OK, facts about courgettes.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Little marrows innit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:41, Reply)

It's only called courgette in England and france really.
Everyone else calls it a Zuchinni
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:43, Reply)

That is for shining ice rinks man

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:44, Reply)

I bet if I got this joke I'd have to tell you to leave the internet.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:45, Reply)

You would win that bet

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:45, Reply)

Not in my house
in my house they are called fucking vile.
( Peej, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:45, Reply)

They are great when griddled
or cooked in creme fraiche with smoky bacon and garlic on pasta
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:46, Reply)

They are great left on the plant.

( Peej, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:48, Reply)

meh
More for me. I'm having that pasta tomorrow
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:48, Reply)

They are also good cut into ribbons with a peeler
and used in salads.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:58, Reply)

I bet they call it a courgette in DR Congo.
And all of North Africa: Algeria, Morocco etc.

Also Vietnam and Indochina. And in all other ex French colonial territories.

I put it to you, sir, that your 'fact' is a massive stinking heap of equine excreta.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:47, Reply)

You and I know that they don't count.
But if you insist. The UK is the only place in the English speaking world where they're called Courgettes.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:49, Reply)

*points downwards*
except NZ and SA.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:51, Reply)

I think it's only those funny mercans who call it zuchini
but then, they are wrong about so many, many things.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:50, Reply)

Aussies do as well.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:50, Reply)

ax
color
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:50, Reply)

The concept of an occupational land war in a religiously-motivated country
Also: Justin Bieber
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Serious answer is too serious
including Bieber
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Has your daughter begun worshipping The Squirrel Prince yet?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:57, Reply)

Why?
Do you want to trade posters and stickers?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I clicked this.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Who the fuck is the squirrel prince?
She loves Peppa Pig, Sleeping Beauty and Gaston the Ladybird
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Bieber
He looks like a squirrel, innit
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Nah, she's not bothered about any particular music yet

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Get her started on Bowie now

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:16, Reply)

and does he have the dreamiest eyes?
Is he just the cutest boy ever?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:13, Reply)

You're getting him confused with me
AGAIN
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:16, Reply)

He's canadian.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Is he?
I meant that for some reason he's popular in America.

How on earth do you know that?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:04, Reply)

I heard a canadian stand up saying it was payback for something america did to them.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Excellent recovery
*puts away kiddie-fiddler brush and vat of tar*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Tom Stade?
I like him, he's very funny.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Brian Adams, Celine Dion
and now Bieber. Surely America should be invading on the grounds of international terrorism.
( Peej, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:16, Reply)

However
Leslie Nielson, Jim Carrey (no, fuck YOU), Dan Aykroyd...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:17, Reply)

nah
zucchini is the Italian for it. So Italy, US, Aus, etc use that. Courgette is French for "little marrow" so French-speaking world uses that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Australia and America
those famously Italian-speaking countries...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:54, Reply)

their cuisine is historically italian dominated though.
Well, in the case of the US. The Australians are just weird.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I'm telling poppet you said that!

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Feel free.
Any country that divides their cheese into "sharp" and "tasty" has limited contribution to haute cuisine.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Excuse me, I don't like sharp OR tasty cheese.
I like my cheese mild.
And I'm not that weird.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:08, Reply)

haha, nice arrival
I love Australia really. Next academic move I make will probably be Sydney.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Fuck Sydney.
Melbourne is where it's at.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Yeah, that's where they make Neighbours, innit.
I think the majority of our knowledge of Australian culture comes from Neighbours.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:14, Reply)

neighbours can fuck right off.
*sad face*
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:19, Reply)

I'm well aware that Neighbours is completely shit
but I still watch it. Every single fucking day. It's just sad, really. I had such potential.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:25, Reply)

WHY?! Why would you expose yourself to such mindless drivel??

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:30, Reply)

spent time in both
and ... no. Disagree. I'd go to Adelaide at a push.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Adelaide has the highest rate of serial killers in australia for the capital cities.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:29, Reply)

Don't go to Brisbane, whatever you do.
If Neighbours has taught me anything, it's that Brisbane is a euphemism for death.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Except the Greeks, the Kiwis and Saffers as a start.
I'm sure there are more places. Shit fact is shit. And incorrect
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:51, Reply)

Meh started a conversation. It's a win for team me.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Course it is.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I might go threaten a colleague now, for the lols.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Apr 2011, 11:01, Reply)