# Repotting the lotus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327 "2008-04-07T16:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/1 "2008-04-07T16:13:57Z")
On Sunday my two neighbors with water gardens helped me drag the lotus pots out of the pool and received tubers for their efforts. I haven’t repotted them before. Not in several years. :rolleyes: There were dozens of dead and rotten tubers, and half a dozen viable in each pot. Very messy, very fragile, and my back hurts. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/2 "2008-04-07T16:18:20Z")
Yeah, but think how great the display will be this year! ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/3 "2008-04-07T16:21:09Z")
“Repotting the Lotus” sounds like a little-known yoga posture. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/4 "2008-04-07T16:58:40Z")
I was thinking Kama Sutra. 🙂 I presume they won’t bloom the first year, but I’ll feed them and hope for the best ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/5 "2008-04-07T17:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=Nametag] “Repotting the Lotus” sounds like a little-known yoga posture. [/QUOTE] Also it’d be a cool band name! ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/6 "2008-04-07T17:50:18Z")
Heh, when I saw the thread title, I thought it was going to be about restarting a meditation routine. Go figure. It would be a cool Kama Sutra position… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/7 "2008-04-07T18:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] It would be a cool Kama Sutra position… [/QUOTE] Indelicate er, spoiler follows. Yes, but how many partners would be involved? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/8 "2008-04-07T18:38:36Z")
**carnivorousplant** Well… In my imagination, it would involve at least 2 women and 1 man, but you know, that could be modified. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/9 "2008-04-07T19:45:34Z")
As it would most likely involve Paul or Ringo, I shall stay away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/10 "2008-04-07T20:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] As it would most likely involve Paul or Ringo, I shall stay away. [/QUOTE] Paul is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/11 "2008-04-07T20:02:34Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Paul is dead. [/QUOTE] No, not dead, just the rumours of his sex life have been much exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/12 "2008-04-07T20:30:52Z")
But the picture of him barefoot…oh. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/13 "2008-04-08T13:47:16Z")
I say that is all the more reason to stay away from the aforementioned acts. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/14 "2008-04-08T14:32:52Z")
Personally I love the username/title combo, but I also thought it was going to be something other than actually repotting a lotus. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/15 "2008-04-08T15:00:46Z")
Just wait for my thread on ‘Dividing the Lilies’ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/16 "2008-04-08T15:12:48Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Personally I love the username/title combo, but I also thought it was going to be something other than actually repotting a lotus. [/QUOTE] You want I should name my thread [Eating the Mouse?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCaG4tOaAU) ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/17 "2008-04-08T15:35:01Z")
It’s better than a thread about ‘Shucking the Corn.’ ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/18 "2008-04-08T15:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Just wait for my thread on ‘Dividing the Lilies’ [/QUOTE] What, no “Parting the Tulips”? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/19 "2008-04-08T16:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] What, no “Parting the Tulips”? [/QUOTE] I just leave those in the ground. I have, however, been ‘Pollinating the Vanilla’ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/20 "2008-04-09T05:52:34Z")
That all sounds too fancy. I just “weed the lawn”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327.md?page=2)