that's right or almost right. The story told of a pumpkin and an acorn. And when the man lied under the oak to have a sleep, he was actually awaken by a falling acorn that made his nose bleeding. This is why the big pumpkins grow from a shaggy grass. (sorry for my basic language)
2013/3/4, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk>: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 09:47:55PM -0300, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: >> >> There is a tale in my country about an arrogant man that considered >> absurd >> that a pumpkin, being a large fruit, comes from a short plant, and the >> blackberry [1] comes from a tall tree although it is a tiny fruit. He >> kept >> thinking like this until he fell asleep under a blackberry tree and was >> awaken by a blackberry hitting his nose. > > Just for the record, I would consider "cherry" to be a better > replacement than "blackberry" here. The Blackberry grows on a trailing > bush with thorny tendrils. Although its fruit is small, it's unlikely > anyone would sleep under one. A cherry, on the other hand, grows on a > full-sized tree under which someone could conceivably sleep. In > addition, the stone in the cherry would give added impact when falling > one someone's nose :*) > -- linux user #521635 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAP-pvzTGZGAv4dYgPNXi_3k5ip_u1r=4isBAdtfVs8f_Gm1=2...@mail.gmail.com
