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Default An embarrassment of Oregano


"Sheldon" > wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>> "Sheldon" wrote:
>> > <RJ> wrote:
>> >> My wife planted a small herb patch in the garden.
>> >> The Oregano and the Thyme have been wildly successful.
>> >>
>> >> Now, what do I do with all this fresh oregano ?
>> >
>> > Thyme is easily controlable but oregano is an illegal alien, it's in
>> > the mint family, so before too very long it will take over your entire
>> > yard, and all your neighbor's yards. I were you I'd go to the hardware
>> > store and buy a large length of chimney flue pipe, bury it in the
>> > ground and plant some of your oregano in it, this way it will be
>> > contained. All the rest zap with RoundUp... make sure you get it all,
>> > show no mercy. This is exactly how to deal with all illegal aliens.
>> >

>>
>> Don't be stupid (as if you had any control over that). You do NOT use
>> Roundup anywhere near edible plants. No yard chemical has ever been or
>> ever
>> will be proven safe, according to sound scientific methods.

>
> Only an imbecilic Non-Scientific sort would plant oregano, or any mint
> family herb, anywhere near a vegetable garden... you dumb low-IQ
> douchebag... wouldn't be two growing sessons there'd be no more
> vegetable garden, oregano is far more pervasive a defolient then
> RoundUp. And RoundUp used as directed is perfectly safe... just about
> every farmer uses the same chemicals, I gather from your moronic
> testimony that you never eat... http://www.roundup.com
>
> Sheldon
>


Sheldon, I'm sorry, but he's right about the Roundup. The only way to test
these things is to use the same methodology as drug companies. They have to
be tested on humans. Since no sane person would volunteer for that, as they
do for drug trials, safety testing is logically impossible.