# Dissociative peas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539 "2023-11-22T16:17:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/41 "2023-11-23T04:22:15Z")

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I contend that Brits call things pudding if, when you throw it against a wall, it makes a “pud” sound

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**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/42 "2023-11-23T14:30:23Z")

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> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> Mind you, once someone like Jethro Tull invents a mechanical pea splitter, all that will change.

It has been invented, but you need to wear an Aqualung while using it

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/43 "2023-11-23T14:47:18Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> It looks like mid-dau will try a new thing. (I really hate it when she gets nutty ideas)  
> She says you can take the leftover pea gunk and add onion, egg and cracker crumbs. Form a patty and fry it. And “It’s delicious, Ma!!”
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> She don’t know that. She’s believing the hype.

I don’t know that, either, having never tried it, but I’m believing the hype. Because that does sound like it would be delicious. Sort of like falafel.

> [@Zyada](#):
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> I contend that Brits call things pudding if, when you throw it against a wall, it makes a “pud” sound

That’s about the simplest and most consistent definition of the word I’ve found. Good job, @Zyada .

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**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/44 "2023-11-23T15:51:41Z")

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> [@Kropotkin](#):
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> It has been invented, but you need to wear an Aqualung while using it

We used to know that…

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**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/45 "2023-11-24T04:26:36Z")

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You could always hire this robot, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRG3ipeyO34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRG3ipeyO34)

Skip to about 2:50 for the pea splitting part.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/46 "2023-11-24T04:59:28Z")

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If you imagine it, you can make it happen:

[![](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/visualize-whirled-peas-kent-lorentzen.jpg) ](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/visualize-whirled-peas-kent-lorentzen.jpg)

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissociative-peas/993539/47 "2023-11-24T14:56:22Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> I like a good split pea soup, but I hardly ever get it, because who has time to split all those peas?

[These guys (Hap-Pea & Pee-Wee).](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Andersens_restaurant%2C_Buellton%2C_California.jpg)

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