Education
“Training
is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”—Mark Twain (1835-1910), writer, in Pudd’nhead Wilson (1894)
Editor’s Note: And Brussels sprouts . . . GED?
Best comments on yesterday’s WORD:
• “Being informed (an expert, alleged or otherwise) takes a back seat to those many tin-pot radio and cable hosts who stumbled into the money pot of right-wing politics after failing again and again in the now-lamented world of actual accomplishment. In today’s Kafka-esque environment, Alice’s rabbit hole makes perfect sense.” —Dan
• “Even my middle is nuts.” —Will
Today’s PeezPix: Coastal Moonrise
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Checking in from the UK:
ReplyDeleteThe Brussels sprout is a cabbage designed by the European Commission.
—Neil
Brussels sprouts? Nano-cabbages.
ReplyDelete—Bruce
I think Twain misspoke. Romaine is cabbage with a high school education. Chard is spinach with a college education. Rapini is broccoli with a master's. A pearl is a grain of sand with at least three Ph.Ds.(I guess that makes the oyster a university.)
ReplyDeleteRaisins, by the way, are retired grapes.
Oh, and brussels sprouts? Dwarf collegiate cabbages.
—Alexandra