Apples vs Oranges

[AAFitz]

I once made an apple pie but I didn't have any apples so I used bananas instead. IT TASTED FUCKING AWESOME.

Yeah, but you cant heat that up and....oh nevermind

[thegreekdog]

Apples are a far more useful weapon as they can easily be made to carry ecoli bacteria, which will easily trump the Oranges citric acid.

Hmm... this reminds me of a GI Joe episode (the 1980s show, not whatever passes for GI Joe presently). There was some sort of virus that escaped and mutated into a giant blob that "ate" people and machines. The Joes and Cobra had to band together to fight it and they used, get this, APPLE SEEDS! Apparently the apple seeds were poisonous and used to kill the virus.

I'm considering changing my vote to apples given this important episode in my childhood. However, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, apple seeds are useful to kill large mutating virus blobs. On the other hand, apple seeds are poisonous.

[BoganGod]

the Hellenic canine just made an excellent point. Apple seeds are poisonous, how cool is that. Just think how cool johnny appleseed was, even his name rocks. "hey I'm just this mellow dude planting apples.... but if ya mess with me I can f*ck you up with my poison seeds!!!!" epic

[BoganGod]

THESE SPHEROID FRUITS ARE AN ABOMINATION IN THE EYES OF THE CUBE GOD. THE CUBE GOD ONLY APPROVES OF CUBE SHAPED FRUITS!

I believe that all members of the tea party eat and drink oranges at intervals of at least twice per day. The tea party deals with forbidding evil fruit cursed be they and the fruits of their wombs and fields. Scary I tells ya, scary++++

Are the Cube God and the Bogan God related?

Whilst the Bogan Divinity is peerless, he does have family. I shall not confirm nor deny being related to a deity with square faces.

[PLAYER57832]

The answer is obvious and is definitely not a matter of opinion but rather a matter of fact.

Fact 1: Apples are easier to consume. There's nothing to peel.

Apples do need to be washed. Oranges do not. Also, apples tend to bruise in a backpack/bag or get "nicked" and thus make a mess in your pack/bag.. Oranges are therefore much better for field lunches.

Fact 2: Ever enjoyed eating the skin of an orange? Didn't think so.

Cooks use them for flavoring, also in some tea infusions.
However, both Oranges and apples have waste that can be composted -- the core of the apple and the peel of the orange.

Fact 3: Apples have a fresh, crisp texture; whereas, oranges are slightly sweeter, yet they leak over your hand, and sticky fingers are frowned upon by society.

Seems you don't have much experience with wide varieties of apples.. or oranges. Navel Oranges, eaten properly make no more, perhaps even less mess than an apple. Apples can indeed be very sweet. Also, they tend to get mealy. Oranges simply go bad/rot -- easier to know if you have a good one.

Fact 4: Apples come in many types. Orange only come in orange.

Not true. You have red (blood) oranges, navel, valencia... etc, etc, etc.

Conclusion: Apples win.

Conclusion. Apples only win for BBS because BBS has limited experience with each fruit

[PLAYER57832]

spherid = ball shaped, e.g. the 3D rendering of a circle. Apples and oranges fit this definition more closely, and lemons do not as much because they are more elliptoid than spheroid.

You fail geometry FOREVER.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheroid

it just depends on your definition of spheroid. Apparently wikipedia happens to agree with your definition.

sorry natty, shield is correct:
World English Dictionary
spheroid (ˈsfɪərɔɪd)

— n
1. maths another name for ellipsoid of revolution

— adj
2. shaped like but not exactly a sphere

[AAFitz]

Apples are a far more useful weapon as they can easily be made to carry ecoli bacteria, which will easily trump the Oranges citric acid.

Hmm... this reminds me of a GI Joe episode (the 1980s show, not whatever passes for GI Joe presently). There was some sort of virus that escaped and mutated into a giant blob that "ate" people and machines. The Joes and Cobra had to band together to fight it and they used, get this, APPLE SEEDS! Apparently the apple seeds were poisonous and used to kill the virus.

I'm considering changing my vote to apples given this important episode in my childhood. However, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, apple seeds are useful to kill large mutating virus blobs. On the other hand, apple seeds are poisonous.

Well, that there should settle it...

First of all, im sure the Vit C in the Orange would have cured the virus too.

And, the apples are essentially biological weapons of mass destruction, between the EColi and toxic seeds.

Also, McCain just released a statement that illegal immigrants were using apples to kill citizens and claims to have supporting evidence. [citation needed]

[shieldgenerator7]

Yeah thanks player I was just having fun.
Seriously my definition works for the most part, although it does leave out a certain detail.

Apples = yummy
Oranges = yummy
Lemons = sour, but sweet!

[BigBallinStalin]

The answer is obvious and is definitely not a matter of opinion but rather a matter of fact.

Fact 1: Apples are easier to consume. There's nothing to peel.

Apples do need to be washed. Oranges do not. Also, apples tend to bruise in a backpack/bag or get "nicked" and thus make a mess in your pack/bag.. Oranges are therefore much better for field lunches.

Fact 2: Ever enjoyed eating the skin of an orange? Didn't think so.

Cooks use them for flavoring, also in some tea infusions.
However, both Oranges and apples have waste that can be composted -- the core of the apple and the peel of the orange.

Fact 3: Apples have a fresh, crisp texture; whereas, oranges are slightly sweeter, yet they leak over your hand, and sticky fingers are frowned upon by society.

Seems you don't have much experience with wide varieties of apples.. or oranges. Navel Oranges, eaten properly make no more, perhaps even less mess than an apple. Apples can indeed be very sweet. Also, they tend to get mealy. Oranges simply go bad/rot -- easier to know if you have a good one.

Fact 4: Apples come in many types. Orange only come in orange.

Not true. You have red (blood) oranges, navel, valencia... etc, etc, etc.

Conclusion: Apples win.

Conclusion. Apples only win for BBS because BBS has limited experience with each fruit

I agree that I have limited experience with fruits; however, I am well-endowed for laying my knowledge into the field of apples v. oranges.

[BigBallinStalin]

Apples are a far more useful weapon as they can easily be made to carry ecoli bacteria, which will easily trump the Oranges citric acid.

Hmm... this reminds me of a GI Joe episode (the 1980s show, not whatever passes for GI Joe presently). There was some sort of virus that escaped and mutated into a giant blob that "ate" people and machines. The Joes and Cobra had to band together to fight it and they used, get this, APPLE SEEDS! Apparently the apple seeds were poisonous and used to kill the virus.

I'm considering changing my vote to apples given this important episode in my childhood. However, I'm conflicted. On the one hand, apple seeds are useful to kill large mutating virus blobs. On the other hand, apple seeds are poisonous.

Fear not, my reasonable, pro-apple friend!

Apple seeds are not poisonous to humans in their raw form; however, according to wiki.answers.com, apple seeds do contain a compound which can be broken into Hydrogen Cyanide, thus making apple seeds even more superior to puny orange seeds. C'mon, TGD! Can oranges provide the chemical warfare potential of apple seeds? I don't think so! This again confirms that the apple is yet against superior to the orange.

Although wiki.answers.com may not be the best source of factual information, this debate's standards have been reasonably lowered to accept such sources as "good enough." Additionally, the thought alone that apple seeds can be converted into cyanide is awesome enough to be taken with the utmost gravity.

[PLAYER57832]

Conclusion: Apples win.

Conclusion. Apples only win for BBS because BBS has limited experience with each fruit

I agree that I have limited experience with fruits; however, I am well-endowed for laying my knowledge into the field of apples v. oranges.

"Grammer Nazis" time (2 for me in one thread! )

Saying "each fruit" above means each of the two mentioned. It is not a general reference to all fruit. Therefore... nope. My statement was that you have only limited experience with oranges and apples.

[natty dread]

spherid = ball shaped, e.g. the 3D rendering of a circle. Apples and oranges fit this definition more closely, and lemons do not as much because they are more elliptoid than spheroid.

You fail geometry FOREVER.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheroid

it just depends on your definition of spheroid. Apparently wikipedia happens to agree with your definition.

sorry natty, shield is correct:
World English Dictionary
spheroid (ˈsfɪərɔɪd)

— n
1. maths another name for ellipsoid of revolution

— adj
2. shaped like but not exactly a sphere

Sorry Player but no he's not. A spheroid is a type of ellipsoid where 2 of the axis are equal in length. A sphere is a type of ellipsoid where all 3 axis are equal in length.

Therefore lemon, apple and orange are all spheroid in shape. None of them is a perfect sphere.

Also, the definition you posted agrees with this. I'm not even sure why you're trying to argue it.

[Dukasaur]

Dukasaur, oranges only come in one color: orange. Derp!

If you were paying attention, colour was not the issue:

Fact 4: Apples come in many types. Orange only come in orange.

Oranges come in many varieties as well. For some reason these varieties don't get as much marketing as all the cutesy names of different kinds of apple, but they are no less diverse.

BBS said apples come in many TYPES. I responded that oranges come in many varieties.

"varieties" is a synonym for "types" -- "colours" is NOT a synonym for "types"

[Lord and Master]

This isn't a debate, just a lot of pointless pontification and mocking what the other guy said. Oh, wait...

Oranges doubtless have their uses; we of the Appleiament would never strive to deny this; we simply feel that to entertain the notion that the afore-mentioned NON-primary coloured fruit could ever be seriously regarded as somehow BETTER than the fruit of our eye (indeed, of all right-thinking individuals eyes) would be such a risible waste of this Houses time as to all but forcibly invalidate its mandate! I hope my right honourable friends will join me now in putting the matter once and for all to rest and restoring a touch of de-core-um to pro-seed-ings. A har. A ha ha har.

[pancakemix]

Fact 2: Ever enjoyed eating the skin of an orange? Didn't think so.

Have you ever tried them dipped in chocolate?

[KoolBak]

Love em both; apples, however, offer far more in my book.

Love it when Honeycrisp season rolls around - my fave apple. Pink Lady is a good one too...Fuji is my fallback when those arent avail.

They also have the distinction of morphing into hard cider....mmmmmmmmm

[john9blue]

oranges are nasty

the apple is the king of fruits

posting because i know you all care so much about my opinion

[BoganGod]

Orange is the colour of babie poo.

[AAFitz]

Conclusion: Apples win.

Conclusion. Apples only win for BBS because BBS has limited experience with each fruit

I agree that I have limited experience with fruits; however, I am well-endowed for laying my knowledge into the field of apples v. oranges.

"Grammer Nazis" time (2 for me in one thread! )

Saying "each fruit" above means each of the two mentioned. It is not a general reference to all fruit. Therefore... nope. My statement was that you have only limited experience with oranges and apples.

He should not have put his italics on fruits.

Maybe he was just in college experimenting, but I suspect it was not a correction for your spelling of fruit. You two are just talking apples and oranges on this one.

[Haggis_McMutton]

oranges are nasty

the apple is the king of fruits

posting because i know you all care so much about my opinion

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!

I've been sitting here for almost 2 days now, starring at an apple and orange in front of me and tirelessly refreshing this thread.

As soon as I thought someone had finally made an argument that could break me out of my vexing conundrum, I would remeber all of the previous counterpoints and be paralized by indecision once more.
The fact that my lack of sustenance or rest was making me more and more weary was not making the matter any easier to resolve. Actually, I had all but lost hope and was just about to retrieve my katana and end this cursed suffering once and for all.

Then came the shimmering light that was your post and my doubts were finally put aside. I can now resume living once more.

The orange it is.

[firsal901]

Apples. Hands down, apples

[JoshyBoy]

I once made an apple pie but I didn't have any apples so I used bananas instead. IT TASTED FUCKING AWESOME.

I just about wet myself. I salute you natty, awesome post.

[shieldgenerator7]

Lemons... hmmm...*eye squint from sourness of lemon* yummyy...... let's make some lemonade. You don't ever see appleaid or orangeaid.

[JoshyBoy]

Oh, I beg to differ my friend. Orangeade is available from most supermarkets here. Of course, it's never made with real oranges (rather flavourings), tastes terrible, and goes flat easily, but hey, it's there.

As for appleade, you have a point. I guess the closest thing there is to that would be Appletiser.

[Lord and Master]

We've a fizzy apple flavoured soft drink in Ireland, called Cidona. Tasty apple pop goodness!