Oklahoma to make Watermelon its state vegetable

by roywilliamsisgod on Apr 19, 2007 2:37 PM CDT Comment 17 comments

The state of Oklahoma has decided to make the Watermelon their official state vegetable. In related news...the Sooners are not only cheaters, but they are also idiots. I seriously can't wait for football...

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Not sure why states do this

What is the point?

In my quick search of this I came across this site:
http://www.netstate.com/states/table...

What is up with the battle for sweet onion between Texas, Utah, and Georgia?

by Wells on Apr 19, 2007 2:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why Idiots?

Doesn't every state have a state vegetable, flower, bird, song etc...?

Texas has the sweet onion as its state vegetable.

I understanding being a Texas site taking shots at Oklahoma is the norm but you are going above and beyond the realm of stupidity with this one.

You are better off to stick with car dealerships and the current winning streaks. It makes more sense!

by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think the idiot part...

is in response to the fact that most of us would think of a watermelon as a fruit, not a vegetable, and that Oklahoma "settled" this debate by officially naming it a vegetable.

Do we have any nutritionists or botanists or...anyone...who knows for sure?

by jc25 on Apr 19, 2007 3:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thought this was common knowledge

"Watermelon, considered America’s favorite fruit, is really a vegetable. Related to the cucumber, squash and gourd, watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) can range in size from 7 to over 100 pounds. Although historians are unsure when the first watermelon was discovered, ancient Egyptian drawings included them and 16th and 17th century writers described the same variety in color, shape and size of watermelons that we have today. Africa is thought to be the native home of the watermelon. On the American continent, they were grown as early as 1629."

A tomato is also actually a fruit. I thought you guys had farms and such in Texas also?

by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There called "Ranches"

"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.

by ouALWAYSsux on Apr 19, 2007 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ranches and Farms

I thought ranches were where you raised livestock and farms are where you raised crops.

by MattH on Apr 19, 2007 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Correct about Livestock vs Crops.

"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.

by ouALWAYSsux on Apr 20, 2007 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was replying to Farms and "Such"

"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.

by ouALWAYSsux on Apr 20, 2007 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hehe, you know who is an idiot?

the one who comes here to defend his state official vegetable :-) It's just an off-season joke, get over it.

by Cyrus on Apr 19, 2007 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been under the impression

that the whole "seeds on the inside" thing made them fruits, which explains tomatoes. But I just wikipedia'ed it and the watermelon is in fact BOTH a fruit and a vegetable.

...til Gabriel blows his horn

by BigTexBD on Apr 19, 2007 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs