# My vegetables can kick your vegetables' ass! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859 "2000-08-10T17:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/1 "2000-08-10T17:00:18Z")
To whit [Dave’s Cuke](http://home.revealed.net/ddwyer/bigcuke.jpg) so bring it on…bring on your monster tomatoes…bring on your gigantic peppers…let’s talk some serious veggie smack here dave ---
**Author:** ![enilorac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@enilorac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enilorac)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/2 "2000-08-10T18:43:44Z")
nuh-uh!!! my wimpy head cabbage can kick your cucumbers ass! head cabbage: _taunts cucumber_ ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/3 "2000-08-10T19:04:07Z")
WOW! and to think I was impressed when my patio cukes hit 4 inches!!! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/4 "2000-08-10T19:38:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by enilorac \* > \*\*nuh-uh!!! my wimpy head cabbage can kick your cucumbers ass! > head cabbage: _taunts cucumber_ \*\* This arena is for the big boys (or girls) so you can just take the measly lil ol leafy excuse of a plant and walk away sheepishly… ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/5 "2000-08-10T19:50:00Z")
\*\*\*Veggies SUCK! Fruits ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/6 "2000-08-10T20:02:06Z")
Gee, Dave, Why you growin loser veggies like cukes? I can walk out to my garden any given day and pick 50-100 of the sweetest cherry tomatos you’ve ever tasted. I also have trinidad habenero peppers- too hot for human consumption. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/7 "2000-08-11T01:00:08Z")
I was gonna send in what I thought were some pretty monster potatoes but, alas, they got whipped last week. ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/8 "2000-08-11T01:20:27Z")
I dare say no trinidad habanero is too hot for me, bring it on. ---
**Author:** ![enilorac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@enilorac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enilorac)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/9 "2000-08-11T07:39:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by enilorac \* > > \*\*nuh-uh!!! my wimpy head cabbage can kick your cucumbers ass! > > head cabbage: _taunts cucumber_ \*\* > > This arena is for the big boys (or girls) so you can just take the measly lil ol leafy excuse of a plant and walk away sheepishly… \*\* _takes leafy plant and walks away with head down_ ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/10 "2000-08-11T12:48:28Z")
I currently have in my garden tomatoes (variety, ‘Pineapple’) that are, in the words of my admiring neighbor, “the size of soup bowls.” ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/11 "2000-08-11T12:52:31Z")
I’ve got a genetically enhanced million dollar rutebega that’ll go after your cucumber like a rabbi after a dick. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/12 "2000-08-11T13:08:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FreakFreely \* > \*\*I’ve got a genetically enhanced million dollar rutebega that’ll go after your cucumber like a rabbi after a dick. \*\* “…rabbi after a dick.” huh? I **gotta** find out the genesis on this phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-vegetables-can-kick-your-vegetables-ass/28859/13 "2000-08-11T13:18:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FreakFreely \* > \*\*I’ve got a genetically enhanced million dollar rutebega that’ll go after your cucumber like a rabbi after a dick. \*\* I don’t get it. Is this some sort of circumcision reference?