On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:15:43 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Kate replied to Sheldon:
>
>>> Blackberries and black raspberries are synonymous, they're a cultivar of
>>> the same plant,
> <snip>
>> same as red raspberries, purple raspberries, yellow
>>> raspberries... there are hundreds of varietals/hybrids.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry
>>
>> Nowhere in this article does it say anything about black
>> raspberries being a variety of blackberries.
>
> Kate, you made a few elementary mistakes:
>
> 1. You assume that Sheldon is amenable to reason.
>
> 2. You assume that Sheldon actually READS the links he posts.
>
> 3. You assume that any fact, no matter how ironclad, has the same authority
> as the voices in Sheldon's head.
>
> As to the Wikipedia page Sheldon quoted, allow me to point out that the
> article does not say that black raspberries are NOT blackberries. Therefore,
> under "Sheldon Logic," black raspberries MUST be blackberries. By that same
> logic, present only when Sheldon is posting, black raspberries are also
> strawberries, pineapples, aloe vera, dachshunds, double-decker buses,
> Michelle Obama, and Tajikistan.
>

<snort>

your pal,
blake