I feel a lot better seeing that I was not the only one to not get Ellis Dee.
It’s French for “eats all”. Except durian cake.
It’s French for “eats all”. Except durian cake.
Not quite, it’s an imperative eat, not the present tense *eats *. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole.
… Or is it man get out, as **Tengu **might possibly read it?
I never understood why someone would stand on a corner and tout mange. But I guess it takes all kinds.

What do you make of mangetout, then?
Dude. Leave. Now.
Who said that?
I’ve always thought Maggie the Ocelot was a take off on Maggie the Cat from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mendacity!
And I’ve self depricatingly been saying “I’m Really not all that Bright” for so long that I can’t remember where I got it from but always wonder if the poster of that name heard it the same place I did or if I somehow picked it up from him. Either way, every time I say it (which is often) he comes to mind.

Mine is very obscure. A google search would give the answer in seconds.
Not to Live fans, it isn’t.

… Or is it man get out, as **Tengu **might possibly read it?
I did parse mangetout correctly, actually.
‘Mange’ (whether pronounced maynj or mahnzh) is apparently one of my eye’s ‘go to’ words.

I changed mine from 5-4-Fighting a little while back.
Well, I be swan!

runner pat:It’s French for “eats all”. Except durian cake.
Not quite, it’s an imperative eat, not the present tense *eats *. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole.
… Or is it man get out, as **Tengu **might possibly read it?
Okay, I see there’s some disagreement here. I’d always thought Mangetout looked like something in French until a few months ago when “Man Get Out” suddenly became obvious. Am I wrong?

Peter_Morris:
Not quite, it’s an imperative eat, not the present tense *eats *. It’s a variety of pea, where you eat the entire pod whole.
… Or is it man get out, as **Tengu **might possibly read it?
Okay, I see there’s some disagreement here. I’d always thought Mangetout looked like something in French until a few months ago when “Man Get Out” suddenly became obvious. Am I wrong?
I’m a bit of a foodie - Mange Tout = ‘eat everything’ in French - (pre-emptive strike: yes, I know you all thought it was Man Get Out, but it isn’t).
When I first joined the internets, I had this shiny dream that I would create the best ever website all about food and eating - I did create a website but frankly, it sucked donkey balls and there were already lots of other sites all about food, but the name Mangetout, which I chose at that time, has stuck.
I was thinking of changing it to Wet Pink Scrotal Chicken, but I probably won’t bother.
I always assumed that Exapno Mapcase was into maps – like me (no mystery there) – and that he kept them well secured.
At some point, he informed us that it’s Harpo Marx’s misreading of his own name as rendered in cyrillic letters. Which is way cooler.