peacefuljeffrey 0 #1 July 7, 2004 They always teach in school that George Washington Carver invented like hundreds of uses for the peanut. Now, unless he counted things like: - shoot peanuts at squirrels with a slingshot - shoot peanuts at birds with a slingshot - shoot peanuts at neighborhood kids with a slingshot - eat in a house - eat on a boat - eat on horseback - eat at the beach - fill sacks with shells for flotation - fill sacks with shells for impact absorption... I can't imagine what all peanuts can be used for. HUNDREDS of uses? Can anyone help with this list? Blue skies, --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #2 July 7, 2004 Wow. First the Spiderman rants, not peanuts. You need a hobby real bad. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TypicalFish 0 #3 July 7, 2004 QuoteWow. First the Spiderman rants, not peanuts. You need a hobby real bad. Dude, WHAT do you have against this guy?"I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 July 7, 2004 Maybe if you could point to somewhere on the web that made the claim we could talk about it, but just coming out and saying that they teach that in schools is a little difficult to discuss. I found THIS with a simple google. Interestingly, I can't seem to find a list of 300 uses, so your gripe may have some validity although I'm almost certain the list is quite a bit longer than the limited one you came up with.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 July 7, 2004 Saturday Night Live explained the history of peanut butter... QuoteHello, my name is Professor Shabazz K. Morton. In 1895, at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, a black man named George Washington Carver developed a new method of soul, soil improvement through crop rotation. So I messed up. Shut up! Stop clapping before y'all make me smile! To end the South's agricultural dependence on cotton alone. As a result, Carver came up with hundreds of industrial uses for the peanut. Sure industrial uses. Meanwhile, one night, he's having a few friends over to his house for dinner, and one of them leans over and says to Doctor Carver, "Excuse me, George. What's that you puttin' on your bread?" And Carver says, "Oh, that's nothing but a butter substitute that I made from peanuts. I can't digest all that animal fat, you know." So, the other fella tastes it and he says, "Hmm. This pastes pretty, this tastes..." Yeah, keep on smiling. "This tastes pretty good, man. Mind if we take a peek at the recipe?" And Doctor Carver says, "Take a peek? Heh. Man, you can have it. Who's gonna make, eat butter made out of peanuts? No, no, I'm working on the method to compress peanuts into phonograph needles." So, Doctor Carver's two dinner guests, Edward "Skippy" Williamson and Frederick "Jif" Armstrong, two white men, stole George Washington Carver's recipe for peanut butter, copyrighted it, and reaped untold fortunes from it, while Doctor Carver died penniless and insane, still trying to play a phonograph record with a peanut. This has been Black History Minute. I'm Shabazz K. Morton. Good night. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 July 7, 2004 Peanut uses: copied from various websites re. Carver's peanut uses: Cheese, flour, inks, dyes, soap, face cream and powder, creosote (a wood preservative), wood stains, plastics, linoleum, metal polish and synthetic rubber. "peanut cheese"?? edited to add stuff from wikipedia: "Peanuts have a variety of industrial end uses. Paint, varnish, lubricating oil, leather dressings, furniture polish, insecticides, and nitroglycerin are made from peanut oil. Soap is made from saponified oil, and many cosmetics contain peanut oil and its derivatives. The protein portion of the oil is utilized in the manufacture of some textile fibers. Peanut shells are put to use in the manufacture of plastic, wallboard, abrasives, and fuel. They are also used to make cellulose (used in rayon and paper) and mucilage (glue). Peanut plant tops are used to make hay. The protein cake (oilcake meal) residue from oil processing is utilized as an animal feed and as a soil fertilizer." Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #7 July 7, 2004 QuoteWow. First the Spiderman rants, not peanuts. You need a hobby real bad. Maybe I could take up the same one you indulge in: Picking on my own posts... You talk about ME needing a hobby. Didja jump this weekend? See any fireworks shows? Celebrate Independence? Go rollerblading? Swimming? Play any disc golf? Did you maybe do any crafts, like making closing pin necklaces? I guess I do need a hobby. Having like NINE of them is getting to be too much. I need to pick A hobby, just like you said. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
