OK, morning’s over, and I think we might need a teeny bit of distance from the gaping Hell-maw of Gary Busey, below. So here’s a picture of a turnip:
Unlike Mr. Busey, it’s full of vitamins and dietary fiber, and won’t bite your leg off.
I feel confident I’ve made at least one person happy with this post:
23 responses so far ↓
1 Walter on May 13, 2008 at 9:14 am
Looks like Randy Quaid
2 Onil on May 13, 2008 at 9:21 am
I don’t trust a vegetable that won’t pick a color. You can’t be half-assing on the purple or the white like some of kind of easter egg done by a pre-schooler.
This is why the eggplant will always be superior.
3 Ninjew on May 13, 2008 at 9:25 am
If there’s one thing worse than a purple radish, it’s a black adder.
4 Darth Chimay on May 13, 2008 at 9:31 am
If I had a million pounds, I’d get a great big turnip in the country.
5 Amy Z on May 13, 2008 at 9:51 am
Oh Baldrick, is there anything you can’t do?
6 The Professors on May 13, 2008 at 10:05 am
It looks like Baldrick is having deep thoughts about a turnip right now.
7 Bill Corbett on May 13, 2008 at 10:11 am
Wow, it’s come to this. We’re riffing vegetables now.
8 Gerald McBoring-boring on May 13, 2008 at 10:17 am
The original turnip reference was an accident. They wanted a penis-shaped vegetable for a joke and only later realized that the turnip made for a poor dildo. Baldrick’s ensuing obsession with turnips is disturbing if you watch blackadder episodes in order. Especially the episode where Baldrick can’t resist paying £400,000 for an enormous turnip.
9 MikeP on May 13, 2008 at 10:31 am
You could argue that eggplant may be superior in some respects, but what about the name? It is a plant, but egg ain’t got nothin’ to do with it. It doesn’t look like an egg, it isn’t shaped like an egg, it has no shell, and it has no ooey-gooey yolk in the middle.
Now. carrots! There’s an honest, hard-working, blue-collar vegetable if I’ve ever seen one. Distinctive color without being too flashy, appropriately carrot-shaped. A turnip wishes it had a carrot’s subtle blend of charisma and grace. Eggplants weep, for they have gazed upon the majesty of carrots and find themselves lacking in comparison.
10 Rob T Firefly on May 13, 2008 at 10:33 am
From Rowsdower, Keanu, and Shatner to vegetables. That’s social climbing, that is.
11 wench on May 13, 2008 at 10:33 am
Sweet, I just had turnips yesterday.
12 SarahCanuck on May 13, 2008 at 10:49 am
A li’l turnip of my own.
Poor S. Baldrick.
13 Ben on May 13, 2008 at 10:55 am
Take a look here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=74a003b0a1ea4110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=turnip+jack+o+lanterns
tee hee. Jack of the turnip
14 Onil on May 13, 2008 at 11:08 am
“Now. carrots! There’s an honest, hard-working, blue-collar vegetable if I’ve ever seen one. Distinctive color without being too flashy, appropriately carrot-shaped. ”
Carrots lead to Carrot Top.
Eggplants are victorious!
15 Shawn on May 13, 2008 at 11:34 am
That is an awesome turnip, Bill, and I definitely appreciate the buffering. I had you pegged as the shock-and-gross-out-guy, but I’m glad to say I was wrong.
16 Tim D on May 13, 2008 at 11:49 am
Frak Zappa and The Mothers once said:
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
Ooooh! The vegetable
Will respond to you
(Some people don’t go for prunes . . . I dunno . . . I’ve always found that if they . . . )
Call any vegetable
Pick up your phone
Think of a vegetable
Lonely at home
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you-hoooo
RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
RUTA-BAYYYYY . . .
(A prune isn’t really a vegetable. Cabbage is a vegetable.)
No one will know
If you don’t want to let ‘em know
No one will know
‘Less it’s you that might tell ‘em so
Call and they’ll come to you
Covered with dew
Vegetables dream
Of responding to you
Standing there
Shiny & proud by your side
Holding your hand
While the neighbors decide
Why is a vegetable
Something to hide?
17 Queen Shadowrama on May 13, 2008 at 2:25 pm
What are these “vegetables” that you speak of? I only know of one food that rules over all, and that is Bacon.
Stop worshiping false idols guys.
18 RemmieBarrow on May 13, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Wow, honestly I have never seen a Black Adder reference used anywhere before. I am impressed.
19 Darth Chimay on May 13, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Bill, you’ve been riffing vegetables since y’all did Top Gun.
*slam on Tom Cruise*
20 Neb on May 15, 2008 at 9:54 am
Baldric! What a fine way to start the day. I hope he finally achieved his “little turnip in the country”.
21 suzanne on May 21, 2008 at 7:54 am
but is baldrick a blog reader?
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