Comments on: Plum (job) http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/plum-job/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Victoria Ayers http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/plum-job/comment-page-1/#comment-23323 Victoria Ayers Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:16:38 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5342#comment-23323 My daughter, at about age five said to me, "I like raisins, but why don't they fill them all the way up?" A question for the ages. My daughter, at about age five said to me, “I like raisins, but why don’t they fill them all the way up?” A question for the ages.

]]> By: Louise Hope http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/plum-job/comment-page-1/#comment-22826 Louise Hope Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:47:14 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5342#comment-22826 >> I was in my late teens before I found out that raisins are actually dried grapes << You are not alone. I once had to explain to an adult friend that pickles (generically) are made from cucumbers, not from some special pickle-vegetable. >> I was in my late teens before I found out that raisins are actually dried grapes <<

You are not alone. I once had to explain to an adult friend that pickles (generically) are made from cucumbers, not from some special pickle-vegetable.

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