Turnip or swede?
My wife promised our grandson a couple of gallons of homemade stew. So we proceeded to Sainsbury’s on the Moor.
She chose her essential vegetables, but couldn’t find any turnips.
A young male assistant was stocking shelves nearby. My wife, that’s Mrs Malone, asked him if there were any turnips.
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Hide AdHe looked straight through her and with her being Irish we thought he didn’t understand her but no he didn’t know what a turnip was.
I nearly said we are talking to one, instead I said “have you any swedes?”
He leapt into action and produced a container full of them.
Just what are our children taught at school or at home for that matter?
It’s unbelievable someone not knowing what a turnip is.
Vin Malone
Gleadless Valley, S14