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Jul. 15th, 2009 | 01:09 pm





My father is an excellent gardener, and could grow enough vegetables to keep up fed all through the winter. Turnips are amazing because they are root vegetables and so if you pick them and put them in soil in the cellar they last for ages and ages. For more information about turnips, see every day of my childhood.


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Kateness

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from: [info]triggerhappy777
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:23 pm (UTC)
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This is beautiful and has made my day. Thank you. :D

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Simon Roberts

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from: [info]simonbob
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)
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My grandpa used to grow the best carrots. He'd pull one right out of the ground, wash 'er up with the garden hose, and hand it to you. Instant deliciousness.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:25 pm (UTC)
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haha we did that too, my sister and I would get pull carrots out and be all, 'what's up, doc?'

we thought this was hilarious

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Tethys

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from: [info]sea_of_tethys
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)
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Hahaha, I love this.

I also want to eat some turnips now.

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Elanya

Mmmmm, turnips!

from: [info]elanya
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)
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I see your turnips, Miss Beaton, and raise you another turnip comic!

I have this one saved on my hard drive. I used it on a presentation on the Battle of Jutland, oh yess.....

Edited at 2009-07-15 05:25 pm (UTC)

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seismickitten

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from: [info]seismickitten
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:58 pm (UTC)
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Yup, they still be there.

Love it.

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a fragrant vagrant

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from: [info]__bin
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:25 pm (UTC)
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Hahaha. I love this to bits.

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Cat Boots

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from: [info]catboots
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:25 pm (UTC)
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Love that "I've dreamt for years" face :D

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chrisherself

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from: [info]chrisherself
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 08:24 pm (UTC)
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Me too! I was lullin' ova hea

How about Mr. Wanka...[snrk]

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ruby_sword

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from: [info]ruby_sword
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:26 pm (UTC)
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Haha awesome. I did have a wonderful Ethiopian-style soup with turnips a while ago, to be fair to turnips.

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baby goat

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from: [info]baby_goat
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:28 pm (UTC)
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turnips are gross this cartoon made me cry.

thx kate beaton.

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Dale O'Flaherty

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from: [info]daleof
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:31 pm (UTC)
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I used to pick peas in my great grandad's backyard and eat them outta the pod. Mmmm...

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radikewl lesbian feminist cunt

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from: [info]shrines
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:35 pm (UTC)
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mr. wanka has a large butt.

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HORRIFYINGLY EXOTIC

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from: [info]shuraiya
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:36 pm (UTC)
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there's a turnip hidden under that bustle!

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HORRIFYINGLY EXOTIC

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from: [info]shuraiya
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:35 pm (UTC)
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Hahahaha, oh my god, I almost choked when I got to the last panel. GENIUS.

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potatocubed

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from: [info]potatocubed
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:36 pm (UTC)
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If your Dad ever wants to offload his spare turnips, I love both turnips and free food.

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toasty_fresh

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from: [info]toasty_fresh
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:41 pm (UTC)
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Oh my lord I am loling forever at the grandpa's faces.

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Paula Elanor Pam

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from: [info]elanor_pam
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:42 pm (UTC)
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That may just be the funniest thing ever. XDD

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Meli Chloron

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from: [info]of_melsh
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:42 pm (UTC)
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I also had a childhood stocked well with turnips. My dad's excuse was that his parents were Canadian and that is what he grew up with, my mom's excuse was that her family were farmers and that is what she grew up with. I firmly believe they just wanted us kids to have tremendous farts that inhibited our social lives.

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chiere

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from: [info]chiere
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 08:06 pm (UTC)
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choke...cough...sputter.....

A-HAAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!!!!!!!!!

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η Φωτισμένη ~ The Enlightened One

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from: [info]ifotismeni
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:44 pm (UTC)
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TURNIPS!!!!

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Sheep with a guitar

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from: [info]sbp
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:46 pm (UTC)
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Mr "Wanka", h'mm?

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Aquatic Banditry

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from: [info]thewaterbandit
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:48 pm (UTC)
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I'm so glad I'm not the only person who noticed that. What an unfortunate name!

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sertrel

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from: [info]sertrel
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:46 pm (UTC)
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Did you eat the turnip greens too, or just the roots?

In the southern United States, turnip greens (along with mustard greens and collard greens) are a beloved vegetable, though turnip roots less so.

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chiere

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from: [info]chiere
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 08:07 pm (UTC)
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I LUUUUVE turnip and mustard greens!!!! Add a little baking soda to cut the bitterness and enough bacon and bacon grease to stop yer heart,.... Dee-LISH!

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sugar_for_sugar

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from: [info]sugar_for_sugar
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:56 pm (UTC)
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I didn't even know turnips were grown in a factory!

Seriously though this is ace.

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Joe Decie

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from: [info]joedecie
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 05:57 pm (UTC)
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I'm more of a beetroot man myself, but all those roots are good in my book (Joe's book of good root vegetables)

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dibsy

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from: [info]dibsy
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 06:14 pm (UTC)
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Mister Wanka! Nice.

Any chance of a continuing strip of Mr Wanka's mad-cap root vegetable based adventures?

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William Matheson

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from: [info]nova_one
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 08:44 pm (UTC)
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They could all sit down and have a vegetable feast, and Veruca could bring the salt, but what about the pepper?

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tea berry-blue

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from: [info]zia_narratora
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 06:14 pm (UTC)
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OH MY GOD I LOVE TURNIPS. I WANT TO GET A GOLDEN TICKET AND GO TO THE FACTORY.

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Rappydappydappy McTappy

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from: [info]raptorix
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 06:15 pm (UTC)
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eating fresh picked peas was the summer snack of my childhood. We'd never get a big enough batch to boil for dinner because we'd eat too many ripe peas before they made it to the table.

And now tomatoes... Every year now, we try to grow at least one tomato bush (this year we succeeded in two healthy tomato bushes) and end up with more tomatoes than we can stick on BLTs and salads... I'm glad I learned to love tomatoes as an adult, I couldn't stand them as a kid, and feel bad that I missed out.

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chrisherself

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from: [info]chrisherself
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)
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Mmmm. Nothing is better than a summer-warm tomato picked off the vine, with some nice cold cottage cheese with salt and pepper. That takes me back.

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Betsy

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from: [info]snoopdoggydawg
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 06:15 pm (UTC)
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mmmm turnips. I wouldn't turn down a trip to the turnip factory.

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Shih Tzu

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from: [info]shihtzu
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 06:20 pm (UTC)
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Man, as much as I love Quentin Blake, now I want to see a Roald Dahl book with your illustrations!

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Gonzo Gabriella Maria

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from: [info]galalefey
date: Jul. 15th, 2009 09:07 pm (UTC)
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This.

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