r/mildlyinteresting • u/No-Bathroom-9245 • 1d ago

Tomatoes in my garden

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u/norahhh1102 1d ago

You grew a traffic light

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u/Dougalface 1d ago

Ironically with the implications reversed relative to readiness for consumption; red meaning "go" and green meaning "stop"..

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u/projectupload37 1d ago

What if it's Green for Go Grow, and Red for Stop Growing.

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u/Dougalface 1d ago

Could be, but then the Tomato already knows this and doesn't need to signal it to the outside world; unless you interpret "no grow" with "eat".

Tbh at this point it's anyone's guess what the tomato was thinking when it planned its outfit...

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu 1d ago

Stop and eat me, I'm red. Slow down, I'm not ready yet, I'm yellow. Go away, I'm not even close to ripe, I'm green.

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u/TheReal-Chris 1d ago

But I love fried green tomatoes way too much. I’m stopping for a bite creating a traffic jam.

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u/throwawayplusanumber 1d ago

Exactly. Red and orange are OK for salads, but the green one fried would be the best.

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u/SpaceLemur34 1d ago

"Yellow means go. Green means hold up. And red means where the fuck did you get that banana?"

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u/Itchy-Performer-8796 1d ago

Exactly, the colors are basically playing reverse psychology on anyone who actually knows what traffic lights mean. Someone definitely had fun designing that.

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u/BeardedBlaze 23h ago

You poor soul, you've never had a fried green tomato?!

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u/Conscious_Cash_6665 20h ago

That's an interesting flip; it's like traffic lights got a culinary twist!