On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:26:26 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> sf replied to Giusi:
>
> >> I don't like pears
> >
> > Really? Wow!
>
> Did you know that the grittiness in pears is silica, same as sand? Some time
> ago an idiot posted here that the grit was *silicone* which is the stuff of
> breast implants. Not the same thing, not at all.
>

Pears are gritty? That's one word I wouldn't use to describe them.

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