Author Topic: The stupidest thing I've ever heard (at least for this week) (Read 9199 times)

41magsnub · « **on:** July 01, 2011, 10:29:42 PM »

Was just out fussing with the garden, training sugar snap peas up the lattice work and whatnot. Started talking to the neighbor over the fence, she does not believe in gardening for food because she doesn't know where the dirt has been and what could be in it.

My brain hurts now.

BridgeRunner · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:33:09 PM »

Well, if you live in Ukraine, it might sort of maybe make sense.

Fly320s · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:35:55 PM »

Tell her you bought your dirt at Home Depot.

Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:38:43 PM »

Quote from: Fly320s on July 01, 2011, 10:35:55 PM

Tell her you bought your dirt at Home Depot.

No, no. Tell her you bought it at the local co-op and that it's certified organic.

Scout26 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:40:26 PM »

Quote from: Ben on July 01, 2011, 10:38:43 PM

No, no. Tell her you bought it at the local co-op and that it's certified organic.

If APS had a like button, I'd be all over it.

BridgeRunner · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:42:40 PM »

Gotta love how we classify the vast majority of our vegetable and animal food as non-organic, but an amalgamation of substances that includes a large proportion of minerals can be "organic." Strange times.

Scout26 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:44:12 PM »

My standard response to the "Is that organic?" question is:

I'm pretty sure there's a carbon molecule in there somewhere.

Tallpine · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:46:38 PM »

What does she eat - protein in all colors of the rainbow

BridgeRunner · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2011, 10:48:33 PM »

Quote from: Tallpine on July 01, 2011, 10:46:38 PM

What does she eat - protein in all colors of the rainbow

Only if Soylent Green is ORGANIC people.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:02:49 PM »

Quote from: Tallpine on July 01, 2011, 10:46:38 PM

What does she eat - protein in all colors of the rainbow

I bet she only buys her meat at the grocery store where no animals have been hurt.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #10 on:** July 01, 2011, 11:03:15 PM »

Nitrogen protein synthesis directly from the air is possible if you believe hard enough.

http://everything2.com/title/airitarian

Waitone · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:41:09 AM »

Tell her the dirt is 100% au naturale bovine skat. It don't get more natural than that.

lee n. field · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:05:10 AM »

Quote from: 41magsnub on July 01, 2011, 10:29:42 PM

Was just out fussing with the garden, training sugar snap peas up the lattice work and whatnot. Started talking to the neighbor over the fence, she does not believe in gardening for food because she doesn't know where the dirt has been and what could be in it. My brain hurts now.

I can actually see that, in some circumstances. "Where exactly did they get the landscaping dirt for your nicely sculpted new subdivision?" (There's an old superfund cleanup site at the edge of town here. Old Burgess battery factory.)

MechAg94 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:42:40 AM »

You just need to start explaining all the govt regulations on dirt at farms and such where food is grown. I'm sure you can make up something good.

Fly320s · « **Reply #14 on:** July 02, 2011, 11:45:32 AM »

Tell her that you wash your dirt every time it rains.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #15 on:** July 02, 2011, 12:45:49 PM »

Quote from: lee n. field on July 02, 2011, 11:05:10 AM

I can actually see that, in some circumstances. "Where exactly did they get the landscaping dirt for your nicely sculpted new subdivision?" (There's an old superfund cleanup site at the edge of town here. Old Burgess battery factory.)

I remember an incident in Tel-Aviv where a subcontractor did not want to pay money for quality sand -apparently sand differs in qualities - and simply brought sand he scooped up somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

He introduced termite eggs to at least a dozen homes.

41magsnub · « **Reply #16 on:** July 02, 2011, 01:26:30 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on July 02, 2011, 12:45:49 PM

He introduced thermite eggs to at least a dozen homes.

Thermite eggs.. are those kind of like detcord worms?

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #17 on:** July 02, 2011, 01:36:58 PM »

Bah. Spelling fixed.

Ben · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2011, 01:45:45 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on July 02, 2011, 01:36:58 PM

Bah. Spelling fixed.

Fail. Thermite eggs are way cooler.

erictank · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2011, 03:08:12 PM »

Quote from: Ben on July 02, 2011, 01:45:45 PM

Fail. Thermite eggs are way cooler.

Damage still isn't covered by insurance, though...

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #20 on:** July 02, 2011, 03:13:06 PM »

Quote

You just need to start explaining all the govt regulations on dirt at farms and such where food is grown. I'm sure you can make up something good.

Not out of the realm of possibility. A few months back the EPA was looking to regulate dust from farms caused by plowing as a pollutant.

Gowen · « **Reply #21 on:** July 02, 2011, 04:57:36 PM »

I could somewhat understand if you lived in redneckville where everybody and their brother drained their car oil and tranny fluid. My wife wants to know what this lady has been doing in the dirt? Maybe you could set up a camera and sell photos and videos online.

bedlamite · « **Reply #22 on:** July 02, 2011, 05:30:18 PM »

She must have seen a rainbow from the sprinkler and wondered what is oozing out of the ground.

Tallpine · « **Reply #23 on:** July 02, 2011, 08:49:43 PM »

Someone needs to tell this lady that life basically comes from manure

sanglant · « **Reply #24 on:** July 02, 2011, 10:42:07 PM »

please don't, they already think there ideas are worth something.

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