Artful Dodger: That's too technical for me. I just can't wrap my head around the idea of a "Fruity Vegetable".

My 9th grade English teacher could eat a raw tomato, and without so much of a drop of it falling onto his desk. He would eat his sack lunch during our study period.. it was hard to study though, because you just had to watch this guy eating his lunch. He'd shove 3 or four saltines into his mouth, and then take another bite of tomato. During the summer he was a carpenter, and had built his own house. I visited him once at his home, and was amazed at what looked like an expensive home in an area where most of the high rollers lived.. on a high school english teachers salary! But like I said, he worked all year round and had built his own house, so I can see how he was able to do it. He was also a high school track coach, and ran with the guys when they went for their long distance runs. All this, and he didn't appear to have a high opinion of himself. That didn't stop a lot of us kids from having a high opinion of him.