What does “stay in vegetables” mean?
The quote says "Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables".
I realize the last part does not mean something like "remain in the box with potatoes" literally, so what does it mean?
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The quote says "Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables".
I realize the last part does not mean something like "remain in the box with potatoes" literally, so what does it mean?
popular-refrains
Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
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Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01
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The quote says "Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables".
I realize the last part does not mean something like "remain in the box with potatoes" literally, so what does it mean?
popular-refrains
The quote says "Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables".
I realize the last part does not mean something like "remain in the box with potatoes" literally, so what does it mean?
popular-refrains
popular-refrains
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Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
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Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01
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Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
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Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01
Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
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Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01
Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01
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A bit of context to where this comes from might help. This is pretty clearly a humorous transposition of phrases. It's mixing up "Don't do drugs, eat your vegetables, stay in school"
I don't think it's meant to have a specific meaning since it's likely just someone joking around.
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It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
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This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
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Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
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Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
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@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
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This is kind of a malaphor, although not strictly one. This is one common saying that has had some of its words swapped around for effect. The full saying as it usually goes is:
Stay in school, don't do drugs, eat your vegetables.
Sometimes the order of the clauses is changed for emphasis.
Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
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That's the joke.¹
This is a deliberate corruption of the juxtaposition of three sentences: “stay in school”, “don't do drugs”, “eat your vegetables”. Each of these sentences is a thing that a parent might tell their child, or more generally advice that adults are expected to give to young children (the one about vegetables) or teenagers (the ones about school and drugs).
“Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables” takes those three sentences and shuffles the complements around. “Don't do school” is not a common use of the verb do, but it is a straightforward use of the same meaning of do as the expression “[don't] do drugs”, where “do” means “participate in some action that involves the complement”. So it's just the opposite of the usual parental advice “stay in school”. “Eat your drugs” is also the opposite of the corresponding parental advice (“don't do drugs”), but it's weirder than the first part of the sentence because one does not normally “eat” drugs. Still, eat is a technically correct verb for drugs that are ingested through the mouth, such as weed cookies. Finally, “stay in vegetables” is so weird that it's completely meaningless. The humor comes in part from the escalation: the first part is wrong, the second is weird, and the third is not even wrong².
¹ A somewhat idiomatic expression which has the subtext “you didn't get the joke”.
² An idiomatic expression that basically means “meaningless”.
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There are already answers explaining how this is a jumbling of a stock advice. I am not expanding on that. "Stay in vegetables" can have a perfectly valid meaning, however, outside of the obvious literal one (like staying in the vegetables aisle when a shooter is roaming the supermarket, or when you are asking where to do inventory next): namely short for "stay invested in vegetables". This can be advice to a grocer about what to keep in his offerings. It can be advice for somebody's investment portfolio. If you are into alliteration: what to keep in stock or what to keep in stocks.
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The sentence wouldn't have taken the wind if it was just a random words swapping. The resulting phrase makes (an ironical) sense of its own.
There a common metaphor of living as a vegetable with the meaning of being deliberately passive, not pursuing any goals in life. Sitting in one place doing nothing, living a life not more productive than that of a plant. Such an attitude is commonly despised, so it makes the perfect sense in the resulting sentence: Don't go to school, do drugs, enjoy your life as a vegetable.
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You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
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A bit of context to where this comes from might help. This is pretty clearly a humorous transposition of phrases. It's mixing up "Don't do drugs, eat your vegetables, stay in school"
I don't think it's meant to have a specific meaning since it's likely just someone joking around.
11
It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
30
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
10
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
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Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
16
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
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show 8 more comments
A bit of context to where this comes from might help. This is pretty clearly a humorous transposition of phrases. It's mixing up "Don't do drugs, eat your vegetables, stay in school"
I don't think it's meant to have a specific meaning since it's likely just someone joking around.
11
It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
30
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
10
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
12
Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
16
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
|
show 8 more comments
A bit of context to where this comes from might help. This is pretty clearly a humorous transposition of phrases. It's mixing up "Don't do drugs, eat your vegetables, stay in school"
I don't think it's meant to have a specific meaning since it's likely just someone joking around.
A bit of context to where this comes from might help. This is pretty clearly a humorous transposition of phrases. It's mixing up "Don't do drugs, eat your vegetables, stay in school"
I don't think it's meant to have a specific meaning since it's likely just someone joking around.
edited Feb 11 at 15:21
answered Feb 5 at 20:02
MarkTOMarkTO
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It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
30
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
10
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
12
Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
16
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
|
show 8 more comments
11
It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
30
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
10
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
12
Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
16
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
11
11
It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
It is mean to have a specific meaning. Joking, of course, but on purpose. It's not called juxtaposition, it's transposition, btw.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:50
30
30
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
This is definitely the correct answer. It's a relatively common thing to mess with idiomatic phrases for comedic effect. Reddit is particularly prone to it these days for example. The rewritten idiom loses its meaning, but it also subverts expectations, which is the root of the humour.
– Ruadhan2300
Feb 6 at 9:08
10
10
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Agreed - the context needs some question
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
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12
Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
Other examples: "What's a place like you doing in a girl like this?" "People to go, places to meet".
– Flater
Feb 6 at 12:23
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16
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
@Flater The more famous one is "I have things to see, and people to do." This one works a bit better as a joke than the other examples because it gets a new meaning.
– Robert Furber
Feb 6 at 15:04
|
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This is kind of a malaphor, although not strictly one. This is one common saying that has had some of its words swapped around for effect. The full saying as it usually goes is:
Stay in school, don't do drugs, eat your vegetables.
Sometimes the order of the clauses is changed for emphasis.
Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
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This is kind of a malaphor, although not strictly one. This is one common saying that has had some of its words swapped around for effect. The full saying as it usually goes is:
Stay in school, don't do drugs, eat your vegetables.
Sometimes the order of the clauses is changed for emphasis.
Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
add a comment |
This is kind of a malaphor, although not strictly one. This is one common saying that has had some of its words swapped around for effect. The full saying as it usually goes is:
Stay in school, don't do drugs, eat your vegetables.
Sometimes the order of the clauses is changed for emphasis.
This is kind of a malaphor, although not strictly one. This is one common saying that has had some of its words swapped around for effect. The full saying as it usually goes is:
Stay in school, don't do drugs, eat your vegetables.
Sometimes the order of the clauses is changed for emphasis.
answered Feb 5 at 20:02
senschensenschen
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Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
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Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
Do cite the source to make this a proper answer.
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:41
8
8
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
How does swapping the order of the words (not clauses) add emphasis?
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Feb 6 at 11:52
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
Like many a similar tmesis, and almost all deliberate spoonerisms, It is for comedic effect
– mckenzm
Feb 7 at 4:34
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
@mckenzm How is this tmesis or a spoonerism? While similar to a spoonerism, it does not match the strict definition.
– Mitch
Feb 7 at 23:19
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That's the joke.¹
This is a deliberate corruption of the juxtaposition of three sentences: “stay in school”, “don't do drugs”, “eat your vegetables”. Each of these sentences is a thing that a parent might tell their child, or more generally advice that adults are expected to give to young children (the one about vegetables) or teenagers (the ones about school and drugs).
“Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables” takes those three sentences and shuffles the complements around. “Don't do school” is not a common use of the verb do, but it is a straightforward use of the same meaning of do as the expression “[don't] do drugs”, where “do” means “participate in some action that involves the complement”. So it's just the opposite of the usual parental advice “stay in school”. “Eat your drugs” is also the opposite of the corresponding parental advice (“don't do drugs”), but it's weirder than the first part of the sentence because one does not normally “eat” drugs. Still, eat is a technically correct verb for drugs that are ingested through the mouth, such as weed cookies. Finally, “stay in vegetables” is so weird that it's completely meaningless. The humor comes in part from the escalation: the first part is wrong, the second is weird, and the third is not even wrong².
¹ A somewhat idiomatic expression which has the subtext “you didn't get the joke”.
² An idiomatic expression that basically means “meaningless”.
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That's the joke.¹
This is a deliberate corruption of the juxtaposition of three sentences: “stay in school”, “don't do drugs”, “eat your vegetables”. Each of these sentences is a thing that a parent might tell their child, or more generally advice that adults are expected to give to young children (the one about vegetables) or teenagers (the ones about school and drugs).
“Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables” takes those three sentences and shuffles the complements around. “Don't do school” is not a common use of the verb do, but it is a straightforward use of the same meaning of do as the expression “[don't] do drugs”, where “do” means “participate in some action that involves the complement”. So it's just the opposite of the usual parental advice “stay in school”. “Eat your drugs” is also the opposite of the corresponding parental advice (“don't do drugs”), but it's weirder than the first part of the sentence because one does not normally “eat” drugs. Still, eat is a technically correct verb for drugs that are ingested through the mouth, such as weed cookies. Finally, “stay in vegetables” is so weird that it's completely meaningless. The humor comes in part from the escalation: the first part is wrong, the second is weird, and the third is not even wrong².
¹ A somewhat idiomatic expression which has the subtext “you didn't get the joke”.
² An idiomatic expression that basically means “meaningless”.
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That's the joke.¹
This is a deliberate corruption of the juxtaposition of three sentences: “stay in school”, “don't do drugs”, “eat your vegetables”. Each of these sentences is a thing that a parent might tell their child, or more generally advice that adults are expected to give to young children (the one about vegetables) or teenagers (the ones about school and drugs).
“Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables” takes those three sentences and shuffles the complements around. “Don't do school” is not a common use of the verb do, but it is a straightforward use of the same meaning of do as the expression “[don't] do drugs”, where “do” means “participate in some action that involves the complement”. So it's just the opposite of the usual parental advice “stay in school”. “Eat your drugs” is also the opposite of the corresponding parental advice (“don't do drugs”), but it's weirder than the first part of the sentence because one does not normally “eat” drugs. Still, eat is a technically correct verb for drugs that are ingested through the mouth, such as weed cookies. Finally, “stay in vegetables” is so weird that it's completely meaningless. The humor comes in part from the escalation: the first part is wrong, the second is weird, and the third is not even wrong².
¹ A somewhat idiomatic expression which has the subtext “you didn't get the joke”.
² An idiomatic expression that basically means “meaningless”.
That's the joke.¹
This is a deliberate corruption of the juxtaposition of three sentences: “stay in school”, “don't do drugs”, “eat your vegetables”. Each of these sentences is a thing that a parent might tell their child, or more generally advice that adults are expected to give to young children (the one about vegetables) or teenagers (the ones about school and drugs).
“Don't do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables” takes those three sentences and shuffles the complements around. “Don't do school” is not a common use of the verb do, but it is a straightforward use of the same meaning of do as the expression “[don't] do drugs”, where “do” means “participate in some action that involves the complement”. So it's just the opposite of the usual parental advice “stay in school”. “Eat your drugs” is also the opposite of the corresponding parental advice (“don't do drugs”), but it's weirder than the first part of the sentence because one does not normally “eat” drugs. Still, eat is a technically correct verb for drugs that are ingested through the mouth, such as weed cookies. Finally, “stay in vegetables” is so weird that it's completely meaningless. The humor comes in part from the escalation: the first part is wrong, the second is weird, and the third is not even wrong².
¹ A somewhat idiomatic expression which has the subtext “you didn't get the joke”.
² An idiomatic expression that basically means “meaningless”.
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There are already answers explaining how this is a jumbling of a stock advice. I am not expanding on that. "Stay in vegetables" can have a perfectly valid meaning, however, outside of the obvious literal one (like staying in the vegetables aisle when a shooter is roaming the supermarket, or when you are asking where to do inventory next): namely short for "stay invested in vegetables". This can be advice to a grocer about what to keep in his offerings. It can be advice for somebody's investment portfolio. If you are into alliteration: what to keep in stock or what to keep in stocks.
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There are already answers explaining how this is a jumbling of a stock advice. I am not expanding on that. "Stay in vegetables" can have a perfectly valid meaning, however, outside of the obvious literal one (like staying in the vegetables aisle when a shooter is roaming the supermarket, or when you are asking where to do inventory next): namely short for "stay invested in vegetables". This can be advice to a grocer about what to keep in his offerings. It can be advice for somebody's investment portfolio. If you are into alliteration: what to keep in stock or what to keep in stocks.
add a comment |
There are already answers explaining how this is a jumbling of a stock advice. I am not expanding on that. "Stay in vegetables" can have a perfectly valid meaning, however, outside of the obvious literal one (like staying in the vegetables aisle when a shooter is roaming the supermarket, or when you are asking where to do inventory next): namely short for "stay invested in vegetables". This can be advice to a grocer about what to keep in his offerings. It can be advice for somebody's investment portfolio. If you are into alliteration: what to keep in stock or what to keep in stocks.
There are already answers explaining how this is a jumbling of a stock advice. I am not expanding on that. "Stay in vegetables" can have a perfectly valid meaning, however, outside of the obvious literal one (like staying in the vegetables aisle when a shooter is roaming the supermarket, or when you are asking where to do inventory next): namely short for "stay invested in vegetables". This can be advice to a grocer about what to keep in his offerings. It can be advice for somebody's investment portfolio. If you are into alliteration: what to keep in stock or what to keep in stocks.
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The sentence wouldn't have taken the wind if it was just a random words swapping. The resulting phrase makes (an ironical) sense of its own.
There a common metaphor of living as a vegetable with the meaning of being deliberately passive, not pursuing any goals in life. Sitting in one place doing nothing, living a life not more productive than that of a plant. Such an attitude is commonly despised, so it makes the perfect sense in the resulting sentence: Don't go to school, do drugs, enjoy your life as a vegetable.
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You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
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The sentence wouldn't have taken the wind if it was just a random words swapping. The resulting phrase makes (an ironical) sense of its own.
There a common metaphor of living as a vegetable with the meaning of being deliberately passive, not pursuing any goals in life. Sitting in one place doing nothing, living a life not more productive than that of a plant. Such an attitude is commonly despised, so it makes the perfect sense in the resulting sentence: Don't go to school, do drugs, enjoy your life as a vegetable.
8
You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
add a comment |
The sentence wouldn't have taken the wind if it was just a random words swapping. The resulting phrase makes (an ironical) sense of its own.
There a common metaphor of living as a vegetable with the meaning of being deliberately passive, not pursuing any goals in life. Sitting in one place doing nothing, living a life not more productive than that of a plant. Such an attitude is commonly despised, so it makes the perfect sense in the resulting sentence: Don't go to school, do drugs, enjoy your life as a vegetable.
The sentence wouldn't have taken the wind if it was just a random words swapping. The resulting phrase makes (an ironical) sense of its own.
There a common metaphor of living as a vegetable with the meaning of being deliberately passive, not pursuing any goals in life. Sitting in one place doing nothing, living a life not more productive than that of a plant. Such an attitude is commonly despised, so it makes the perfect sense in the resulting sentence: Don't go to school, do drugs, enjoy your life as a vegetable.
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answered Feb 6 at 7:36
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You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
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You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
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You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
You're overthinking things. The first two phrases make sense with that explanation, but the third is just the words that were left over.
– Mr Lister
Feb 6 at 8:01
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Also, reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/9kjhyg/…
– Kris
Feb 6 at 7:49
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Similar to "People to do, things to go, places to eat." ;)
– Tetsujin
Feb 7 at 9:01