# Trees are indistinguishable from Broccoli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 11, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969 "2005-07-11T12:04:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/1 "2005-07-11T12:04:43Z")

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From high up, y’know.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/2 "2005-07-11T12:09:36Z")

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‘Scuse me for sayin’ so, but this seems more. . .MPSIMS than Pit material.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/3 "2005-07-11T12:10:41Z")

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I did mean to put it there.

Which doesn’t alter the fact that most people will wonder why I put it anywhere at all. It’s too MPSIMS for my own brain.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/4 "2005-07-11T12:11:33Z")

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> [@norinew](#):
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> ‘Scuse me for sayin’ so, but this seems more. . .MPSIMS than Pit material.

Well, Ronald Reagan (the renowned conservationist) once said: “A tree’s a tree - how many more do you need to look at?” And we could pit him for that, except he’s dead.

Eat your broccoli, **Lobsang**.

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/5 "2005-07-11T12:12:23Z")

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My kids call Broccoli _Trees_, so it must be true.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/6 "2005-07-11T12:12:45Z")

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Are you struggling to get enough oxygen?

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/7 "2005-07-11T12:13:19Z")

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You ever see Chubby Broccoli? Do a Google for it.

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**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:** [July 11, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/8 "2005-07-11T12:22:05Z")

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Is it true you can kill brocolli with depleted uranium nails?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/9 "2005-07-11T12:26:22Z")

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How about serving the broccoli on a 1920s stylish tray?

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trees-are-indistinguishable-from-broccoli/311969/10 "2005-07-11T12:34:44Z")

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> Which doesn’t alter the fact that most people will wonder why I put it anywhere at all. It’s too MPSIMS for my own brain.

Face it, **Lobsang** , this is too MPSIMS for _MPSIMS_.

Locked.

Veb