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Q. How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. Say "come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month. There was
tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Not the pair who came round for tea - one of them was their minister.

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/Solanum muricatum/

Don't bother. Flowers are quite nice (deeper purple than many Solanum, and
fairly large), but the fruits are a waste of time. You can't eat them
until
they are ready to fall off the plant (which they do and then new
plants come
up everywhere), make a mess of the path, and get all over the soles of your
shoes. And the taste? Nothing to write home about. And they are more full
of seeds than tomatoes.

Well, we shall see.

They are now in large pots - don't ask me how many litres - and will
live in a sunny position as soon as it's safe to leave them out.

As it is, they're doing a yo-yo this week, when frosts are possible.

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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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On Mar 16, 8:45*am, wrote:

Q. *How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. *Say *"come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month. There was
tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Yes being able to outquote them (and the mormons) was one of the few
benefits of an enforced religious upbringing. Nowadays I fall back on
the old favourite of claiming to be a Jedi. They disappear up the
drive with the Force behind them.

moghouse wrote:
On Mar 16, 8:45 am, wrote:

Q. How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. Say "come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month.
There was tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no
God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Yes being able to outquote them (and the mormons) was one of the few
benefits of an enforced religious upbringing. Nowadays I fall back on
the old favourite of claiming to be a Jedi. They disappear up the
drive with the Force behind them.

lol

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from moghouse contains these words:
On Mar 16, 8:45*am, wrote:

Q. *How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. *Say *"come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month. There was
tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Yes being able to outquote them (and the mormons) was one of the few
benefits of an enforced religious upbringing. Nowadays I fall back on
the old favourite of claiming to be a Jedi. They disappear up the
drive with the Force behind them.

I am a Shedi.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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Dave Hill wrote:
On 16 Mar, 09:29, "Jeff Layman" wrote:
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Three Solanum something-or-other - muricatum - melon plums?
Honeydew-shaped fruit (but smaller!) which taste of melon
(allegedly). Not potted these on yet.

Attractive flowers, too. Apparently, they are seriously poisonous
while unripe.

Thanks for that - you'd expect Spalding Bulbs to make that quite
clear...

Actually, I take it back - I haven't a clue whether it is or not.
I had got it confused with Solanum laciniatum.

I'll have to try one then...

...grone

Don't bother. Flowers are quite nice (deeper purple than many Solanum,
and fairly large), but the fruits are a waste of time. You can't eat
them until they are ready to fall off the plant (which they do and then
new plants come up everywhere), make a mess of the path, and get all
over the soles of your shoes. And the taste? Nothing to write home
about. And they are more full of seeds than tomatoes.

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I've been growing them now for 4 years, very few seed in the fruit
which get to about hens egg size,
Taste nothing to rave about, but interesting.
They take very easily from cuttings.
In New Zeland they grow them as acomercial crop and have several named
varieties which I presume are much more fruitfull than the ones I
have.
David Hill

I don't think what you are growing is Solanum laciniatum. This is from
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/...tum&CAN=LATIND,
quoting Wild Food Plants of Australia: "The fruit is up to 2cm long and
contains a large number of flat seeds". There are similar descriptions of
fruit size on other Oz websites, so if yours gets up to hens egg size, its
fruits are too big.

To be fair, I'm not certain that mine is pure S. laciniatum. Have a read
he http://www.bushfood.net/viewtopic.php?t=615 and you'll see what I
mean!

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Jeff

On 16/3/09 17:31, in article
, "Rusty_Hinge"
wrote:

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from moghouse contains these words:
On Mar 16, 8:45*am, wrote:

Q. *How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. *Say *"come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month. There was
tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Yes being able to outquote them (and the mormons) was one of the few
benefits of an enforced religious upbringing. Nowadays I fall back on
the old favourite of claiming to be a Jedi. They disappear up the
drive with the Force behind them.

I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

In article ,
Sacha wrote:
On 16/3/09 17:31, in article
, "Rusty_Hinge"
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I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?

If its appearance brings the original to mind, certainly.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Sacha wrote:
On 16/3/09 17:31, in article
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I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?

If its appearance brings the original to mind, certainly.

The interior's contents most certainly do! ;-(

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

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I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?

Wass that? It *MIGHT* impart some ShedCred thobut innit

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Sacha wrote:
On 16/3/09 17:31, in article
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I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?

If its appearance brings the original to mind, certainly.

In the pantry I has a Jabba the Wok - is that kitsch enwear?

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Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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On 16/3/09 18:33, in article
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Sacha wrote:
On 16/3/09 17:31, in article
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I am a Shedi.

We have a shed called Jabba The Hut. Does that give me some shedibility?

If its appearance brings the original to mind, certainly.

In the pantry I has a Jabba the Wok - is that kitsch enwear?

Very!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

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Rusty_Hinge wrote:
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Q. How do you confuse A Jehovahs Witness?
A. Say "come in"

When I had the smallholding I did so regularly - once a month. There was
tea and chat, one of my cheeses to try perhaps, but no God.

You can confuse that sort of person by quoting the bible at them ....

Variant, particularly effective if they are preaching on a
street corner: ask them to read bits of the bible out loud.
They know how dodgy it is, but they can't appear to have any
doubt in its literal truth.

Once, on a quiet Saturday, I was talking to
some Brethren children (and their handlers) about how they
could relate some of the bible stories to their own experience
and imagination. After 15 minutes, the kids were becoming
really interested, and that spooked their adults into
sheparding them away for re-education. Most satisfying.