# "trees are indistinguishable from broccoli" thread should NOT have been locked!!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [July 11, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978 "2005-07-11T12:58:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/21 "2005-07-11T16:20:22Z")
I always love it when the thread bitching about a closing goes on longer than the thread they’re complaining about.
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### Author:  [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/22 "2005-07-11T16:27:00Z")
I was gonna mention asparagus, but I’ve reconsidered.
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### Author:  [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/23 "2005-07-11T16:32:34Z")
> [@chappachula](#):
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> that’s what I’m bitchin’ about, Mr moderator.
Hey, pal, c’mere.
Yeh, over here, outta sight of the others.
Now, look, kid, you can post dumb shit all you want. Sure, people will point and laugh, but hey, you can point and laugh right back.
One thing, though, I say one thing you better get straight:
**TVeblen** has girly bits.
Now, you can whine about jackboots all you want, but when those suckers have four-inch stiletto heels…
:eek:
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### Author:  [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/24 "2005-07-11T16:34:06Z")
There is an easy way to tell broccoli from trees.
If you steam them, then baste them lightly with lemon juice and melted butter, then eat it and it’s all tender and yummy, what you’ve got there is broccoli. If it tastes like wood and leaves with lemon juice and melted butter on them, chances are pretty good you’ve got trees.
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### Author:  [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/25 "2005-07-11T16:40:06Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#):
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> Worthless = Mundane = Pointless
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> So why wasn’t it moved to MPSIMS?
I beleive that moving a thread uses more resources than closing one. Maybe not a lot more, but if a thread is as dumb as this one sounds, I’m all for giving the rest of the board that much more power.
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### Author:  [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli-thread-should-not-have-been-locked/311978/26 "2005-07-11T16:41:12Z")
I couldn’t move this fluff to MPSIMS in good conscience.
If you’re that bored at work, play solitaire or shoot paperclips at your cube mates.
Veb
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