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Re: Carrots ARE Purple, Sometimes -was: The Wait is Killing me!
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- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:51:02 -0700
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From: JC Dill <garden@vo.cnchost.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: Carrots ARE Purple, Sometimes -was: The Wait is Killing me!
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> On 05:20 PM 4/3/01, SSKNERR@aol.com wrote:
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> >I get aggravated when teachers don't know what they are talking about.
I
> >have seen purple carrots occasionally in seed catalogues and, in trying
to
> >find a site to show one to you
>
> <http://www.hort.wisc.edu/usdavcru/simon/publications/97hort0146.html>
>
> ><< The ubiquitous orange carrot is a relatively recent phenomenon.
>
> Thanks for the info, because I sure didn't know that!
>
>
> >My little 3 year old neice got in "trouble" at school for coloring the
> >carrots {C is for carrot} orange and purple. Mostly, she got in trouble
for
> >insisting carrots are purple too.
>
> I got into trouble when I was 5, in kindergarden. We were given some
> crayons and told "take your favorite color and do..." I just sat
> there. The teacher complained to my mom, and mom asked me why I didn't do
> the coloring. I said "she said 'take your favorite color' and my favorite
> color (bronze) wasn't there". My mom went back to the teacher and chewed
> her out! :-)
>
> jc (always a rebel, from a *very* early age!)
>
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