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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: mr_a500 on January 15, 2006, 12:34:44 AM
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Back in 1991 the little button on my A500 for removing floppies broke and for years I had to push a pen (or something) in to remove disks. Then a couple years ago I saw a little tie tab on a bunch of broccoli that was the exact size and shape of the broken button and decided to try it. It fit perfectly snugly and has been working great ever since!
A couple months ago I bought a new HD to put in my A500 on my Viper card. Unfortunately, the screw holes on new harddrives does not match with holes on the old ones. So, I tried to attach it with rubber bands, but they either didn't fit or were too thin&stretched and broke when the HD got hot. I just got a thick rubber band off a bunch of broccoli and it is the EXACT size to keep the HD in place without crushing anything or having to double-loop.
Broccoli - is there anything it can't do?
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I thought you were going to say that it gives you gas, because thats what it does to me! :-D
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Some people look at broccoli and see only flatulence.... others (like me!) look at broccoli and see Amiga solutions...
;-) :idea: :laugh:
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I had broccoli with my dinner. Very nice it is too and not nearly as fart inducing as other vegetables in the same group :-D
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Broccoli rules. Had some yesterday, too.
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I wonder if there is any correlation between amiga useage and consumption of this multifacited vegetable?
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Broccoli with a nice cheese sauce and blanched almond slivers...........mmmmmmmmm
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I wonder if a link can be shown between broccoli consumption and global warming?
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@Thread-
LOL!
Broccoli is indeed king of vegetables!
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I think broccoli should be the official vegetable of Amiga.org.
:idea:
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Hahahe, hilarious post. Unfortunately, I loath broccoli. My mum had a thing of buying only broccoli and carrots when shoopping for vegies. Oh boy, didn't like it that much to start with, but now I just can't look at the stuff. Later, my first full time boss wouldn't shut up about the stuff. I was a resident English teacher in China, and the seniour teacher would always talk about how broccoli is just the best vegetable, as it does everything for you. Now I know her secret though: she had obviously had a broken Amiga.
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YAY Broccoli!!
:-D :crazy: :-D
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Plenty of Broccoli in our fridge here, but I've never done anything Amiga-related with it!
- Ali
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Is this related to "Nobody Does It Better", Albert, and Barbara?
Barbara (http://www.bondcollectibles.de/catalog/imagebank13/3634bb.jpg)
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damn good thread, i think its the best i have read in years.
:rofl
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That settles it... The next coder to write an Amiga utility needs to name it Broccoli.
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I hate brocolli with a passion, and strongly believe it should be wiped off the face of the planet.
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moto
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I remember when I first put an '030/50 in my A1200 desktop. It started crashing due to overheat. Anyway, I decided to leave off the trapdoor and raise the case an inch or so off the table. So I put four nicely trimmed broccoli spears at each corner and it worked just great. Had to change 'em for fresh ones every week or so, else the case drooped back too much and it would crash again. Carrots work too, but they tend to skid when you type things. The multi-point contact provided by broccoli is perfect for lateral stability and I've never found anything to match it since. Needless to say, I have converted my once lush lawns into broccoli growing areas so I'm never without it. You can get my special non-yellowing broccoli spears on eBay under 'everything else'. Happy bidding!
JaX
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I'll trade someone 5 cases of broccoli for a Mas Player Pro :-o
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(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/810/1_2446.jpg)
:-)
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Someone once said they "bottled a fart that poisoned half of Dublin". Well, I've heard of a fart that shattered all the windows in central Toronto (not really). The shockwave ripped through town faster than the speed of smell. In the outlying rural areas, grazing herds of sheep were so startled that some sheep attempted to climb the trees in a vain attempt to escape the sound.
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@Karlos
:lol: Haha, great pic. What prog did you use for that? Hmm, never imagined a broccoli post would turn out to be so much fun.
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You can get my special non-yellowing broccoli spears on eBay under 'everything else'.
What's your secret? My broccoli always starts going yellow after a couple years. I tried bleach and other cleansers, but they just don't work. Dang! Isn't that always the case? You buy good broccoli and expect it to stay the same colour for years, but then it goes yellow on you. I kept it away from smoke and everything! I know it doesn't affect the function of the broccoli, but it just looks bad and affects the resale value.
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@thread,
I hate to tell everyone, but I've been to the dark side.
I had some cauliflower for lunch :-o
I feel so cheap & dirty.
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Why didnt I think of BROCCOLI ????? I will put my dead 4000 motherboard in a BROCOLLI garden for a year and it my just repair it.. STAY TUNED :-D :-D :-D
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DaBest wrote:
Why didnt I think of BROCCOLI ????? I will put my dead 4000 motherboard in a BROCOLLI garden for a year and it my just repair it.. STAY TUNED :-D :-D :-D
Don't be silly, you need South Himalayan microengineering broccoli for that and that stuff is not easy to come by. Surely everybody knows that :roll:
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Oliver wrote:
@Karlos
:lol: Haha, great pic. What prog did you use for that? Hmm, never imagined a broccoli post would turn out to be so much fun.
Cheers. I was pushed for time (was actually at work on my break), I made the image in Fireworks MX.
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Don't be silly, you need South Himalayan microengineering broccoli for that and that stuff is not easy to come by
I got some, How much cho want?. First batch is free ;-)
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I hate to tell everyone, but I've been to the dark side.
I had some cauliflower for lunch
Cauliflower - pfffft! Maybe cauliflower will work on MorphOS, but it sure as hell can't fix an Amiga. Cauliflower is just a broccoli wannabe. (...silently munches some broccoli in disgust)
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@mr_a500
...some sheep attempted to climb the trees in a vain attempt to escape the sound.
Was it a broccoli shaped tree?
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weirdami wrote:
@mr_a500
...some sheep attempted to climb the trees in a vain attempt to escape the sound.
Was it a broccoli shaped tree?
They must have failed if it was; that would be one dense canopy :lol:
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Cauliflower - pfffft! Maybe cauliflower will work on MorphOS
That would be awesome if cauliflower could repair an Operating system! 8-)
Roadside vegetable stand/ PC repair shop combo? anyone?
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Karlos wrote:
Cheers. I was pushed for time (was actually at work on my break), I made the image in Fireworks MX.
Yeah, I was pretty impressed with the speedy turnaround. Good job.
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Great thread!
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motorollin wrote:
I hate brocolli with a passion, and strongly believe it should be wiped off the face of the planet.
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moto
I love it, but I feel the same way about sprouts as you do about broccoli.
hmm. I was almost expecting a thread about the James Bond movie chap, of the 'Cubby' variety.
incidentally, Sprouts are far more chuff inducing...
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Whah! didn't laugh that way for months !
I'm very angry/hungry (who knows): i had to sell my 3000 on ebay as i couldn't find a 220v power supply for my beloved machine.
I just had to:
1)Eat broccoli
2)Wait some minutes
3)turn the fan of the power supply beside me
4)fart as possible into the fan
5)then fan will begin to turn
6)an electric current will be generated by the fan
7)turn on the power of the amiga
8)Yes ! IT BOOT !
9)fart enough to see workbench screen (very hard) !
Another amiga salvaged
Broccoli did it yeah !
Who want to try ??
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For years as I was growing up I hated the insipid, dark grey-green overcooked boiled broccoli, which was all I ever tried.
When I eventually tried cooking it for myself - just steam it for 5-10 minutes... Mmmmmmmmmmm lush, crisp vivid green broccoli!!! Delicious!!
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A long time ago, they used to extract a white pigment from broccoli for use in printing inks, cosmetics, plastics and such. The only problem was, like broccoli itself, the colour soon changed to a mucky yellow. There's strong evidence that this very broccoli white was used in the construction of A1200 cases. The rest as they say, is history.
JaX
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hmmmmm.....I reckon they used the pigment more in the earlier Amiga's cause the 1200s don't yellow very much, well none of mine have, but all my 500's are slightly off colour, not yellow though. And especially one of my 600s is as ripe as a bannana!
If you look at a pack of cards the 'Spades' as they call they are actually peices of Brocoli you'know!
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spihunter wrote:
I think broccoli should be the official vegetable of Amiga.org.
No, that position is already taken by someone.
I won't tell you his name, but lets just say he doesn't believe in God. ;-)
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Is broccoli as good as pancakes?
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Is broccoli as good as pancakes?
What? You can't be serious. The most you can do with a pancake is maybe use it as a mouse pad - and I use a trackball! Come on - pancakes aren't even a vegetable!
(...checks food chart...)
Oh, wait a minute! According to my Proctor and Gamble food chart, pancakes are indeed a vegetable. My mystake.
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Brocolli.... the great Amiga healer! ;-)
(http://www.yadamnfool.com/pics/amiga/broccoli.jpg)
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Karlos wrote:
Don't be silly, you need South Himalayan microengineering broccoli for that and that stuff is not easy to come by. Surely everybody knows that :roll:
Pfff, real amigans use asparagus tips...with the added bonus that when fresh they double as a PDA stylus.
Also, raw brussel sprouts make excellent replacement mouse balls.
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You walk in to a computerstore with your broken Amiga:
'Sir, your computer is full of carrots?'
'Yeah I know, I didn't have any broccoli'
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LATE HEADLINE: SHOCK NEWS: AMIGA ELECTRIFRIES OWNER:
"I did it for a bag of broccoli" claims A1200, "It just takes over your CPU, I couldn't get enough".The Police are ordering an investigation today, Police Chiefs have said "Broccoli is an evil veg".
:-D
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Amigas have addictions how then and a personality then!
Hmmmmmmm......thinking about it my stock of Brocoli has been going down........I'll have to interrorgate it!, or boil it in a large saucepan.
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I miss the broccoli thread! It made me so happy :lol:
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You walk in to a computerstore with your broken Amiga:
'Sir, your computer is full of carrots?'
'Yeah I know, I didn't have any broccoli'
:lol:
Seriously, those broccoli parts (floppy button and HD elastic - not actual broccoli pieces) are still working fine in my Amiga. If you look carefully, you can see them here (http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=278130&postcount=2). (...the carrots are under the keyboard :-D)
By the way, if your broccoli has gone yellow and you want it white you can just paint it. Don't bother with bleaches, just spray on a primer and use some white paint - no worries about yellow broccoli again. My broccoli now looks shiny and brand new. ;-)
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Now I see why George Bush hates Broccoli so much!! It might make him smile!
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@mr_a500, you are the most hardcore 500 user around. Is this your current setup? It's very cool.
How much broccoli do you actauly eat? I bet you grow the stuff!
I feel like smoking some broccoli!
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@mr_a500, you are the most hardcore 500 user around. Is this your current setup? It's very cool.
How much broccoli do you actauly eat? I bet you grow the stuff!
I feel like smoking some broccoli!
Yes, that's my current setup, but I went back to my old 56K modem. The newer one - like most new (non-broccoli) computer parts - was crap and died after a few months.
I eat broccoli about once or twice a week. There's a broccoli farm (or "grow-operation") near my house. It's legal to smoke broccoli in Canada, but most people don't because it's too difficult to ignite.
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OS4 should be ported to Broccoli.
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Is Broccoli mil. spec?
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all your base are belong to broccoli!
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motrucker wrote:
Now I see why George Bush hates Broccoli so much!! It might make him smile!
I thought it was Bill Clinton who didn't like broccoli. I bet that Monica Lewinski loves broccoli though.
On topic: does anyone know if broccoli has any scandoubling/flickerfixing capabilities?
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This all thread looks like one of Monty Python's sketch. :lol:
And now something completely different. The mushroom. :python:
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yeah, we may as well start broccoli-slap dance each other!
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Yiiii.... Now Im Hungry :O
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Brilliant
Now here is a plan.
We'll get all the AOS classic represenatives together __with
The AOS4 reps__
together with
The MOS crowd
and add
The AROS rabble
From there we ask Broccoli to host and manage the summit or we eat Broccoli.
ace
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McVenco wrote:
motrucker wrote:
Now I see why George Bush hates Broccoli so much!! It might make him smile!
I thought it was Bill Clinton who didn't like broccoli. I bet that Monica Lewinski loves broccoli though.
On topic: does anyone know if broccoli has any scandoubling/flickerfixing capabilities?
No, it wasn't Wild Bill, it George the Elder....
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TNovosel wrote:
This all thread looks like one of Monty Python's sketch. :lol:
And now something completely different. The mushroom. :python:
The Mushroom, OS4 should be ported to...
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Not the mushroom!
The Larch!
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mr_a500 wrote:
. If you look carefully, you can see them here (http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=278130&postcount=2). (...the carrots are under the keyboard :-D)
And under the carrots is an old foot-powered sewing machine mechanism. You must have a generator attached to the flywheel belt! Impressive, the only human powered self-imaging Amiga 500 in North America!
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And under the carrots is an old foot-powered sewing machine mechanism. You must have a generator attached to the flywheel belt! Impressive, the only human powered self-imaging Amiga 500 in North America!
Ah.. you noticed. Yeah, I had to go manual because I used the sewing machine motor to power my Volkswagen Bug.
Oh no.... power dying.... must... keep... pushing.... :-D
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(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1733)
....I need to learn to draw English more better.
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I'm wondering...:roll:...is there any way to make beer out of broccoli? :crazy: :lol:
:pint:
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....I need to learn to draw English more better.
I think the bRRoccoli has an extra touch of poweRR :lol:
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mr_a500 wrote:
It's legal to smoke broccoli in Canada, but most people don't because it's too difficult to ignite.
That's because it's been changed by selective breeding for use in electronics. Few people these days remember its original applications. Long before the invention of the Amiga (which catalysed the Broccoli Breeding Campain - now known as the 'BBC') the vegetable was much more flammable. Broccoli smoking in Canada is a reminder of the almost global use of broccoli to provide heating. This bygone age preceeds the invention of coal and even peat by several thousand years. Shortly after man discovered fire, he needed something to do with it. Over hundreds of years trying different things, primitive man eventually discovered the lowly broccoli plant. At that time, its little florets were flammable due to the natural oils which evaporate from them. That's how wild boars knew how to locate it in the heavily wooded terrain of Central Europe and North America. They couldn't get enough of the heady vapours. It's also where the expression, 'Oh, you're such a broccoli boar' comes from. Anyway, broccoli burning became as essential as breathing and eventually it powered the Industrial Revolution. As the broccoli age continued, new varieties were developed and even edible types were invented. These were dark green in colour, as distict from the primitive white, which was lost to science until quite recently. The pale green intermediate genus retains some flammability and gained great popularity in Northern regions as a smoking fuel and telecommunication aid. Being too distant from the broccoli and tobacco growing areas of Virginia, the North American and Canadian indians had to smoke ground up boar dung in their peace pipes. There was never any fighting because the digested broccoli oils in the dung made everyone happy. All that changed when the French arrived and spread the word about the new pyrobroccolis. From then on, broccoli smoking was the norm and persists to this day in the French speaking areas of Canada. Its popularity stems from the addictive oils, which unlike niccotine, have no health risks other than the tendency to make the user very boring. So the next time you call someone a 'Broccoli boar'- sometimes misused as 'Broccoli bore' - think about the origins of the expression. You could even retell the history of broccoli because it's not boring at all.
JaX
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JaXanim wrote:
some extreme ranting....
And THAT, children, is what happens to you if you overexpose yourself to broccoli!
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hmmm....
Perhaps broccoli and A2000s have something in common: Lots of iron.
Church and broccoli are incompatible. Don't learn this lesson the hard way because you'll have to sit in your own pew.
Fester
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@JaXanim
Yes, of course. You're right. Somehow I had forgotten about broccoli history. I don't know why. Like all Canadians, I took a broccoli history class in school when I was young. I still have my old text book "A History of Modern Broccoli".
Few people know that the expression "May a smile be your umbrella" is derived from the old expression, "May a broccoli be your umbrella". Back in the middle ages, broccoli was much bigger and people actually used them as umbrellas. Unfortunately, these large broccoli pieces were very heavy to carry around and many people got horribly injured in "broccoli accidents" when they got tired and dropped it. The mechanical umbrella was then invented and this usage thankfully died out.
It's strange to think that it was only in the computer age that broccoli's true usefulness was discovered.
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mr_a500 wrote:
Unfortunately, these large broccoli pieces were very heavy to carry around and many people got horribly injured in "broccoli accidents" when they got tired and dropped it. The mechanical umbrella was then invented and this usage thankfully died out.
I am sure you are aware that broccoli accidents are not the only problems associated with the green umbrella of old. Far from indeed.
Clinical research by the acclaimed Dr. Fardel is under way. You can read all about it here: Cyclical Non-uterine Dysmenorrhea (http://www.menwithcramps.com/)
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Let's not forget Brocolli's festive cousin at this time of year... (http://www.extropia.co.uk/img/argh.jpg)
...as if your stomach would let you forget, that is ;-)
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AArrrgghh - Karlos.
I have been on therapy for the past 5 years to get the dreaded sprout out of my mind. You have unwittingly returned me to the dark times that so tormented my soul by showing that picture :crazy:
Ah well, back on the :pint: then :crazy:
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Count your blessings. I could have embedded the image in the post directly...
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Lol.
I like all vegetables..mainly runner beans and sprouts etc.
Haahahaahahaha you are right about the brocolli pastic thing for your floppy button the one on sainsburys sprouts works the same too.
I had a500 for ages without floppy button used to hurt my little finger geting the floppies out. and sprouts saved my day.
its was citizen model but it is dark green but wh cares it works.. :-D
I think Amiga's and Veg's got alot in common....You either :madashell: them or :-P them.
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Paradox: Don't mention the sprout. I did once but I think I got away with it :lol:
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I had a spot of broccoli over the weekend.
Since then, both my A1200T and A1XE have started working and are now networked.
I ask you all honestly, can this really be any coincidence?
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Homer wrote:
Paradox: Don't mention the sprout. I did once but I think I got away with it :lol:
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_01/BasilFawltyBBC_228x300.jpg)
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Karlos wrote:
I had a spot of broccoli over the weekend.
Since then, both my A1200T and A1XE have started working and are now networked.
I ask you all honestly, can this really be any coincidence?
absolutely NOT
I attribute all my success to a healthy indulgence of veggies
(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/dancingfruits0nm.gif)
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And let us not forget the most admirable banana tree, a lovely addition to any amiga collection (trainable, loves to play, and very good with children). It should be noted that it is the same color as broccoli, and has very fashionable black tiger stripes on the leaves.
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THE FRACTAL BROCCOLI HAS INVADED A.ORG
(http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/romanesco1024.jpg)
RUN TO THE HILLS! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
To combat your enemy, you must know more... more... more... more... more... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli)
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da9000 wrote:
RUN TO THE HILLS! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
Does this mean Iron Maiden got their inspiration from (fractal) broccoli? The power of this vegetable never ceizes to amaze me.
Maybe I should have some broccoli tonight and then pick up my guitar. I'm curious where it will take me.....
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Ah! Someone must have ate their broccoli breakfast (According to Google: 9:22am Tuesday (CEST) - Time in Netherlands) today! ;-) Detecting subliminal verbiage is an acquired skill ( much like broccoli eating :-) )
But yeah, how do you think Maiden they got them killer guitar riffs? It wasn't all Steve Harris ya know. As a matter of fact, Bruce Dickinson's real name was Broccoli Dickinson* (Bruce, Broccoli, see the similarities?), but he had to change it otherwise someone might have gotten suspicious and accused them!
* In some circles he was know as Bruce "The Broccoli" Dickinson, but don't let that escape your mouth, OK?
It's indeed an amazing anthracomorphobiological construct!
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da9000 wrote:
THE FRACTAL BROCCOLI HAS INVADED A.ORG
Only broccoli could look that cool.
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cecilia wrote:
... I attribute all my success to a healthy indulgence of veggies
(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/dancingfruits0nm.gif)
Hmm,
Asimware Innovations used to attribute all their success to bathtubs full of Canadian beer. :pint:
However, you are still around - go figure.
-HL
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Swiss Chard anyone?
(http://www.grements.com/new_images/swisschard2.jpg)
I planted Broccoli too, but it's not up yet.
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The elastic that I used from a bunch of broccoli finally broke recently... but you know what I did? I got an elastic from another piece of broccoli and everything is fine again.
(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/capedawg/smilies/2140.gif)
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The elastic only snapped due to the ravages of entropy which the broccoli was originally protecting it from.
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Karlos wrote:
The elastic only snapped due to the ravages of entropy which the broccoli was originally protecting it from.
:lol: :lol:
I love your take on the universe
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but why oh why are you guys EATING the Broccoli?!?!
Play it instead!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEps94BEPYE
Brought to you by your local chapter of the Broccoli for Better Concerts (also called the BBC).
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(http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/funny-pictures-cat-stares-at-broccoli.jpg)
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An even better thing about broccoli is its phytonutrient profile, which protects against cancer. Adding that to saving Amiga, it's a true superhero.
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:lol: :lol:
I love your take on the universe
It's a common misconception that elastic bands are placed around the stems of broccoli to stop it from falling apart. The reality is that the broccoli is used to protect the elastic bands after production.
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An even better thing about broccoli is its phytonutrient profile, which protects against cancer. Adding that to saving Amiga, it's a true superhero.
The benefits have been known for a long time, as this fully original work (before the neer do well sproutist order had the broccoli painted out)
(http://www.kitchengardeners.org/pics/adam02.27.06.JPG)
I found it on the intarwebs so it must be true.
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You have clearly been brainwashed by the Order of Broccoli Eaters, Sprouts ARE the superior source of sustenance...and natural gas!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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The benefits have been known for a long time, as this fully original work (before the neer do well sproutist order had the broccoli painted out)
(http://www.kitchengardeners.org/pics/adam02.27.06.JPG)
I found it on the intarwebs so it must be true.
mmmmmmm, food O the Gods!
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I would have gladly sacrificed all the stuff from the old Amiga.org just to save the Broccoli thread!
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The benefits have been known for a long time, as this fully original work (before the neer do well sproutist order had the broccoli painted out)
That's just typical! Damn those revisionist sproutists! I KNEW there must have been a broccoli there originally! (based on the broccoli shaped discolouration around the hand)
There's probably a Da Vinci Code-style conspiracy and cover-up that would blow your mind! It's blowing my mind right now and I am SO mad about it. (...for some reason)
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Sorry dudes, Brussels Sprouts rule all!
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Sorry dudes, Brussels Sprouts rule all!
EWWWWW
Them's fightin' words, right there.
*yuck*
Broccoli FTW!
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Sorry dudes, Brussels Sprouts rule all!
Sprouts are made of farts and fail.
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Brussel sprouts smell like death.
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Agree. However I do not think Amiga when I shop in the produce isle at my grocer.
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@ Karlos
stop it man I'm splitting a gut here :-)
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Agree. However I do not think Amiga when I shop in the produce isle at my grocer.
They have a completely separate piece of land entirely surrounded by water? Cool grocer.
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I bought broccoli over the weekend and put it in the salad tray of my fridge. Bad mistake. Now everything in there is frozen rock solid due to Broccoli's natural tendency to augment the function of anything it touches...
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How come this is not a meme yet? Something along the lines of: "and on the 8th day God created broccoli." :roflmao:
It reminds of that lady astronaut going about tortillas and assorted food pastes.
Whatever floats your boat.
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I must have been psychologically influenced or something because this year I started a large garden and I'm actually growing broccoli. (...no wait... I'm getting confused... am I growing the broccoli.. or is it growing me??)
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i'm actually growing broccoli
ftw :)
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ftw :)
With 8 pages, maybe this is the fastest Broccoli growing I've ever heard about....
It seems that broccolis will dominate the planet
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I for one welcome our new Broccoloid Overlords ...
Death to those who don't conform!
(http://dvdmedia.ign.com/media/reviews/image/feb/ppg2.jpg)
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Sprouts are better.
We even have a game called sprouts (and Brussels Sprouts):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game)
Where is your Brocolli game, eh? :roflmao:
EDIT: here is Karlos at Chritmas time:
http://www.eyegas.com/attackofthesprouts/
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Sprouts are better.
We even have a game called sprouts (and Brussels Sprouts):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouts_(game)
Where is your Brocolli game, eh? :roflmao:
EDIT: here is Karlos at Chritmas time:
http://www.eyegas.com/attackofthesprouts/
Notice how the game puts an emphasis on how disgusting sprouts are, not about how great they are. Nobody feels that way about broccoli as it's common knowledge, even amongst deniers such as yourself that have joined the true bottom ranks of society that actually like sprouts, that broccoli is, always has been and always will be the true green of greatness and undeserving of such ridicule. It is only your intractable guilt at having soiled yourself with the vile sprout that you feel you are no longer worthy of the great broccoli that leads you to this denial. It's easier to pretend broccoli is not the one true green veg than it is to admit your desperate yearning to return from whence you have fallen.
A sorry state indeed.
Incidentally, the game is quite amusing :)
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Karlos wrote:
...broccoli is, always has been and always will be the true green of greatness...
Sir, whilst I have the utmost respect and affection for broccoli, you must concede, my learned friend, that Asparagus is truly the greatest of all vegetables.
It's elastic bands are superior (having served me in ways to numerous to recall), however I concede that it does not have the floppy-drive-eject-button-stylee plastic tab.
Asparagus is so good, that I personally class it as an honorary meat.
PS - Hello to all, it's nice to be back posting here again, it's been a while. Other priorities took over for a year.
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Sir, with respect, I believe that asparagus is a worthy green and it ranks high in my estimation but I'm not quite sure I can yield to the view that it is quite as excellent as broccoli.
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Ha, what poppycock, bilge, fiddle and fuss!
Half you scallywags wouldn't know an honest vegetable if it rose up out of the ground and ensconced itself in your lower colon!
When broccoli was at the crossroads of the evolutionary choice between dinosaur snot and flea pustules, sprouts had already taken over the realm of all flora as the most nutritious vegetable there is. In fact it is in homage to this great vegetable that even your own testicles have attempted to emulate their shape. The last thing I saw that looked like a broccoli, dear sir, was a purulent oozing venereal scab on the labia majora of a woman of ill repute!
And as for asparagus...ha! A most foul vegetable, with no merit, no substance, and a tendency to resemble a limp boiled squid's penis. I have to ask you, sir, what sort of nefarious chicanery you are imbued with, by championing such a vile, reeking tendril of pus?
Nay, I say verily...all else is twaddle, fiddlesticks and high jinx dipped in buffoonery.
The sprout is king and that is all there is to it. Let he who wants to be the first to experience an awakened existence, admit to all here that he has been saved by the sprout!
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(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q285/the_leander/broccoli.jpg)
Nuff said.
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Ha, what poppycock, bilge, fiddle and fuss!
Half you scallywags wouldn't know an honest vegetable if it rose up out of the ground and ensconced itself in your lower colon!
And that's how you recognise them, is it? :lol:
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Nuff said.
Win.
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Try broccoli just at least just boiled with a sprinkle of extra-virgin olive oil (be sure is is extra-virgin quality) and lemon juice, and a pick of salt over a blank piece of bread... Simply and Delicious at same time...
It is the way we eat it as a broccoli salad in Italy...
And by the way here is my pleasure to introduce you FRIARIELLI...
It is a kind of broccoli it sprouts and grown only in the Naples surrounding (my homeplace)...
It is different from broccoli as it tastes "bitter" so it overcome totally the simple broccoli.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friarielli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapini
(http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rapini.jpg)
It is perfect to be made fried!
(http://www.gastronomia-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/friarielli.jpg)
It is a perfect companion for sausages...
(http://italicious.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/p1080766.jpg?w=238&h=178)
And when you taste Salsicce (sausages) with Friarielli, then best drink is a very refreshing cooold beer...
(P.S. often people like this recipe with grains of chili pepper)
http://italicious.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/salsicce-e-friarielli/
If some of you have in program a vacancy to Naples, it will be my pleasure to offer you a pizza with Mozzarella, Salsicce e Friarielli.
(http://www.aisaporidelsole.com/images/pizza-salsiccia.jpg)
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(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g154/Odd_Job/2281347943_9506516434.jpg)
That's real sprouts, son.
Not the lovechild of a deranged cauliflower and a piece of broccoli
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A much underestimated vegetable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEps94BEPYE
Gertsy
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That's real sprouts, son.
Not the lovechild of a deranged cauliflower and a piece of broccoli
Erm, technically it's a type of cauliflower. However it's called "Romanesco broccoli", acknowledging the king of vegetables in it's name.
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Depends who you ask, it seems the experts can't even agree on it.
Off the record, broccoli is better than any sprout.
Publically, however, I must support the sprout since I admire its general lippiness :)
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Depends who you ask, it seems the experts can't even agree on it.
Off the record, broccoli is better than any sprout.
Publically, however, I must support the sprout since I admire its general lippiness :)
That and it's cigar smoking take-over-the-worldiness ?
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hmm l fancy a patato myself drill out centre insert usb drive bingo you have bong ball with storage and when done you can roast in oven with chesse and sour creram yummy
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oh just dont inhale where did l hear that b4 hmmm
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Ha, what poppycock, bilge, fiddle and fuss!
Half you scallywags wouldn't know an honest vegetable if it rose up out of the ground and ensconced itself in your lower colon!
When broccoli was at the crossroads of the evolutionary choice between dinosaur snot and flea pustules, sprouts had already taken over the realm of all flora as the most nutritious vegetable there is. In fact it is in homage to this great vegetable that even your own testicles have attempted to emulate their shape. The last thing I saw that looked like a broccoli, dear sir, was a purulent oozing venereal scab on the labia majora of a woman of ill repute!
And as for asparagus...ha! A most foul vegetable, with no merit, no substance, and a tendency to resemble a limp boiled squid's penis. I have to ask you, sir, what sort of nefarious chicanery you are imbued with, by championing such a vile, reeking tendril of pus?
Nay, I say verily...all else is twaddle, fiddlesticks and high jinx dipped in buffoonery.
The sprout is king and that is all there is to it. Let he who wants to be the first to experience an awakened existence, admit to all here that he has been saved by the sprout!
What ineffable twaddle. You, sir, are a blackguard. I shall report you to the local constabulary for that. ;)
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I must shamefully admit that I've had a... (ahem)... broccoli failure. Yes, that's right. Surprisingly, it is possible to have broccoli failures. I call it "premature floweration". It happens when the head of the broccoli... bursts (or ejaculates) into flowers before it's supposed to. Well, this happened to me, I'm sorry to say. Four of my broccoli plants are now small and useless. (as useless as a limp dick)
Luckily, I've got another batch coming up that have nice big... heads. I've got big hopes for them.
(Note: I'm not even joking.)
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbmQaQWyz-k[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbmQaQWyz-k
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I found out why my broccoli wasn't doing well... not enough RAM. So I plugged in an A501, and that fixed it right up. That extra RAM really makes a difference. The broccoli only has a 68000, but I'm looking to get an accelerator.
(http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/66/broc500.jpg)
Here's the reason the other broccoli failed - damn thing's running Windows. (actually, I believe it's Winbroc 95)
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1928/winbroc95.jpg)
(These are actual pictures of my broccoli.)
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Hate to be a party pooper, but the original post by mr a500 said he used a Broccoli tag then a rubber band off some Broccoli. So, shouldn't we start praising plastic vegetable tags and rubber bands from all types of fruit?!
Cauliflower is unfashionable according so some stupid news report I head a time back and Broccoli is held in high regard by Amiga and non-Amiga people the world over.... Except as aw.net where all they eat are pancakes!
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Hate to be a party pooper, but the original post by mr a500 said he used a Broccoli tag then a rubber band off some Broccoli. So, shouldn't we start praising plastic vegetable tags and rubber bands from all types of fruit?!
Without the broccoli, these items wouldn't have been created in the first place. Clever scientists sat back and said, "Damn, we need something to hold this broccoli together - and fast - or we're in for a load of shit." So they put the ebola cure on hold and got to work.
You try fastening a hard drive with a carrot elastic. See how far that gets you.
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Football season approaches (USA) . You know what I'm gonna have on my MF veggie tray? That's right MF Broccoli !
So, every time the Pittsburgh Steelers score you have to eat a hand full of Broccoli and chug a beer.
:drink:
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A kitty and it's broccoli are not to be parted!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSx_kQ1MBZw
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Ohhh little kitty broccoli farts. Some one will pay dearly.
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I found out why my broccoli wasn't doing well... not enough RAM. So I plugged in an A501, and that fixed it right up. That extra RAM really makes a difference. The broccoli only has a 68000, but I'm looking to get an accelerator.
:roflmao:
Here's the reason the other broccoli failed - damn thing's running Windows. (actually, I believe it's Winbroc 95)
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1928/winbroc95.jpg)
(These are actual pictures of my broccoli.)
Burn it!!!
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Ah, the wonders of broccoli.
I have a hunch that Wayne may be investing his 10k in a broccoli farm..
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Hmm. Currency backed by Broccoli, eh? That can't fail :D
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I wondered why it tasted funny.
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:roflmao:
Burn it!!!
So that's how computers add to the greenhouse effect!:)
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I don't want to alarm anybody, but something scary has happened... very scary indeed. My broccoli has turned... purple! I'm not joking - this is an actual unaltered picture:
(http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/8520/purplebroc2.jpg)
I've heard of a variety of broccoli that is purple, but this is a green broccoli that went purple. I think it has to do with the purple cabbage that surrounds it. Some of my green cabbage went a bit pink too. (the purple cabbage was always purple ;))
Notice the broccoli piece on the left. It has purple "veins" and purple top. On the right is a relatively non-purpled green broccoli piece from a broccoli plant that was farther away from the purple cabbage:
(http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5871/purplebroc.jpg)
I ate all these broccoli last night for supper (except a few I kept for Amiga hardware upgrades). If I turn purple, I'll let you know.
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From my experience growing other plants, if they go purple it can be a sign of root rot or frostbite. I didn't grow broccoli though.
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Football season approaches (USA) . You know what I'm gonna have on my MF veggie tray? That's right MF Broccoli !
So, every time the Pittsburgh Steelers score you have to eat a hand full of Broccoli and chug a beer.
:drink:
Hi,
@TheGoose,
Huh!
The only thing Pittsburgh Steeler fans eat is kilbosi, and we know that for a fact, but just think we might be on to something here, a kilbosi, broccoli sandwich with sweet peppers and onions covered in ketchup.
Broccoli periogies anyone,
hey instead of potato pancakes, how about broccoli pancakes.
Will all this go good with beer?
Pittsburgh Stealers, that is how they won their super bowls so their name is good.
smerf
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From my experience growing other plants, if they go purple it can be a sign of root rot or frostbite. I didn't grow broccoli though.
You didn't grow any broccoli?! Shocking. Did those sprout people get to you too? ;)
No, it's not frostbite. They started going purple when it was still 20°C. It's not root rot either. This is good, well drained soil (one of the best vegetable growing areas in all of Canada) and it hasn't rained that much. There are broccoli plants in gardens on either side of this one that are completely green.
Broccoli periogies anyone,
hey instead of potato pancakes, how about broccoli pancakes.
Will all this go good with beer?
I like broccoli and I like perogies, but if I found broccoli inside a perogie, I'd probably scream and whip it out the nearest window. (then dive for cover before it exploded... all in slow motion, of course)
Beer? Broccoli doesn't go with beer! Are you crazy? You need a fine wine - a cabernet sauvignon (from 2001 or 2005... or at least before the "25 questions from Bill McEwen"). Then you need to light some candles, sit back in a velvet Victorian smoking jacket (doesn't matter if you don't smoke) and make bland witty comments in a pompous British accent. At least that's how I do it.
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I like broccoli and I like perogies, but if I found broccoli inside a perogie, I'd probably scream and whip it out the nearest window. (then dive for cover before it exploded... all in slow motion, of course)
This warrants a gratuitous pearoast!
(http://extropia.co.uk/img/miracle-glo.jpg)
I don't think you could outrun a broccoli explosion of that magnitude...
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This warrants a gratuitous pearoast!
(http://extropia.co.uk/img/miracle-glo.jpg)
I don't think you could outrun a broccoli explosion of that magnitude...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
Okay, fine. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR6y71x3tSY
I love this song. :lol:
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A much underestimated vegetable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEps94BEPYE
Gertsy
Hi,
You are right about that, Sir, it is a much underestimated veggy.
Broccoli
Broccoli is a Super Food.
New research suggests that broccoli is especially good for the stomach(1,2).
Broccoli and cancer risk
A compound found in broccoli and broccoli sprouts appears to be more effective than modern antibiotics against the bacteria which causes peptic ulcers. Moreover, tests in mice show that the compound offers tremendous protection against stomach cancer - the second most common form of cancer in the world.
The recent study, led by scientists at Johns Hopkins University, is the latest in a series of studies done in the past 10 years on the cancer-fighting potential of broccoli. (1,2)
Back in 1992, Johns Hopkins University pharmacology professor Paul Talalay and his colleagues showed that sulforaphane - a substance produced by the body from a compound in broccoli - could trigger the production of phase II enzymes. Phase II enzymes can detoxify cancer-causing chemicals and are among the most potent anti-cancer compounds known to man.
smerf
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I found out why my broccoli wasn't doing well... not enough RAM.
:rofl
I am so glad to get my veggie thread today. Steamed broccoli and melted cheese is awesomely good.
Did you know that broccoli actually rules over all other green veggies. It's only nemesis is yellow corn which surprisingly has a nullifying effect much like the comic heroes Green Lantern and his nemesis the Yellow Lantern. To eat both at the same time can either have a sum zero effect in your gut, or cause the mother of all legendary comic book battles.
Plaz
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HA! I'm so glad I looked here today!
LOVE broccoli
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Wow! I'm so glad to see this thread again! Just like locating a long lost friend. Kind of brings a tear to my eye (sorry for the potato reference)!
Had something green with lunch posing as string beans... wish I'd had broccoli instead!
Not sure if this was previously posted but a second time can't hurt...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4195/saturday-night-live-derek-stevens-chopping-broccoli
Regards,
AmigaEd