'It's broccoli, dear.' 'I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A humorous dialogue where one person insists a vegetable is spinach despite it being clearly broccoli.
- In plain terms
- Two people argue about what vegetable it is, and one refuses to be corrected.
- What can you take from it?
- Stubbornness often persists even when reality is clear.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you argue over small things?
- Why do people insist on being wrong?
Another view
Humor may mask genuine communication problems.
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