tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6358732972281037216..comments2024-03-29T09:04:28.888-05:00Comments on Althouse: Untitled.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32815766493247320702007-07-13T19:17:00.000-05:002007-07-13T19:17:00.000-05:00Thanks, Roger. Just trying to give a little back ...Thanks, Roger. Just trying to give a little back after getting so much. <A HREF="http://www.btny.purdue.edu/Pubs/WS/CanadaThistle/CanadaThistle.html" REL="nofollow">Noxious</A> weed is right! Consider us Hoosiers brothers-in-arms.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316388500723034455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77443594350778186602007-07-13T10:57:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:57:00.000-05:00I should also have said that it is the namesake of...I should also have said that it is the namesake of one of the 2 unofficial Scottish National Anthems.<BR/><BR/>Flower of Scotland<BR/><BR/>Scotland the BraveThe Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84218396485918666082007-07-13T10:29:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:29:00.000-05:00Originally the emblem of the House of Stuart, The ...Originally the emblem of the House of Stuart, The Scottish Thistle is the national flower of Scotland. <BR/><BR/>It is not unusual for a Scottish Bride to use Thistles in her Bouquet.<BR/><BR/>And of course there is the funeral scene in Braveheart where young Wallace is given a Thistle by his future wifeThe Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37909685967222574952007-07-13T10:16:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:16:00.000-05:00Midwest cactus.Midwest cactus.Dad Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172007701510004771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67197834390861233422007-07-13T09:50:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:50:00.000-05:00They were singin'Bye, bye, Miss American Piedrove ...They were singin'<BR/>Bye, bye, Miss American Pie<BR/>drove my Chevy to the levy and the levy was dry<BR/>and good ole boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye [wry] singin'<BR/><I>thistle</I> be the day that I die.<BR/><BR/>[or if you're going to your hairdresser]<BR/>thistle be the day that I dye.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19840591447791245272007-07-13T09:26:00.000-05:002007-07-13T09:26:00.000-05:00Thistle always makes me think of "The Day of the T...Thistle always makes me think of "The Day of the Triffids"....oldirishpighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610623395977533895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39587569722300688832007-07-13T08:44:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:44:00.000-05:00Thistles growing by the railroad tracks,No one not...Thistles growing by the railroad tracks,<BR/>No one notes or cares;<BR/>Like humanity's big strong back:<BR/>Simply staunchly there.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70385089422488270802007-07-13T08:05:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:05:00.000-05:00Meade: where do you GET this stuff? You are a tr...Meade: where do you GET this stuff? You are a treasure trove of information!<BR/><BR/>If that thistle were growing in Washington State, we would have the noxious weed control folks out.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11651733141365259782007-07-13T08:04:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:04:00.000-05:00Is that top picture a still from the Scottish This...Is that top picture a still from the Scottish Thistle version of <I>On The Town?</I><BR/><BR/>"Glas-glow! Glas-glow!<BR/>The Orkneys are up,<BR/>and England is down,<BR/>The people walk<BR/>on the peaty old ground"Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53223972287804246072007-07-13T07:14:00.000-05:002007-07-13T07:14:00.000-05:00There in the arrangement of the thistle's prickles...There in the arrangement of the thistle's prickles is that Fibonacci spiral again. It's everywhere: in sunflowers, <A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au/science/photos/mathsinnature/img/12.jpg" REL="nofollow">seashells</A>, the <A HREF="http://www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/a101/milkyway.jpg" REL="nofollow">Milky Way</A>. I'd venture to guess one could find the Fibonacci spiral in all the best vortexes.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316388500723034455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34726926007397966332007-07-13T00:03:00.000-05:002007-07-13T00:03:00.000-05:00Oh, I don't know, beyond a certain point they are ...Oh, I don't know, beyond a certain point they are easy to confuse because they usually end up dead and rather light (Ashes to ashes and dust to dust ...)Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79311216946086298712007-07-12T23:32:00.000-05:002007-07-12T23:32:00.000-05:00Or something lighter.Or something lighter.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41973677504381139002007-07-12T23:28:00.000-05:002007-07-12T23:28:00.000-05:00How people can confuse fanaticism with nihilism.How people can confuse fanaticism with nihilism.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54827422839990779742007-07-12T22:57:00.000-05:002007-07-12T22:57:00.000-05:00Thistle by the graveyard?Thistle by the graveyard?Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31239895024475090592007-07-12T22:55:00.000-05:002007-07-12T22:55:00.000-05:00I thought you'd never ask.I thought you'd never ask.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.com