessness". Interesting idea though. As for the armpit hairs, well, he must grow funny looking tomatoes - or peculiar arm pits?
      Last edited by Florence Fennel; 29-06-2011, 05:56 PM.
      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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      • #4
        I reckon he googled "grow your own tomatoes". By the time you get to the end of the 2nd word the top two results lead here...
        The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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          "Plagiarism" was the cry!
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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            Arm pit hairs????

            sorry...NOOOOOooooo- not here in France or the UK surely?????
            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

            Location....Normandy France

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            • #7
              To be honest, despite mum and dad growing tomatoes, along with most of my relatives, I had never heard sideshoots referred to as armpits before joining the vine. I still refer to them as sideshoots, armpits give me such a 'not nice' feeling. On another point, I've got around 15 plants rooted from my sideshoots to plant up the allotment this weekend, all in flower, so thanks to the grape that brought that idea to me (even if he/she did refer to them as armpits)
              I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
              Now a little Shrinking Violet.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                Arm pit hairs????

                sorry...NOOOOOooooo- not here in France or the UK surely?????
                Germany seem quite keen tho'.........
                S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by binley100 View Post
                  Germany seem quite keen tho'.........

                  Eeewwwww.........
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Never ever heard the phrase "armpit" before coming to the vine, the mans a tealeaf.

                    Colin
                    Potty by name Potty by nature.

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                    • #11
                      Definitely stole that phrase; this is the only place I've ever heard of it and I mix with gardeners all day every day and nobody knows what I'm talking about when I talk about it......he could have referenced us the thieving b******

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                      • #12
                        Do we have any idea who first called them armpits here on the vine ?
                        Location....East Midlands.

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                        • #13
                          Sheesh, I gave up reading that.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                            Do we have any idea who first called them armpits here on the vine ?
                            no idea but the proper name for an armpit in our parlance is an oxter.

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                              I think armpits is a much better description ......
                              S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                              a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                              You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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