Prunes are now Dried Plums

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Borked Pseudo Mailed - 13 Nov 2007 08:10 GMT

Read about it here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010202/ai_n13892893
or
http://www.tiny.cc/ILmAL Pretty slick marketing move.

My wife is a pediatrician. She tells the story of directing
a parent to put two ounces of prune juice in eight ounces of
formula.

The nervous mother reversed the
amounts with predictable results.

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Ciccio - 13 Nov 2007 09:29 GMT

On Nov 13, 12:10 am, Borked Pseudo Mailed <nob...@pseudo.borked.net>
wrote:

> Read about it here:http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010202/ai_n13892893
> orhttp://www.tiny.cc/ILmAL Pretty slick marketing move.
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> The nervous mother reversed the
> amounts with predictable results.

Actually, prugna secca, or "dry plum" is prune in Italian. Anybody
know if such is likewise in other languages?

Ciccio

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axlq - 13 Nov 2007 16:57 GMT

>Read about it here:
>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010202/ai_n13892893
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>a parent to put two ounces of prune juice in eight ounces of
>formula.

My Dad used to like prunes. The first time he tasted a Dr Pepper
soft drink, he exclaimed "this is fizzy prune juice!" This was in
the early 1970s I think, and I could swear the ingredients even said
that. Now it says "natural flavorings" or something like that.

-A

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