What I'm Learning At NICC (or What I'm Learning In Limbo) #1
A question in science (or appearences ):
I may have mentioned this before, but I have noticed an uncanny similarity between the scents of apples and of pine trees. Mostly I see (or smell) the connection with the artificial varieties. Tell me, am I the only one who has thought about it?
It seems an interesting coincidence considering that God also made...pineapples...which do not smell or taste at all like apples or pine.
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This just gets weirder the more I think about it. I wonder how far one could take this. :)
I may have mentioned this before, but I have noticed an uncanny similarity between the scents of apples and of pine trees. Mostly I see (or smell) the connection with the artificial varieties. Tell me, am I the only one who has thought about it?
It seems an interesting coincidence considering that God also made...pineapples...which do not smell or taste at all like apples or pine.
.
.
.
This just gets weirder the more I think about it. I wonder how far one could take this. :)
posted by Your humble servant at 12:44 PM
3 Comments:
The word pineapple in English was first recorded in 1398, when it was originally used to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now termed pine cones). When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit, they called them pineapples (term first recorded in that sense in 1664) because of their resemblance to what is now known as the pine cone. The term pine cone was first recorded in 1694 and was used to replace the original meaning of pineapple.
p.s: are you stoned? :)
Haha no. No drugs involved. :)
Thanks for the comment.
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