# Houseplant Dopers: Do you tell your houseplants when you leave the house?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 30, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745 "2011-05-30T11:35:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745/61 "2011-05-31T18:42:00Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> **Pseudotriton ruber ruber** , I’ve always like you as a poster, but buddy, this thread is a dick move on your part. You weren’t even in that thread. It was a little harmless piece of nothing IMHO thread, how the fuck did it piss you off so bad that you had to parody it in the pit?

Even worse, it was a little harmless piece of nothing MPSIMS thread, about as mundane and pointless as it can get. And I should know, I posted it. But this pitting is even lamer than my thread. And that takes some doing. 😃

Bye, **PRR**. I’m going away for awhile. Be good. 😉

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745/62 "2011-05-31T19:23:09Z")

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Dignity is a burden, but one entirely dissolved by parenting.

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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745/63 "2011-05-31T20:59:45Z")

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I don’t keep houseplants. My cats and dogs think I would just have to spread the love too thin, and you know what? They’re right.

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**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745/64 "2011-05-31T23:29:44Z")

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What’s wrong **pseudotriton ruber ruber** still upset about the fact that somone chose their pets over you after you served her your ultimatum ?

Just date women that don’t have any pets if you them that repulsive. There’s a lot of pet-free women out there.

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**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houseplant-dopers-do-you-tell-your-houseplants-when-you-leave-the-house/583745/65 "2011-05-31T23:49:49Z")

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All I could say to my plants would be to give them last rites. The cat eats them. The dog doesn’t think protecting plants is part of his job description, regardless of what I tell him.

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