# Girls are like apples on trees. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778 "2012-02-14T01:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 13, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/81 "2013-01-13T20:01:17Z")
Well, jerks or Nobby. Which does leave an attractive woman in rather a conundrum… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/82 "2013-01-13T21:09:18Z")
Men are like bananas: women come along and separate one from all his friends, strip him of the protective outer feelings, devour the tender inner soul, and then discard the empty husk. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/83 "2013-01-13T21:51:21Z")
If women are like apples … I guess that explains my taste for hard cider. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/84 "2013-01-13T21:58:02Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Men are like bananas: women come along and separate one from all his friends, strip him of the protective outer feelings, devour the tender inner soul, and then discard the empty husk. “Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it’s our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you’d like to have dinner with.” “Men are like pumpkins. It seems like all the good ones are either taken or they’ve had everything scraped out of their heads with a spoon.” ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/85 "2013-01-13T23:28:13Z")
The analogy doesn’t work because women are the selectors, unless it’s a high status man – in which case he just uproots the entire tree and takes it home. Apples are only good when sliced and dipped in peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778/86 "2013-01-13T23:46:43Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > The analogy doesn’t work because women are the selectors, unless it’s a high status man – in which case he just uproots the entire tree and takes it home. With humans really it’s a matter of both genders selecting the other. Sure, even these days men are still usually expected to make the first move, but they certainly have the choice of which woman to make a move _on_, if any. > [@marshmallow](#): > > Apples are only good when sliced and dipped in peanut butter. You forgot the fava beans and fine chianti. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-like-apples-on-trees/612778.md?page=4)