# I am a definite anti-bush person **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259 "2003-04-22T05:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/1 "2003-04-22T05:31:38Z")
Give me one good reason not to get rid of the [Japanese Boxwoods](http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Buxaceae/Buxus_japonica.html) in front of my house. Honestly, these things drive me nuts. I hate trimming them, and as I was using Round-Up on the junk around them, I was oh-so-tempted to just keep spraying. No more problems with ivy growing behind them and creating an ant bridge to the house, no more trimming, no more sore back from bending over. I’m going to attend the next anti-bush rally and add my own voice to the crowd: NO MORE SHRUBS!DOWN WITH HEDGES! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/2 "2003-04-22T10:10:43Z")
You’re clearly not **Roger the Shrubber** ’s sock puppet. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/3 "2003-04-22T10:27:52Z")
Ya know, I was having the same dilemma this past weekend. I’ve got 4 of 'em under my dining room window and I want to get rid of them. Maybe I’ll transplant them to the corner of the back yard where the dog keeps trying to dig out… Then again, I’m selling this house in a year, so I’ll trim them one last time and let the next owner deal with it. Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/4 "2003-04-22T11:12:43Z")
You show them! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/5 "2003-04-22T11:40:23Z")
Go ahead and take them out. You have my permission. You might want to consider chopping them out – it’ll be much more satisfying. twickster, gardener extraordinaire ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/6 "2003-04-22T11:44:48Z")
I’m with you, DeadlyAccurate. I feel the same way about the hostas in my yard. These things are ugly, and I just can’t seem to get rid of them; they come back hardier than ever. If I use Round-Up or something similar, how long until I can plant something NICE in that soil? Or does the poison render the soil unusable at all? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/7 "2003-04-22T11:57:41Z")
Something nice? You mean, actually add something to the soil instead of just removing it? What a concept. ---
**Author:** ![bjohn13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@bjohn13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bjohn13)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/8 "2003-04-22T12:27:46Z")
Anyone want an 85’ poplar tree that sheds? That’d be a bit more difficult to transplant, I’d wager. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/9 "2003-04-22T14:54:54Z")
I thought this thread was going to be about, um, shaving. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/10 "2003-04-22T16:57:40Z")
I’m on board with that - but you would have to say that I have an even greater anti-plant bias. I detest mowing the lawn, weeding the garden and any thing to do with yard-keeping. Down with grass, down with grass! ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/11 "2003-04-22T17:11:44Z")
[Here is someone else against bush!!!](http://www.twistedmonkey.org/images/funny_pictures/151c9f6d0cdddcd15439ce79b8270412.jpg) Just had to laugh when I found this!!! O ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/12 "2003-04-22T17:16:12Z")
For a high school English class I wrote a four page persuasive essay about why people should not mow their grass. It was pretty good, too. I think I got an A. But right now I wish it would grow so that other people can mow it and I can smell that wonderful fragrance. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-definite-anti-bush-person/170259/13 "2003-04-22T19:10:52Z")
Replace it with knickinick