What's your fruit?

[malkymoo]

I wonder if the site could be enhanced to allow users to display some sort of symbol next to their user name to indicate their educational attainments, this would save them the trouble of telling us every time they post.

I suggest some sort of a fruit-based symbol set to tie in with the site name, maybe a cherry for a GCSE or O-level, a plum for an A-level, a peach for a first degree and so on, up to a pineapple for a doctorate. Of course, the format of the display might need to be changed to include all the qualifications of some users.

malkymoo (HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering), an apricot maybe?

[brightncheerful]

“I have nothing to declare except my genius”

[UncleEbenezer]

Why do you want to belittle the cherry? Delicious (in season).

Mine's a blueberry: small but perfectly delicious, and grows in such lovely places. The cruellest fruit to gather in the wild, on account of so much work for so little result.

[dionaeamuscipula]

My proper title is :

The Rt Hon Professor Lord Dionaea Muscipula FRS GCMG GCVO CDM of Wells-next-the-sea

and I demand a fruit salad as my TLF honorific

DM

[malkymoo]

Why do you want to belittle the cherry? Delicious (in season).

Mine's a blueberry: small but perfectly delicious, and grows in such lovely places. The cruellest fruit to gather in the wild, on account of so much work for so little result.

I think you are maybe confusing the bilberry with the blueberry. Bilberries are found on moorland, blueberries are found in Waitrose.

[UncleEbenezer]

Why do you want to belittle the cherry? Delicious (in season).

Mine's a blueberry: small but perfectly delicious, and grows in such lovely places. The cruellest fruit to gather in the wild, on account of so much work for so little result.

I think you are maybe confusing the bilberry with the blueberry. Bilberries are found on moorland, blueberries are found in Waitrose.

Around here it's whortleberries. One of many blueberry varieties.

But I've much enjoyed them - pretty similar blueberry varieties - in real mountains and forests, from the Alps to Scandinavia. As I said, nice places.

[bungeejumper]

Rotten through and through, but unaccountably favoured by some. You can call me Durian.

BJ (Doctor, 3rd class, Falklands, failed)

[Watis]

I suggest that, for those with IT skills, the most appropriate fruit would be the raspberry.

If you make the grade, you'll know why.

Watis

[dionaeamuscipula]

I suggest that, for those with IT skills, the most appropriate fruit would be the raspberry.

If you make the grade, you'll know why.

Watis

But for similar of a certain age, it would be an apricot.

DM

[kiloran]

For some of those who frequent Polite Discussions, perhaps a Prickly Pear.
(Some may require many Prickly Pears)

--kiloran

[GoSeigen]

For some of those who frequent Polite Discussions, perhaps a Prickly Pear.
(Some may require many Prickly Pears)

--kiloran

Perhaps a chestnut for me -- prickly and somewhat nutty at the same time.

GS

[scotia]

Around here it's whortleberries. One of many blueberry varieties.
But I've much enjoyed them - pretty similar blueberry varieties - in real mountains and forests, from the Alps to Scandinavia. As I said, nice places.

In Scotland they are called blaeberries - but the spell checker on this site keeps trying to change the "a" to a "u"

[Lootman]

For some of those who frequent Polite Discussions, perhaps a Prickly Pear. (Some may require many Prickly Pears)

Perhaps a chestnut for me -- prickly and somewhat nutty at the same time.

A wild blackberry. To get to my lush and succulent centre you need to first brave thorns, barbs and bramble.

[tjh290633]

At my age I am getting a little bent, so perhaps a banana would be appropriate.

Pity rhubarb is not a fruit.

TJH

[AleisterCrowley]

Lychee for me. Or possibly an ugli fruit
Not a durian though [edit: BJ has nabbed the durian 'upthread'. OK as long as he keeps it well away from civilised noses]

[melonfool]

At my age I am getting a little bent, so perhaps a banana would be appropriate.

Pity rhubarb is not a fruit.

TJH

Banana technically isn't fruit either.

Mel

[Gaggsy]

Banana technically isn't fruit either.
Mel

Lol, best not go down that route or next we'll be discussing which nuts are really nuts too.


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