In article >,
Pinstripe Sniper > wrote:
|DOh! I missed it (Friday @ 9pm) but will probably track an online
|copy down and watch it. I saw the "preview" earlier in the week and
|it seemed worthwhile.
|
|Did anyone see it? Thoughts?

Nobody says "tomato ketchup". It might say "tomato ketchup" on the label, but
it also might say "fancy catsup". Nobody says that either. It's called
ketchup. The kids didn't know what he was talking about because he wasn't
speaking American. This really detracted from the effectiveness of the "make
the kids look stupid" segment. Although failure to identify a potato was
pretty much the ultimate losing move in that game.

Chicken nuggets aren't great, but the "gross-out factor" demonstration was
not a fair comparison of anything. I congratulate the kids for seeing through
it. What food doesn't look unappetizing at some point in its development?
Any vegetables that don't start out covered in dirt (eww) were out in the
open air for months, being vomited and shat upon by the creepy crawlies that
live out there (eww!). If you think about it enough, you just might want food
synthesized in a nice clean indoor environment.

Favorite part: the argument about utensils.
"You want to give knives to 5-year-olds?" *boggle*
"Why wouldn't you give knives to 5-year-olds?" *equally boggled*

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Alan Curry

Alan Curry wrote:
> In article >,
> Pinstripe Sniper > wrote:
> |DOh! I missed it (Friday @ 9pm) but will probably track an online
> |copy down and watch it. I saw the "preview" earlier in the week and
> |it seemed worthwhile.
> |
> |Did anyone see it? Thoughts?
>
> Nobody says "tomato ketchup". It might say "tomato ketchup" on the label, but
> it also might say "fancy catsup". Nobody says that either. It's called
> ketchup. The kids didn't know what he was talking about because he wasn't
> speaking American. This really detracted from the effectiveness of the "make
> the kids look stupid" segment. Although failure to identify a potato was
> pretty much the ultimate losing move in that game.

But the kids recognized what he was talking about when he said tomato
ketchup. They didn't know what an actual tomato was!


> Favorite part: the argument about utensils.
> "You want to give knives to 5-year-olds?" *boggle*
> "Why wouldn't you give knives to 5-year-olds?" *equally boggled*

The latter boggles my mind too.

..

--
We must change the way we live
Or the climate will do it for us.

Alan Curry wrote:
>
>Pinstripe Sniper > wrote:
>|DOh! I missed it (Friday @ 9pm) but will probably track an online
>|copy down and watch it. I saw the "preview" earlier in the week and
>|it seemed worthwhile.
>|
>|Did anyone see it? Thoughts?
>
>Nobody says "tomato ketchup". It might say "tomato ketchup" on the label, but
>it also might say "fancy catsup". Nobody says that either. It's called
>ketchup. The kids didn't know what he was talking about because he wasn't
>speaking American.

This idiocy coming from some ignoranus with an Indian dish name...
wait'll his kids get teased in school about having a name that means
kissy ass.

M-W

: 1cur·ry
Pronunciation: \'k?r-e, 'k?-re\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): cur·ried; cur·ry·ing
Etymology: Middle English currayen, from Anglo-French cunreier,
correier to prepare, curry, from Vulgar Latin *conredare, from Latin
com- + a base of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic garaiths arrayed —
more at ready
Date: 13th century
1 : to clean the coat of (as a horse) with a currycomb
2 : to treat (tanned leather) especially by incorporating oil or
grease
3 : beat, thrash

— cur·ri·er noun

— curry favor
: to seek to gain favor by flattery or attention and brown nosing



Ahahahahahahahahahahaha . . . .

clouddreamer wrote:
> Alan Curry wrote:

>
>> Favorite part: the argument about utensils.
>> "You want to give knives to 5-year-olds?" *boggle*
>> "Why wouldn't you give knives to 5-year-olds?" *equally boggled*
>
> The latter boggles my mind too.

There are quite a few cultures in our world where small children (yes,
including 5-year-olds) help with the kitchen prep work by cutting up the
vegetables. When taught properly it isn't a problem. They somehow manage
to retain all their fingers. As an American I was surprised when I first
saw it, and my initial reaction was to take away the knives to protect
them. Then I noticed that they handled these tools more safely than most
adults...

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Orpheus99

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. Musicians paint their pictures on
silence." ~Leopold Stokowski

On 3/28/2010 8:14 PM, orpheus99 wrote:
> clouddreamer wrote:
>> Alan Curry wrote:
>
>>
>>> Favorite part: the argument about utensils.
>>> "You want to give knives to 5-year-olds?" *boggle*
>>> "Why wouldn't you give knives to 5-year-olds?" *equally boggled*
>>
>> The latter boggles my mind too.
>
> There are quite a few cultures in our world where small children (yes,
> including 5-year-olds) help with the kitchen prep work by cutting up the
> vegetables. When taught properly it isn't a problem. They somehow manage
> to retain all their fingers. As an American I was surprised when I first
> saw it, and my initial reaction was to take away the knives to protect
> them. Then I noticed that they handled these tools more safely than most
> adults...
>


Yeah. Exactly. Seems to be part and parcel of the culture of cuddling
that has arisen of late.

I think part of it has to do with the school trying to avoid a lawsuit
if a kid cuts himself or stabs a friend with a fork.

Which in itself says the kids need to be taught more than just how to
handle a fork and knife.

:\

cloud dreamer wrote:
>
> Yeah. Exactly. Seems to be part and parcel of the culture of cuddling
> that has arisen of late.
>

I think "cuddling" in the schools is frowned upon these days. Shame really.
<g>

Janet Baraclough wrote:
> The message >
> from orpheus99 > contains these words:
>
>> clouddreamer wrote:
>>> Alan Curry wrote:
>
>>>> Favorite part: the argument about utensils.
>>>> "You want to give knives to 5-year-olds?" *boggle*
>>>> "Why wouldn't you give knives to 5-year-olds?" *equally boggled*
>>> The latter boggles my mind too.
>
>> There are quite a few cultures in our world where small children (yes,
>> including 5-year-olds) help with the kitchen prep work by cutting up the
>> vegetables. When taught properly it isn't a problem. They somehow manage
>> to retain all their fingers. As an American I was surprised when I first
>> saw it, and my initial reaction was to take away the knives to protect
>> them. Then I noticed that they handled these tools more safely than most
>> adults...
>
> All our kids used a child-size serrated cutting knife and fork to eat
> with, from the age of about 3.
> They used kitchen knives for cooking at home and at nursery group,
> and scissors needles saws, hammers and nails
> to make stuff. This was all long before school at age 5. They and their
> friends never hurt themselves (or anyone else) because they were taught
> how to use sharp tools safely and that it was a
> grown up privilege.
>
> Janet

Shhhhh.... I think we have to be careful here. We are treading on ground
most sacred to Americans; keep the babies as babies until they are
married! LOL!

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Orpheus99

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. Musicians paint their pictures on
silence." ~Leopold Stokowski