To wonder why.. (brace yourself)

[BackAgainSlimLady]

Single cucumbers from the supermarket come wrapped in plastic.. but single courgettes don’t?

if you ask me.. courgettes have a slightly more fragile skin that cucumber.. so why the lack of protection?

The idiomatic expression that says you got what you deserved is 'just desserts'. Useful pun on 'desserts', pudding, and 'desserts', you'v had your pudding and now you are paying for it.

Speaking of rude. When you spout off about something, that, if you had read the thread, you find out is not true, decent people apologize.

But, you do you. I mean, making an ASSumption makes only the person ASSuming look like the first three letters.

I predict that this stupid post has taken over the thread. I will go back now and see if I’m right.

What happens when you turn your back on the tiny courgette in the garden for just long enough to have a cup of tea.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 has @WillIEverBeOk left MN yet

Bloody hate that plastic wrapping on a cucumber and I've always wondered why it had the wrapping on but I never been bothered to Google why.

Not sure why you assume everyone is from the same country as you? Very strange assumption to make. Not sure why you would think this.

🤦‍♀️ It really, really isn't. It's often used as a pun, but the expression is "just deserts" pronounced like desserts but spelt deserts. It has nothing to do with arid places or puddings.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/just-deserts-or-just-desserts

You're in for a treat 😂

It is desserts ..unless you eat sand with camels

Honestly. Have a Google! It's "just deserts".

no, it is 'desserts'.

Oh dear.

Oh for goodness sake!!! Will all the people saying it is “just desserts” please, please educate themselves by looking at Google.

The phrase is based on the verb deserve. Just deserts are what a person deserves. It has nothing to do with puddings or the Sahara.

Nope

I hope you’re joking but just in case…

It's only 'just desserts' as a pun on the actual phrase 'just deserts' if you're naming a cake shop.

The English term is courgette. Its called zucchini in the US so she’s right

Cake shop
Cake shop

It’s called language. We use the French word for it and you use the Italian one. Would it blow your tiny mind to find out that a lot of Brits have no idea what egg plant and cilantro are because we call them aubergine and coriander?

@MudpiesinEssex 'for prophylactic purposes' chapeau 😂

@FeetLikeFlippers It’s called language. We use the French word for it and you use the Italian one. Would it blow your tiny mind to find out that a lot of Brits have no idea what egg plant and cilantro are because we call them aubergine and coriander?

Oddly enough, no it won't blow her mind now because at this point over 500 posts into the thread she's been told umpteen times already.

@IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle - exactly so. The people who insist on 'just desserts' presumably pay more attention to cake shop names than references on idioms, etymology etc. Which is quite understandable.

They’re courgettes in the UK

This is the thread that keeps on giving. Look what you did OP, with your innocent cucumber question 😆