August 19, 2009

At the Thistle Tavern...

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... be sharp, be prickly.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 11:51 PM
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9 comments:

Ron said...

Pricks? Around here? Who knew?

8/20/09, 12:16 AM
blake said...

Now when you pick a paw-paw
Or a prickly pear
And you pick a raw paw
Well, next time, beware!

Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear try to use the claw
But you don't have to use the paw
When you pick a pear from the big paw-paw

Have I given you a clue?

8/20/09, 1:54 AM
former law student said...

I'm pretty sure this'll hurt you.

8/20/09, 3:53 AM
Bissage said...
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8/20/09, 5:52 AM
Larry J said...

Thistle is an ugly, noxius weed that crowds out native species. It's also hard to eradicate.

8/20/09, 6:58 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...

They took one of my jobs and gave it to somebody else.
I’m not saying I’m rooting for anybody to fail.
I’m just praying they do.

8/20/09, 7:12 AM
Bissage said...

I hadn’t realized that my 5:52 was essentially the same as former law student’s 3:53.

That’s not right so color it gone.

8/20/09, 8:02 AM
XWL said...

Saw a fox running across Slauson last night.

And by a fox, I mean the woodland creature kind, I'm not using the term euphemistically, or even dysphemistically.

It darted into the cemetery, I suppose it might have been a dog, as all I saw was its silhouette, but the tail was very fox-like, and something about its motion seemed strongly not dog-like to me.

So, list of wild creatures seen in non-wild places around SoCal by me so far, fox, deer, possum, bear, coyote, and racoons. Haven't ever spotted a mountain lion, or any escaped exotic pets so far.

8/20/09, 12:35 PM
MamaM said...

I had a college roommate who liked to pronounce the word fecund as FAH-SOOOOND--with lots of breath. She'd say it three times in a row like a mantra whenever something struck her as particularly earthy or delightful, "Fah-soooond, Fah-soooond, Fah-soooond!"

So it was that fecund came to mind when looking at all those potential thistles waiting for one big fah-soooond to send them on their way.

I started my morning singing along with Blake's link, then encountered "Primiti Too Taa"

Fah-soooond all over again!!

8/20/09, 12:53 PM

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