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Buddy[_2_]

Omelet so bravely stated:
> In article >,
> 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...
Right or wrong, he's an odd duck to align ones self with, not to mention
predictably caustic.

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><<XX>:> Buddy