By I should have kept my mouth shut - 23/01/2013 01:35 - United States - Davis

Today, I was talking to my grandma and I mentioned the fact that tomatoes are technically fruit. It's been an hour and she's still yelling, accusing me of lying to her. FML
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Trickiest_K 9

It's amazing how fired up people get over a tomato...

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nickjam19 5

So either show her some proof or just let her think she's right. it can't matter that much.

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DocBastard 38

If you put vinegar and high fructose corn syrup in your smoothies, then yes. Also, when you write" dat" instead of "that", you look like an idiot.

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perdix 29

You can fix it by saying that tomatoes are a "culinary vegetable" even though botanically they are fruits. No wonder Grandpa is out there calling girls "suggestive cheesecakes."

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ByronJess 17

Give her a break, old people don't mean to go senile... It just kind of happens. :)

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deequu 20

If you had access to post this on FML, you had access to Internet which you could have searched and shown her some sort of proof.

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perdix 29

#37, because the Internet is the source of truth? Ask Manti Te'o ;)

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deequu 20

Not exactly, but there would have been heaps of posts and forums about it. That's at least something.

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TungstenLildog 10

People need to stop repeating things they hear and pretending to be so smart. Sure, tomato is a fruit, but so is cucumber, bell pepper, eggplant, etc.

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CrookedCook 14

How was OP pretending to be smart? it's just a simple fact that she stated. it's not like she and her grandmother were having a huge discussion on quantum mechanics or on nuclear radiation. Being right doesn't mean someone is automatically condescending.

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kay71095 9

62- she was talking about everyone commenting hence the word "repeating"

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jogihoppa8343 23

tell her bananas are biologically non -veg ...probably she'd stop yelling..

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guyverzerox 6

Seriously how is this an fyl grow up OP and it isn't technically a fruit, plain and simple it is a fruit yes FYL for being so petty.

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Relenaz 9

Lighten up #52, OP meant for this to be a funny story.

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HighlandShadows 48

The Supreme Court declared the tomato a vegetable in 1893. See Nix v. Hedden.

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Shrike 23

HAHA! And if the Supreme Court of the USA declared that humans are zebras, would humans really be zebras?

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Grauncho 27

You should really blow her mind by telling her that they are not only fruit, but are also classified as berries as well.

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TheyCallMeDamien 17

Old people don't like change.

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