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Adams "Alleged" Apple

  • 25-03-2013 10:48am
    #1
    Bonkers1984
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Good morning boarders,

    To settle a long running debate I look to this board for guidance.

    With the Adam's apple does the name reflect the owner of said "apple" or does the name allegedly originate from Adam, of Adam and Eve fame.

    I.e, can Fred have a Fred's apple or is it still Adam's apple? eg. Fred: "My Fred's apple is itchy".

    I am arguing for the Fred's apple. My colleague is "ADAMant" it's an Adam's apple regardless if your name is not Adam.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    Your friend is right. You are wrong.


  • #3
    MadPatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭MadPatrick


    Your friend's right. Always Adam's.


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Ah yeah, but my granny used say, the forbidden fruit wasn't the apple in the tree, but the pair on the ground


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    No; Fred has an adams apple

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #6
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,033 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I think it's a religious reference, and it's not surprising. After all, there were periods in history when all knowledge care from the Bible (or was supposed to). It's a bit of anatomy that all men have, and (most) women don't have => name it after the "first" man.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



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  • #7
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    I thought it was Adam's Bollock.


  • #8
    keelanj69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,089 ✭✭✭keelanj69


    Is it still called your funny bone if you're not funny?


  • #9
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    women actually do have adams apples but mens are just easier to see.
    i know that wasn't your question op but i don't care much for your question.


  • #10
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    I called your penis. You need to lose these childish names you had for it as a kid and just call it was it is. A penis.


  • #11
    Bonkers1984
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Bonkers1984


    Cheers for the answers. I suppose everyone looks at it different. I still reckon the Fred Analogy is correct and its good to see I am not alone with this theory.

    It should follow the "Achilles" heel theory in so far as that would be called a Fred's heel and not always after that Greek dude.

    Thanks a gain


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  • #12
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    and if your name isn't Richard anre you still a .....

    nah never mind.

    It's Adam's apple.....

    from when it caught in his throat after eating the forbidden fruit.....

    even though it wasn't an apple anyway......

    ho hum


  • #13
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Bonkers1984 wrote: »
    With the Adam's apple does the name reflect the owner of said "apple" or does the name allegedly originate from Adam, of Adam and Eve fame.
    Well it sure as hell didn't come from the Adam of Adam and Steve fame!


  • #14
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Adam's apple was originally riding.
    He rode Eve and god wasn't happy.
    So that lump in your throat is Adam's mickey.


  • #15
    tony007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭tony007


    What about Joey's apple?


  • #16
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    McGuinness /McDonald apple.

    Adams is hidden under the beard.


  • #17
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,462 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Who told Adam what to do with Eve?


  • #18
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    kneemos wrote: »
    Who told Adam what to do with Eve?

    God

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #19
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    As a committed atheist of two years and 2000 posts, I demand that the Adam's Apple be renamed to something that has no biblical connotations.

    I'm suggesting Hitchens Hump.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    This guy is named Vincent; he has an Adam's Apple.

    Case closed.


  • #21
    Mollusc
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Mollusc


    Your friend is right, you sir, are very very wrong.

    What made you think that Fred's Apple was ever going to be correct?

    You really need to step back and have a good hard look at yourself.


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  • #22
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,129 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I called your penis. You need to lose these childish names you had for it as a kid and just call it was it is. A penis.

    If your penis is where your Adam's apple is supposed to be, some radical surgery may be required.


  • #23
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    ejmaztec wrote: »

    If your penis is where your Adam's apple is supposed to be, some radical surgery may be required.

    Maybe he really does have a neck like a jockey's bollocks?


  • #24
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Who cares what it's called, it is invaluable when in Pattya....


  • #25
    tvnutz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sFExn-Yu0k


  • #26
    conorhal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,009 ✭✭✭conorhal


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I called your penis. You need to lose these childish names you had for it as a kid and just call it was it is. A penis.

    That lump half way down your throat? :eek:


  • #27
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Bonkers1984 wrote: »
    It should follow the "Achilles" heel theory in so far as that would be called a Fred's heel and not always after that Greek dude.

    And what if I get Parkinson's disease? Is it suddenly "Lenin Skynard's Disease"? I imagine this would cause problems for medical professionals.


  • #28
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Hint: you've never heard it called anything but Adam's Apple.


  • #29
    starlings
    Closed Accounts Posts: 683 ✭✭✭starlings


    Adam's navel is the real puzzle.


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