How revolting! I’ve heard of this, but I didn’t really believe it. Now I find there’s a row of 'em in front of my office building. Nasty.
One of the Straight Dope Books has an article about “The sperm trees of Seattle”
Not sure if it was Seattle for sure.
Ewwww…
That’s just nasty.
Er…
What kind of shrub was it again?
Go rub against it. Report back with any unusual secretions.
Cook it up in a frying pan!!
Make some risotto with it, see what happens.
I always thought it was horse chestnut trees. We had one outside our science block at school.
Are they boxwood?
heh-heh heh-heh
Box. Wood. Jizz.
heh-heh heh-heh heh
Well, it wasn’t actually meant as a joke, because boxwood does have a distinctive, kind of musty/bitter odor that’s kind of like semen. When you stop and think about it, yeah, it’s kind of funny, though…