# The plants out here got pricks, I tells ya **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443 "2002-05-29T21:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/1 "2002-05-29T21:02:10Z")
[Example of a woody plant](http://www.elchineroconcepts.com/Cactus%20Folder/SAGUARO%20VIAGRA.jpg) Saguaro YOU doin’ …😉 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/2 "2002-05-29T23:57:59Z")
Tell me that’s doctored. Please. nice pun! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/3 "2002-05-30T00:55:25Z")
Damn, I’m jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/4 "2002-05-30T04:00:09Z")
That would be a great album cover. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/5 "2002-05-30T04:02:11Z")
ouch ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/6 "2002-05-30T06:14:15Z")
Hmmm… looks like a member of the Prickly Pear family. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/7 "2002-05-30T12:15:39Z")
Does this sorta remind anyone else of Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants? And that’s _not_ a comforting mental image… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/8 "2002-05-30T13:06:06Z")
[The penis tree](http://www.thefunnypage.com/penis_tree/trees.jpg). [Tree penis](http://www.thefunnypage.com/penis_tree/3footlong.jpg). From [http://www.thefunnypage.com/penis\_tree/](http://www.thefunnypage.com/penis_tree/) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/9 "2002-05-30T15:10:21Z")
Oh my God. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/10 "2002-05-30T16:03:16Z")
So that’s where “succulent” comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/11 "2002-05-30T16:11:46Z")
And “woody” too, one would presume. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/12 "2002-05-30T21:00:36Z")
IMHO, the cactus in **Yumanite** ’s link has been “surgically enhanced” (with Photoshop, that is). ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plants-out-here-got-pricks-i-tells-ya/111443/13 "2002-05-30T22:39:28Z")
I dunno, it’s possible. I have seen plenty of saguaros, though, that were anthropomorphic, and sometimes they can be quite funny. As for the penis trees … :eek: I didn’t know they grew on trees!