Frank and Ernest by Thaves for December 01, 2022

I don’t get it.

Not exoccoli, either. But it is very nutritious, tastes good – cooked or raw or hot or cold, It also is the Edible Plant of the Year for 2023.

“So … What exoccoli would you like?”

“That reminds me – Is your food E. coli free?”

“…I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States. And I’m not gonna eat any more broccoli!” – George H. W. Bush, March 22, 1990.

Use the floret part of broccoli and smother it in cheese sauce — YUM!

Good when done correctly but doesn’t always get there.

Not for me, I can’t get past the smell.

I like it raw or cooked.

Well, broccoli doesn’t think much of you either.

Nor E Coli.

Dana Carvey ‘Chopping Broccoli’.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntp8_KFv59Y

Broccoli isn’t too bad in Turkey Divan.

Word play I guess…

I had to look this up to understand the gag.

It is from this quip by American poet Ogden Nash:

’’Broccoli,

While not exoccoli,

Is within an innach,

Of being spinach.’’

Vile weed.

I thought it was going to be a gas joke.

Groan!

Broccoli is the most maligned vegetable there is and that’s not fair because okra should hold that title.

This is taken from Ogden Nash’s poem: “Broccoli, though not exoccoli, is within an inach of being spinach.”

Random Musings:

Although I’ve read some of Ogden Nash’s work, I didn’t recognize this one. Thanks to all who commented.

It did remind me of something, but for a minute or two I couldn’t figure out what it was. Then I got it: the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz! Here’s one link:

https://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thewizardofoz/courage.htm

As for me, I like both broccoli (cooked, not raw) and spinach (either way).