Michael Beschloss trolling Dr. Oz about crudites [updated]

[IcyPeas]

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[Spazito]

1. I love Michael Beschloss...

Wonderful historian with a great sense of humor.

I also love Jon Meacham for the same reasons.

[Rebl2]

3. Yes

they are both great historians.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. So, is Oz's pitch . . . CRUDITES FOR LUDDITES ?

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[Spazito]

16. LOL!

[xocetaceans]

19. Or would it be...

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"Crudités for Luddités"?

Also, Cengiz is "Genghis", and Mehmet is "Muhammad".

Cengiz:

Cengiz

1. (isim) Genghis Khan
2. genghis
-Kublai Khan is the grandson of Genghis Khan. - Kubilay Han Cengiz Han'ın torunudur.

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https://www.seslisozluk.net/Cengiz-nedir-ne-demek/

Mehmet/Mehmed:

"...Mehmed's name was derived from the name of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (570-632 CE), and unlike the naming customs of other Islamic cultures, in Turkish tradition, the name Muhammad was generally reserved for the Prophet himself. ... "

https://www.worldhistory.org/Mehmed_II/

Mehmed

Mehmed II (r. 1444-46 and 1451-81) was one of the most illustrious of the long line of Ottoman sultans. His name is the Turkish form of Muhammad, but he is often known by his epithet "the Conqueror" because of his capture of Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453.

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https://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/profilesmehmet.html

The tomb of Sultan Mehmet Fatih:

Mehmet

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2. Mehmet (also spelled as Memet, Mehmed, or Memed) is the most common Turkish male name. It is the Turkish interpretation of Arabic 'Muhammad' in memory of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The word is also commonly used for unranked soldiers in Turkish culture

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https://www.seslisozluk.net/Mehmet-nedir-ne-demek/

Well, the reply title cannot display the French accent aigu and truncates the text if an é appears.
C'est dommage, mais c'est la vie!

[Lonestarblue]

2. Perfect trolling!

[SergeStorms]

4. I've never eaten a crudite, and I'm damned proud of it.

I've eaten more than my fair share of veggies, but you can take your coastal elite crudites and stick them where the sun don't shine. 😤

[xocetaceans]

31. "So, you're implying crudites are mere crudities? How gauche! I expect your membership to this...

fine establishment shall be revoked immediately upon my discussion with the membership board. Plebeians are not welcome here."

--Dr. Oz's likely reply to your post



[Obviously, I'm just kidding around here. Dr. Oz is terrible at hiding his "refined sense of taste" and is equally terrible at mounting a campaign for political office. However, one might say that he has comically broadened the definition of the phrase "to mount a campaign".]

[KS Toronado]

5. Dr Oz say something about crudites?

[OMGWTF]

6. He thinks they are too expensive and should be served with guacamole and salsa.

Dr. Ooze is a fidiot.

[Sky Jewels]

13. Also, apparently you're supposed to drink Tequila with them,

even though alcohol cannot be purchased in Pennsylvania grocery stores.

[2naSalit]

25. Indeed!

The guy just isn't one of us.

[Demsrule86]

30. He was probably shopping in Jersey...where he lives.

[LisaM]

34. Oh, that's funny!

I didn't realize that piece of it.

[MontanaMama]

7. He blamed Joe Biden for the cost of crudites

He was handling veggies in a produce section…a small bunch of broccoli, a bunch of asparagus and a 50 lb bag of carrots (slight exaggeration) and then topped it off with guacamole and salsa…he made mention of tequila too but it was all such nonsense.

[LisaM]

8. I know, those carrots.

He picks up this measly little head of broccoli and balances it off with enough carrots to feed livestock. I bet his wife doesn't send him to the store much

[MontanaMama]

12. The broccoli! He said that the cost was $2

and then said it was a "ton of broccoli". Ummm it was probably enough for two servings. Just another example of how out of touch he is with reality. He didn't even get the name of the grocery store correctly. Twitter bbq'd him on that.

[LisaM]

18. Plus, broccoli is by weight!

How does he know how much that cost?

[2naSalit]

28. I know!

Geeze, I eat twice that much *steamed* all by myself in one sitting. It's good that he's such a blunder. It's looking pretty blue over there in PA these days.

[calimary]

32. I bet he's not the one who does the shopping...

[peppertree]

9. The kind of photos that almost make you want to go back in time

Then you remember that most of the packaged food had BHT and/or MSG, and it makes you rethink that a little.

Still. The charm...

[TNNurse]

10. Michael Beschloss, Jon Meacham and Heather Cox Richardson

are the people who have kept me from going completely insane...

They are smart, well informed and clever...a sense of humor is essential.

[Leith]

11. One good thing from this whole nonsensical episode

I learned a new word and how to pronounce it. At first I read it as "crud - ites." Now I know it's "crew-dee-tay."

I'm still going to say "veggie tray."

[Slammer]

15. Crudites for Luddites.

At first I thought it was "Ludd-ites". Now I know it's "Lud-dee-tays."

Crudites for Luddites.

[Marcuse]

21. I thought crudite was fracked low grade crude oil.

Or the stuff leaking from Rudy’s head.

[IcyPeas]

26. LOL

[calimary]

33. And there's a rhyme for ya!

Now I know it's "crew-dee-tay."
I'm still gonna say "veggie tray."

[geardaddy]

17. LOL

[Marcuse]

20. "How do people carry out more than two arms full of groceries?"

[smb]

24. I Picture Him Gazing In Wonder At A Shopping Cart Like Bush I At The Electronic Cash Register nt

[iluvtennis]

22. Fetterman: In PA, we call it a veggie tray

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John Fetterman@JohnFetterman·Aug 16

US Senate candidate, PA
In PA, we call this a Veggie Tray.

If this looks like anything other than a Veggie Tray to you, then I am probably NOT your candidate lol

Get in on the joke with me - Will you make a campaign contribution of ANY amount before the end of the night?

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jf-social-august?refcode=tw-20220816

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Fetterman is my type of person - I call them vefgie trays also.

[murielm99]

23. I live in the Midwest.

We call them veggie trays here, too.

I used to garden more when I had kids at home. We prided ourselves on growing most of the things that appeared on the veggie trays we served at our own table.

[Hekate]

27. We call it a veggie tray in California, too

I learned the word crudités when I was 13 y.o. from a friend of the family who spoke 3 languages. Nothing elitist about the conversation at all; I just added a new word to my vocabulary, and we got the raw vegetables peeled and sliced.

There’s such a thing as the way we speak conversationally, like, “Can you bring a veggie tray to the party?” I wouldn’t walk into a grocery store and ask where they keep the crudité selections.

Mehmet (can I call you Mehmet? Dr Oz seems so formal) is not thinking like a normal grocery shopper. He sounds silly because he has no idea what he’s talking about.

[iluvtennis]

29. You could tell that Mehmet doesn't do grocery shopping.

He didn’t have a small hand basket, he didn’t put the broccoli and asparagus in bags for checking out at the counter. 😳😳😳