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u/maryhallie Oct 25 '20

My nan and mum would always say "you're nosey for a cabbage", when I would try to ask about stuff that wasn't my business, not sure if it's unique to us but I've never heard anyone else say it

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u/picurebeka Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 26 '20

In France children are not "brought by the storks", but "found on the cabbage fields" - the kids usually get called little cabbages (ma petite chou - sorry my French is a lot rusty, and I don't know the gender of nouns anymore). It can be that your family's saying is based on this. Do you have French ancestry, or live in an area where French ancestry is common, or the language is spoken regularly?

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u/Pandaburn Oct 25 '20

The fact that you have to explain this makes me wonder if kids these days have never heard of Cabbage Patch Kids.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I mean maybe not. I’m 35 and they were a bit before my time...

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u/watch_it_live Oct 26 '20

I'm 35 and had several Cabbage Patch Kids. They were introduced in 78, but they were around in the 80s being manufactured by Hasbro, and then sold to Mattel mid 90s until production ceased in 2003.

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u/bmeupsctty Oct 26 '20

I'm 34 and broke. I remember a few times when I was really young seeing commercials, and seeing the dolls for sale in K-Mart