Facts about BROCCOLI

[house your seagull]

The hamlet of Barlavington in West Sussex, England, has banned broccoli from being sold since 1961 when then mayor Terry Minge proclaimed the foodstuff to be "...the fruit of dandies, darkies and homosexuals"

 

[surrey jim]

The hamlet of Barlavington in West Sussex, England, has banned broccoli from being sold since 1961 when then mayor Terry Minge proclaimed the foodstuff to be "...the fruit of dandies, darkies and homosexuals"

BROCCOLI shoud be in capitals, in all circumstances

 

[acrossthepond]

The first hybrid brassica known as BROCCOLI was developed by the O'Lee family of County Cork, Ireland as foodstuff for their domestic badgers. However, their original idea of marketing it as Brock O'Lee proved ill founded, and they were forced to sell the rights to the vegetable following bankruptcy.

 

[1066familyman]

What's usually sold in the shops as BROCCOLI should really be called calabrese.

 

[surrey jim]

There are three commonly grown types of BROCCOLI.

 

[priesty]

Pound for pound there is more vitamin c in broccoli than in oranges!

 

[philsussex]

The trees in the opening credits to I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here bear a remarkable resemblance to BROCCOLI

 

[crasher]

The town of BROCCOLI, New Mexico was founded in 1891 and has a population of 143.

It was named not after the vegetable but for the nearby BROCCOLI creek which is a Pawnee word meaning "Place where the rattlesnakes lie"

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

BROCCOLI is greener than a tomato.

 

[surrey jim]

BROCCOLI shouldnt be used as a fire starter, as it is rubbish at starting fires

 

[Gazwag]

BROCCOLI is greener than a tomato.

Hmmmmm

 

[cannedheat]

BROCCOLI is the favourite vegetable of George Bush.

Think you will find he hated the stuff and said so, which upset the USA BROCCOLI growers.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Hmmmmm

Good one!


Alright.... BROCCOLI is greener than a ripe red baby tomato.

 

[Gluteus Maximus]

Scottish table tennis moanster Jock McMurray styled his hair on BROCCOLI after taking a piece of said vegetable into Trevor SORBET'S hair emporium in the Gorbles.
BROCCOLI

McMURRAY

 

[Barnet Seagull]

BROCCOLI looks like the magic treehouse

 

[drew]

There is no word in English that rhymes with BROCCOLI.

E-coli comes close.

 

[drew]

BROCCOLI produced the first James Bond films.

Still does, in the guise of his daughter Barbara BROCCOLI

 

[Nibble]

Immokalee,a town in Florida rhymes with BROCCOLI, as in "I ate BROCCALI in Immokalee"

 

[crasher]

Immokalee is the Seminole word for "my home" (Wikipedia).

Like I say, there's no word in ENGLISH that rhymes with BROCCOLI. Though E-coli comes close.

 

[Titanic]

Immokalee is the Seminole word for "my home" (Wikipedia).

Like I say, there's no word in ENGLISH that rhymes with BROCCOLI. Though E-coli comes close.

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