What Do They Talk About?

My 15 year old daughter, Jen, came bursting into the house, all blushed from running from the bus stop to our house, curiousity written all over her face....

Jen: Mom, is cucumber a vegetable or a fruit?

Me: A veggie, why?

Jen: Just wondering. So what is a gourd?

Me: Don't you want to look it up yourself in the dictionary? And why are you asking me these questions?

Jen: Well, because Josh said cucumbers are gourds and I didn't know there's such a thing as a gourd til now.

{This daughter was always asking me what does something mean, or how do you spell something or some such other simple stuff so I usually hands her a dictionary to look up her words or have her google it...don't u just love googling?}

Then she proceeded to relay this conversation she and her friends had while they were waiting for their school bus.

{Conversation between Jen and her friends Maila, Steph, and Josh.}

Maila: What do cherries grow on?

Steph: uhh.. trees? hahaha

Josh: yeah you've never heard of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree?

Maila: well, yeah, but... wait, but they're so small.

Steph: yeah??

Maila: shouldn't they grow on like bushes, like berries?

Jen: hahaha Cherry-berries.

Maila: hahahaha that's so cool. ohhh!! but they have blue berries and black berries and raspberries.. that would be awesome if they had cherry-berries.

Jen: haha yeah. Oh! did you know that potatoes are starches?

Maila: What?? you mean they aren't vegetables??

Josh: no, potatos are starches.

Steph: umm.. hahaha. yeah starches, kinda like rice?

Jen: I thought rice was grain.

Steph: Grain is a starch.

Jen: oh... like bread.

Josh: yeah.

Maila: wait.. you mean there's another category??? why can't it just be fruits and vegetables??

Jen: yeah.. wait.. what makes fruits and vegetables.. fruits and vegetables?

Maila: don't fruits always have seeds?

Jen: no cause cucumbers have seeds and they're vegetables.

Josh: well, technically, that's a gourd.

Jen: what the heck is a gourd??

Steph: like squash, or pumpkins.

Maila: ....you mean there's ANOTHER category??????????? why do they have to make it so darn confusing???????


I was laughing the whole time she was retelling this conversation. I thought this was so funny I just had to blog about it.

Glad to know "boys" aren't the only topic of my daughter's conversation when she's with her friends.