OT: Which end of a carrot is the "tail"?

[NY]

My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".

Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?

I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is growing
the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the tail is the
pointed end at the bottom as it grows.

But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that she
thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and has
grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt end,
uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.

Am I going mad?

[Bev]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

If you wife is not close by the answer is that you are correct of
course. If your wife is reading this then she is correct.

[ARW]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

Do as she asks with the carrots and then ask if you can to top and tail
her tonight.

[Rod Speed]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is growing
the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the tail is the
pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that she
thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and has
grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt end,
uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

Nope, she's just got dementia now. Time to trade her in on a new bimbo.

[Peeler]

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[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

Do they grow the other wayup in Australia?
Relative to us here they do.
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Post by Rod Speed

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is growing
the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the tail is
the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt end,
uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

Nope, she's just got dementia now. Time to trade her in on a new bimbo.

[Fredxx]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.

How long have you been married? Or is the first time you've peeled some
carrots?

Post by NY
Am I going mad?

We all are to some degree or other. Start worrying when everyone around
you appears to be insane.

[Andrew]

Post by Fredxx

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were
very small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow
and has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the
blunt end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.

How long have you been married? Or is the first time you've peeled some
carrots?

Little carrots shouldn't need peeling. Just a brush and scrape
under a tap.

Aren't carrot-tops the name given by Met plods to countrybumpkin
plods ?

[jon]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

We used to scrape carrots not peel them.

[Richard]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

The tail is at the rump end.
When your wife has asked for your opinion about the size of bum, perhaps
you've been brutally honest?

;)

[Brian Gaff (Sofa)]

Without reading the thread, I think the top is where the leaves were and the
tail is the pointy end which can be quite hard as well.
Do you remember using carrot tops in a dish of water and watching little
rootlets grow? No good if its been in the freezer though.
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Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is growing
the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the tail is the
pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that she
thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and has
grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt end,
uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

[Vir Campestris]

Post by Brian Gaff (Sofa)
Without reading the thread, I think the top is where the leaves were and the
tail is the pointy end which can be quite hard as well.

I'm with you Brian.

The top is obviously the bit at the top when it is growing; the little
bit at the other end I supposed does look slightly like a tail.

NY good luck with the divorce :)

Andy

[newshound]

Post by NY
My wife asked me to peel and top/tail some carrots. Since they were very
small, she decided she only wanted me to chop off "the tails".
Which end does "the team" think is the head and which the tail?
I'd say the head was the wider end, at the top when the carrot is
growing the ground and which has the leaves sprouting from it; and the
tail is the pointed end at the bottom as it grows.
But after querying "do you *really* mean the tail", it turned out that
she thought of the blunt end as the tail. She knows how carrots grow and
has grown many, so it's weird that she uses "tail" to mean the blunt
end, uppermost in the ground with leaves on it.
Am I going mad?

I'd go with your version, but on thinking about it can see an alternate
logic that the top end is a bit like a bum.

With blowfly maggots, the pointy end is the head and the broad end the rear.