Taking some days off to work on the yard, and coming face-to-face with
The Mighty Dandelion.
Freaking dandelions! When I close my eyes, they're etched into my memory.
There they stand, seed heads raised tauntingly in the air like a bunch
of spore-laden bird fingers, as if it were some kind of botanical White
Pride rally. I took some out with a hoe, only to find that the ones that
don't get picked up right away open their seed heads in death, like a
dying camel that crawls into the nearest water source to pollute it. Is
this where Hamas got their inspiration for suicide bombers? I'm starting
to wonder if they're really not plants but sentient beings. If so, then
maybe I shouldn't be killing them, unless they're terrorists, which
comes back to the suicide bomber thing. I'm having nightmares that they
get nuclear capability, and then I mow them down only to release all
those seeds and the fallout smothers all of West TN in a blanket of
fluffy white death. This must be the cockroach of the plant world, which
will be here long after we're all gone. They're probably just waiting
for us to leave so they can start building their cities, undisturbed by
Round-Up.

Sean Quinn

P.S. Sorry if I made you spew coffee all over your computer.

Think of the bright side. Dandelions have deep tap roots that bring
nutrients back to your soil. Clovers(in case you have a problem with these
too) add nitrogen to the soil. So both are good for something.


dementia13 wrote:

Taking some days off to work on the yard, and coming face-to-face with
The Mighty Dandelion.
Freaking dandelions! When I close my eyes, they're etched into my memory.
There they stand, seed heads raised tauntingly in the air like a bunch
of spore-laden bird fingers, as if it were some kind of botanical White
Pride rally. I took some out with a hoe, only to find that the ones that
don't get picked up right away open their seed heads in death, like a
dying camel that crawls into the nearest water source to pollute it. Is
this where Hamas got their inspiration for suicide bombers? I'm starting
to wonder if they're really not plants but sentient beings. If so, then
maybe I shouldn't be killing them, unless they're terrorists, which
comes back to the suicide bomber thing. I'm having nightmares that they
get nuclear capability, and then I mow them down only to release all
those seeds and the fallout smothers all of West TN in a blanket of
fluffy white death. This must be the cockroach of the plant world, which
will be here long after we're all gone. They're probably just waiting
for us to leave so they can start building their cities, undisturbed by
Round-Up.

Sean Quinn

P.S. Sorry if I made you spew coffee all over your computer.

I believe you can eat dandelion leaves. They're suppossed to be a good
source of calcium. :-) I read that a few years back in American Survivor
magazine.

"Alice Gamewell" wrote in message
...
Think of the bright side. Dandelions have deep tap roots that bring
nutrients back to your soil. Clovers(in case you have a problem with
these
too) add nitrogen to the soil. So both are good for something.


dementia13 wrote:

Taking some days off to work on the yard, and coming face-to-face with
The Mighty Dandelion.
Freaking dandelions! When I close my eyes, they're etched into my
memory.
There they stand, seed heads raised tauntingly in the air like a bunch
of spore-laden bird fingers, as if it were some kind of botanical White
Pride rally. I took some out with a hoe, only to find that the ones that
don't get picked up right away open their seed heads in death, like a
dying camel that crawls into the nearest water source to pollute it. Is
this where Hamas got their inspiration for suicide bombers? I'm starting
to wonder if they're really not plants but sentient beings. If so, then
maybe I shouldn't be killing them, unless they're terrorists, which
comes back to the suicide bomber thing. I'm having nightmares that they
get nuclear capability, and then I mow them down only to release all
those seeds and the fallout smothers all of West TN in a blanket of
fluffy white death. This must be the cockroach of the plant world, which
will be here long after we're all gone. They're probably just waiting
for us to leave so they can start building their cities, undisturbed by
Round-Up.

Sean Quinn

P.S. Sorry if I made you spew coffee all over your computer.

dementia13 wrote in message ...
Taking some days off to work on the yard, and coming face-to-face with
The Mighty Dandelion.
Freaking dandelions! When I close my eyes, they're etched into my memory.

....


P.S. Sorry if I made you spew coffee all over your computer.

In a sense you have. I eat them in abundance in the spring, and make
sure they bloom and reproduce before mowing the first time. In
May-June my backyard had lovely yellow drifts. You must be one of the
guys who pollute the stream in my backyard - and it is not even for
growing food.