# Apples. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235 "2007-02-22T16:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/21 "2007-02-22T17:14:42Z")
The fruit. I just finished putting Jonagolds (my preference) and Granny Smiths (my husband’s favorite) on the shopping list. The computer is a Mac to me. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/22 "2007-02-22T17:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] As soon as I saw the subject line, the image that came to my mind was of a huge, lovely Red Delicious still on the tree. Never mind that as far as apples go, I’d prefer a Fuji or Granny Smith, taste-wise - the Red Delicious simply _looks_ tastier. [/QUOTE] Wow, you’re so right! My mental apple is a red delicious, even though we actively avoid them. They are the bopple of last resort. Fuji or Gala (neither of which look remotely like a red delicious) are what we actually buy. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/23 "2007-02-22T17:45:41Z")
I thought of Dale, from “King of the Hill”, telling Hank what kind of apple he was eating, from a snippet of the show I saw while flipping through the channels the other night. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/24 "2007-02-22T17:47:28Z")
I thought of the fruit, Red Delicious to be specific. I’m also one who has pretty much replaced “Apple” with “Mac” so the computer didn’t even enter my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/25 "2007-02-22T17:53:56Z")
Both. Don’t like apples, but I thought of them first, then immediately thought of my iPod - which is Apple-made, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/26 "2007-02-22T18:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=Fiddle Peghead] I thought of Dale, from “King of the Hill”, telling Hank what kind of apple he was eating, from a snippet of the show I saw while flipping through the channels the other night. [/QUOTE] “It’s a Braeburn.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/27 "2007-02-22T18:12:00Z")
I thought Fruit, Beatles then Mac Computers. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/28 "2007-02-22T18:12:21Z")
apples are fruit, apple a toss up, Apple the company… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/29 "2007-02-22T18:32:09Z")
This after reading the OP but before reading other posts in the thread. I thought of the fruit and had a hunch/hope that it might be a call for naming one’s favorite variety, or else to name as many varieties as one could. Now I’ll see what others have said after submitting this first. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/30 "2007-02-22T18:56:36Z")
I thought, “How about them apples?” ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/31 "2007-02-22T18:58:29Z")
The Barenaked Ladies song, “These Apples”. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/32 "2007-02-22T18:59:31Z")
I thought of nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/33 "2007-02-22T19:01:10Z")
Apples - fruit (Make mine Fuji or Honeycrisp please) Apple - company Blackberries - PDAs Blackberry - one specific annoying PDA that lives in my house ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/34 "2007-02-22T19:01:17Z")
The fruit. And how much I wish I could eat apples on a regular basis, as they are tasty as a Peanut Butter Delivery Device. Alas. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/35 "2007-02-22T19:02:11Z")
I thought of the computer company first, but I’d just come from the pit thread. And then I thought that no one refers to Macs as “Apples,” so maybe you were refering to the fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/36 "2007-02-22T20:06:05Z")
Fruit. Granted, I am eating an apple at the moment, so my opinion is slightly biased. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/37 "2007-02-22T20:21:54Z")
Fruit ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/38 "2007-02-22T20:25:59Z")
Fruit. Red apples to be more precise. ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/39 "2007-02-23T00:47:42Z")
I thought of computers first, then questioned whether the thread would be about computers or fruit, decided the subject would be something regarding fruit and not computers, and so opened the thread with the image of a red apple in my mind’s eye. I’m curious: how many of the “fruit” people are envisioning green apples? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/40 "2007-02-23T01:04:41Z")
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