Pineapples and Citrus Fruits

[monster]

People, a pineapple is not a citrus fruit.

A MacDonalds ad was annoying me to the point where I actually wanted to scream at the radio "I know your clientele is probably mostly pretty dumb but really, what dickhead advertising exec would let an ad slip past that says "citrus fruits like orange and pineapple"?!!!!!!!11!111!!" It doesn't look or taste anything like a citrus fruit, dumbass. Of course I would never really do that. I just turn the radio off. Meekly.

So then I was giving that as an example of stupidity to my generally not-so-dumb friend who says "well aren't they"? No, of course not! "Well what are they then?" "well, they're in their own category, they're bromeliads...... "Well what else is in that group?" Not a lot, really......

To sum it up, she's still going to consider it a citrus fruit, despite knowing better. She also denies that pineapple goes with cheese, but I will reeducate her there....

So I googled to see how common a misconception that was and I was shocked. Horrified I tell you. It seems a squillion people think that pineapple is a citrus fruit and turn to the internet for confirmation when confronted with the TRUTH ABOUT PINEAPPLES. And there are a few people as horrified as I am that anyone could ever think that. It would be less shocking if people though pineapples were apples that grew on pine trees. really. But the "fact" that Pineapples are citrus fruits just seem to be one of those things that people accept.

So I want to know -assuming you now know and accept that pineapple is not a citrus fruit, did you ever think it was and where were you brought up? See, I'm wondering if it's a cultural thing. Like thinking maple syrup and bacon belong on the same plate.