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AIBU?

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to think that gherkins are the devil's own todger...

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flyingspaghettimonster · 09/01/2012 19:40

...and that my two year old is unreasonable to want to eat them all day every day?

It is my fault I guess - as a joke we gave him one as his first finger food, because they came served on the plate with our sandwich. He sucked on it like it was a lollypop and the joke backfired.

Since then he has requested 'you buy me dis pickles mommy?' every time we go to the grocery store... just the smell makes me heave, but I can't think of a good reason not to buy them for him.

How many is unhealthy to scoff in a day? He is sat on the sofa right now, happy as larry, gobbling a pickle of such size that even Chasey Lain would wince and cross her legs... he gets through half a jar in one sitting, and prefers them over any other food...

My fingers smell permanently picklish no matter how much soap I use and I miss the way he used to smell before this obsession took hold (he now smells like a Big Mac).

Please tell me this is a stage and one day he will loathe the hideous monstrosities as much as I do?

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RhondaRoo · 09/01/2012 19:41

YABU, they are devine.

spanky2 · 09/01/2012 19:41

I love them!

Choufleur · 09/01/2012 19:43

YANBU.

Spagbolagain · 09/01/2012 19:43

YABVU. They are delicious, especially the big juicy ones with the warts. They are also low in calories. Re DS I would just have a look at the salt content?

TheParanoidAndroid · 09/01/2012 19:44

My seven year old loves them and always has. We all give him the pickles off our hamburgers too!

droves · 09/01/2012 19:50

Would all that vinegar not dissolve his tooth enamel ?. ( trying to find excuse for op) .

I like gerkins , but eating everyday is too much.

Save them for a treat .

flyingspaghettimonster · 09/01/2012 19:52

oooh, salt content and tooth decay... sounds promising...

Warty horrible snozzcumbery things...

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lottiegb · 09/01/2012 19:54

Yum, I like the little ones best.

flyingspaghettimonster · 09/01/2012 19:54

Ooooh you are not wrong - apparently 1/3rd of a pickle has 14% daily adult sodium content! That has shocked me - he's been scoffing about 5 whole pickles a day... that's way over his sodium limit! Pretty shocked at that actually... might just be this jar, it is a new one, but still...

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maras2 · 09/01/2012 20:23

.They are the 2nd. most disgusting thing that I've had in my mouth < boak >.However Mr M. loves them and buys the humungus jars from Lidl.Seeing those jars in my kitchen reminds me of biology classes at school.

everlong · 09/01/2012 20:24

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Jellykat · 09/01/2012 20:38

YABU They are yummy, as are pickled eggs..

maras2 Shall we guess what's the 1st? Grin

maras2 · 09/01/2012 21:06

I swore I'd never tell.

SuePurblybilt · 09/01/2012 21:08

Love them, the delicious warty wee feckers.
I even like the limp ones that come in burgers, I am often tempted to stalk people outside McD's and ask for their gherkin.

brighthair · 09/01/2012 21:09

I specifically go to McDs with people who don't like them GrinBlush
And ask for extra

flyingspaghettimonster · 09/01/2012 21:15

There's no hope for some of you - clearly the devil has won you over with his warty willies...

They do look like something a mad scientist would keep on his shelf, don't they?

Not looking forward to telling the toddler he is now being rationed to one a day... glad I did read the label though, pretty scary to think we have been overdosing him on salt...

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bookbird · 09/01/2012 21:20

Other posters have commented on potential high salt content. That was my immediate thought, but then my DM does call me the salt police!

homeaway · 09/01/2012 21:21

warty willies.. flying that made me laugh! Hide the jar!

SiamoNellaMerda · 09/01/2012 21:24

Gherkins are the work of the Anti-Christ. That is all.

DorothyGherkins · 09/01/2012 21:24

My ears are burning.......

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