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What do the following have in common? Buckwheat, Alfalfa and Farina?

Posted - September 29, 2022

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  • 11009
    They're all friends of Darla and Spanky.
      September 29, 2022 6:33 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Is that all?
      September 29, 2022 6:34 PM MDT
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  • 11009
    No, but that's all I'm going to say so that others can have a chance to think about it.
      September 29, 2022 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    How considerate of you.
      September 29, 2022 7:53 PM MDT
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  • 16794
    All are more suitable as food for stock than people. Farina isn't even gluten-free.
    Buckwheat is sometimes used as a gluten-free wheat substitute. My better half sometimes eats pasta made from buckwheat, millet and quinoa. She has to avoid gluten (Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune disorder that attacks the thyroid). Gluten is antagonistic towards thyroxine, so people who suffer from any form of hypothyroidism should avoid it. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at September 30, 2022 8:46 AM MDT
      September 29, 2022 6:56 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    This is also true, thanks.
      September 29, 2022 7:57 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Three of "The Little Rascals."
      September 29, 2022 7:21 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Yeah... anything else?
      September 29, 2022 7:52 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Why? You asked, I answered.
      September 29, 2022 8:16 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    I want the full extent of your boundless knowledge! 
      September 30, 2022 3:32 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    They all are black guys.
      September 29, 2022 8:02 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    LOL... oh well, like the old saying goes, two out of three ain't bad.
      September 30, 2022 3:28 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    They are archaic names for gawf clubs.
      September 30, 2022 7:00 AM MDT
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  • 1633
    Really?  I didn't know that!  You learn something new everyday!
      September 30, 2022 3:29 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      (everyday every day)

      September 30, 2022 4:38 PM MDT
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  • 1633
      September 30, 2022 5:54 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    Who was that fat kid standing in front of a laundry sheet who got his butt whacked saying Owwwwwww! Who was that baby kid who like to pronounce Remarkable! Froggy got killed by a truck. Alfalfa got killed in a home invasion he planned. The loser. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at September 30, 2022 6:45 PM MDT
      September 30, 2022 8:42 AM MDT
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  • 1633
    Cool... anything happen to Buckwheat and Farina?
      September 30, 2022 3:31 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Interesting -- I was thinking along the same track. I looked up how the actors had died in real life.  

    I also found an article that mentioned how one of the witnesses to the death of actor Carl Dean Switzer ("Alfalfa") said that his stepfather had no reason at all to further escalate the situation by killing Switzer.
      September 30, 2022 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    They're all cereal grains.
      September 30, 2022 2:17 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    True that...
      September 30, 2022 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 16794
    Except that alfalfa is a legume and buckwheat technically isn't a cereal either, or even a member of the grass family, being more closely related to sorrel, knotweed and rhubarb. It's often called a pseudocereal as its seeds have a high starch content, making it a useful substitute for cereals that contain gluten. All non-grass foods are gluten free.
      October 1, 2022 1:21 AM MDT
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