# Idioms relating to things impossible, inadvisable or otherwise to be avoided. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-relating-to-things-impossible-inadvisable-or-otherwise-to-be-avoided/451119 "2008-05-30T10:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-relating-to-things-impossible-inadvisable-or-otherwise-to-be-avoided/451119/81 "2008-06-05T22:04:23Z")
I just took a close look at the seed mix - there’s no hemp in there - it’s several sorts of millet, groats, flax, lettuce, mustard or rape and a couple of other small seeds I couldn’t identify. I think the two-leafed seedlings I’ve been seeing today are the mustard, but there are some grass shoots starting to poke through. I assembled today’s webcam captures into a movie - it’s actually quite fascinating to watch the seedlings pushing their way up - they pulse as if breathing and they squirm as they come up. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-relating-to-things-impossible-inadvisable-or-otherwise-to-be-avoided/451119/82 "2008-06-06T06:58:30Z")
Wow. I got up this morning and there’s a massive change - the scene is now dominated by the real grass shoots pushing up through the soil. Watching grass grow IS actually quite interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idioms-relating-to-things-impossible-inadvisable-or-otherwise-to-be-avoided/451119.md?page=4)