On May 9, 8:56 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> (Little Malice) wrote:
>
>
>
> > One time on Usenet, Omelet > said:
> > > In article . com>,
> > > Sheldon > wrote:
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> > > > 25 cent wrote:
> > > > > Sheldon spewed:
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> > > > > : asparagus continues to grow after harvesting...
> > > > > : in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for shipping
>
> > > > > 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.
>
> > > > How does it feel to be a ****ing imbecile, hoe... must feel like
> > > > Sqwertz, eh?
>
> > > >http://www.dole5aday.com/ReferenceCe...sparagus/aspar...
> > > > transported.jsp
>
> > > > Sheldon
>
> > > That link does not work...
>
> > It's just missing an underscore -- try this one:
>
> <http://www.dole5aday.com/ReferenceCe...ragus/asparagu
> s_transported.jsp>
>
> Still had to play with the link, but it finally did work.
>
> Thanks. :-)
>
> Knowing what I know about plants, and personal experience, I knew that
> Sheldon was right tho'.

I never knew that. Of course it just may be that the 5 minutes from
picking to boiling water is not enough time for it to grow much.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada