blake murphy wrote:
> 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

Oops! Somehow I didn't realize it was Sheldon. I would never
have bothered to reply if I had. He's been killfiled for many
years but I still see people's reply to his messages from time
to time.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?