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Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Wed, 9 May 2007 19:04:55 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
>
> > Sheldon spewed:
> >
> >: Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
> >: harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
> >: shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
> >: they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. Asparagus for shipment are
> >: harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
> >: as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
> >: asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
> >: market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
> >: look attractive they are actually very poor quality.
> >
> > Excuse me? Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
> > it has been cut off from its' root system. It cannot and does not
> > grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
> > nutrients. You must have magic asparagus!!! It's that little
> > asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.
>
> Give Sheldon a break. Let him live these fantasies of his. It's
> probably all he has left.
>
> -sw

Sorry babe, but Sheldon is right.

Try it sometime and see...
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