BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 08:17 PM

She may have meant "better than sex with William F. Buckley Junior". Or Woody Allen.

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 08:29 PM

I'm ambidexturous. I can enjoy both. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Bobert
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 08:54 PM

Ummmm, I did not have sex with that tomato...

(Be honest, Boberdz...)

No, really... I didn't... I swear I didn't!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 09:09 PM

Well I have a tomato to eat nerly every day ! Wish I Could say the same   === NO - Thats Too Much Information !

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Slag
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 09:19 PM

The only Biblical stricture which comes to mind about either fruit ( which is what a tomato is) or a vegetable was about the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. There is no description of this fruit and beyond the literal point of view, it would appear to be only a metaphor for disobedience to God. All the rest of the plant kingdom seems to stand on its own merits. Tares, bad because it produces no edible seed, wheat good for the counter reason. The crown of thorns, the laurel wreath, chamomile tea, hemp, poppies, poppy seed, Jimson weed, liana vine: they all have their place, under the sun.

I don't hear the phrase to much of late but "she's a tomato!" used to mean that you were looking at a fine example of feminine pulchritude! So, in simile at any rate, tomatoes and sex are related. I believe that the tomato is in the family of plants known as Belladonna. Of course Belladonna means "beautiful lady". It didn't get that appellation from gorgeous flowers (small, pale blue) or drupaceous fruit (little beady berries). Rather, the fruit contains a poison known as atropine. In appropriate doses it has many beneficial effects on the human body. It can counter dict nerve agents and other poisons, decrease and help regulate motility, dilate blood vessels and dilate the eye. The later effect is what gave the plant its name as it was used to dilate the young ladies' eyes ( used especially in Spain) to make them look bigger and blacker than ordinary. So there is another connection, in a way, to sexuality and sensuality.

The Aztecs grew the tomato for ornamentation as well as food. When the plant made its way to Europe it had acquired the reputation as being poisonous. The courageous soul who first tried eating the "forbidden" fruit was a real pioneer and was rewarded with a real delight. Sensual, tasty, beautiful, satisfying, no disease or unwanted offspring, good for you, no guilt, easy to grow, no life commitments! What's not to love? That tomato is one hot babe!

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Jun 08 - 10:46 PM

"Tomatoes, sex, what's the difference? Tomatoes get really red when ripe and squirt when you bite them. They're messy and drip all over you. 5 minutes after you've had one you want another AND you can slice them up and put them on a sandwich."

You're right, it does all sound about the same....until you get to the slice up and put on a sandwich part; then things get a little scary there....

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Genie
Date: 14 Jun 08 - 12:18 AM

Technically, a tomato is a "fruit" only in the botanical sense -- i.e., it's an ovary. (Women have those too, I'm told.)
But when you're talking about eating one (cuisine), it's a "vegetable" just as carrots (roots), lettuce (leaves), celery (stems), and peas (seeds) are.

So if your sex involves eating, then there's nothing fruity about tomatoes being involved. If your sex is somehow scientific and you do it with tomatoes,* you're talking ovaries.


*Come to think of it, didn't they used to call a comely woman a "tomato" back in the '30s and '40s?

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Ed T
Date: 14 Jun 08 - 09:31 AM

Tomato is good for the prostate. Good prostate, possibly better sex?
Maybe a reason for the Italian love of the fruit (US fixation with ketchup and Spanish love of salsa).

http://vitamins.ultimatefatburner.com/lycopene.html

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: GUEST,Dan the Quail
Date: 14 Jun 08 - 10:12 AM

What does Chongo Chimp think about eating a Tomatoe?

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Def Shepard
Date: 14 Jun 08 - 11:37 AM

Naked morris dancing in a giant vat fill with tomato....no wait that doesn't scan at all... :-D

Subject: RE: BS: Is eating tomatoes BetterThanHaving sex?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 14 Jun 08 - 02:46 PM

Tomatoes don't mind if their bed is sandy. Of course, they have no knees to chafe either.