# Stop and smell the flowers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479 "2006-08-05T19:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/1 "2006-08-05T19:21:06Z")
[They might be good to eat!](http://community.webshots.com/photo/365543494/2692473890000735275AZyQRs) ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/2 "2006-08-05T19:26:33Z")
I think I’ll refrain from sniffing the flowers. I don’t feel like getting a face full of flower sperm, thankyouverymuch. Lovely horse, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/3 "2006-08-05T20:05:11Z")
Darn, I thought there would be recipes at that link! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/4 "2006-08-05T21:26:27Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Darn, I thought there would be recipes at that link! :eek: Don’t you dare even _think_ of eating my horse! :mad: Even though he is dead now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/5 "2006-08-05T22:24:17Z")
Og forgive me, but I gotta ask: Have you stopped beating your dead horse? I am _so_ going to Hell for that one. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/6 "2006-08-05T22:51:50Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > Have you stopped beating your dead horse? Why, yes. Yes, I have. Have you stopped beating _your_ dead meat? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/7 "2006-08-05T22:59:12Z")
Some flowers are edible. Nasturtiums are great in a salad. Flowers… they’re not just for horses any more. **EddyTeddyFreddy** that’s a great picture. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/8 "2006-08-05T23:13:03Z")
Thanks! I was free-longeing Nick, and he was being very good about not stopping to eat the banquet beneath his hooves, but temptation won at last. [He always was a bit of a ham.](http://community.webshots.com/photo/365543494/1404737007000735275JCXdaV) ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/9 "2006-08-06T00:24:28Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :eek: > > Don’t you dare even _think_ of eating my horse! :mad: > > Even though he is dead now. ☹ 😛 I have always wanted to learn how to cook with edible flowers, not horsemeat. > [@](#): > > He always was a bit of a ham. Hmm…he tasted like ham? Let me reconsider the recipe request. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/10 "2006-08-06T00:35:10Z")
You’re gonna find your way to heaven needs a pint of rocky road And you better stop and eat the roses along the way … ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-and-smell-the-flowers/367479/11 "2006-08-06T19:49:57Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Why, yes. Yes, I have. > > Have you stopped beating _your_ dead meat? > > 😛 Now, now. Let’s not make fun of the signs of my advancing age.