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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Potatoes are definitely apples. The French call them "pommes de terre", apples of the earth. Ipso facto.

I will not be accepting questions at this time.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The german term for horse shit is "horse apples", Pferdeäpfel. Proof that horses are really potatoes.

That doesn't make sense. That makes horses apple trees not apples.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a Czech I find that utterly absurd.

We call it "doughnuts".

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Preposterous. You should get your head czeched.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Slovene we call them "horse figs."

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's funny, I call something else horse figs

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 4 hours ago

What do you mean?

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the US south,, we also call horse shit 'horse apples.' That's pretty cool, that the translation persisted.

[–] CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

TIL why the 'horse apple pie' I ate in grade school tasted like shit.

I thought I just didn't like eating horses.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

First thing that came to mind for me.

My brain autocorrected their mix-up of potatoes and tomatoes until I read your comment.