# Why do we have to mow the lawn? :) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301 "2003-08-15T01:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wongaloidz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@Wongaloidz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wongaloidz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/21 "2003-08-15T15:26:07Z")
WOW… we’re kind of out of words here… but thanks so much to everyone who replied with answers, we’re really enlightened now… oooOooo… insane! What a lot of learning. Thanks SO much, this more than satisfies our curiosity… and this is a great place to be :D! -Tha Wongaloidz ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/22 "2003-08-15T17:23:31Z")
Where I live, one possible answer is that we mow our lawns because [it is against the law not to.](http://fws.municode.com/CGI-BIN/om_isapi.dll?headingswithhits=on&hitsperheading=on&infobase=10878.nfo&jump=ch014.x1-14-302&softpage=newtestDocumentFrame#JUMPDEST_ch014.x1-14-302) Land of the free… ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/23 "2003-08-15T20:07:06Z")
In my neighboorhood if you don’t mow the lawn and maintain it, it will cost you $100 fine a day. You are given a warning and have 3 days to mow it but if you don’t…look out! ---
**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/24 "2003-08-15T23:27:05Z")
You’re s’posed ta _ **mow** _ tha lawn?!? Dang, less time fer tha SDMB… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/25 "2003-08-16T00:45:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sqwerticus \* > \*\*Raises hand to second that one. Owing to back injuries our garden has been left ‘fallow’ this year. It has its merits - we have much more in the way of wildlife this year (not the unpleasant sort, but things like sparrows, blue tits, slow worms, butterflies etc) but it will need a flame thrower to sort it out come the autumn. Actually, on the wildlife front, I think I just saw a rhino… \*\* It should be noted that the deadliest animals found anywhere in Dorset are Yeovil Town FC fans on the cider, and they are equally likely to be found in long OR short grass. (spent my formative years in Sherborne) Try that in the States (especially down here in Florida) and something large enough to eat you will eventually appear in your garden… ---
**Author:** ![kspharm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/26 "2003-08-16T00:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sqwerticus \* > \*\*, blue tits, \*\* heh, heh ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/27 "2003-08-16T01:07:16Z")
Oh, just FYI I find that rather than sniffing that petrol stuff, my cordless electric does just great and I don’t need hearing protection to avoid deafness. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/28 "2003-08-16T01:26:36Z")
Why do we have lawns at all? What a waste of expensive real estate to set one’s house halfway back on a lot and fill hundreds of square feet with high maintenance turf. Ruby’s right about lawns being a new thing. Old timers put their houses by the road and left all the room out back for gardens, sheds, etc. (At least they did that here in old New England villages.) Recently saw a commercial printer’s building with tomato plants on the “front lawn.” What a thrifty Yankee idea. ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/29 "2003-08-16T01:28:32Z")
## quote: ## Originally posted by Sqwerticus , blue tits, > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kspharm \* > \*\*heh, heh \*\* Well, yes. Apart from the recent hot spell, (which of course, we aren’t allowed to mention lest we offend those who REALLY know what hot weather is) this is England, and [blue tits](http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/images/blue-tit.jpg) are quite common. We also do an excellent line in [great tits](http://www.akra.gs.rl.no/copol/teaching_materials/fauna_flora/ireland/Image7.gif). Sorry **kspharm** , was that not what you were hoping for? 😛 And hey **dutchboy208** …I think that was a Yeovil maniac on the rhino! How long ago were you in Sherborne? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/30 "2003-08-16T01:34:52Z")
**Wongaloidz** : Bcause we said so! When you’re 18 you can do what you want, but until then… Not quite waht you were looking for, huh? 😃 Besides, where else could you ask that question and get treated to a dissertation on _great tits_? ---
**Author:** ![Wongaloidz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db5fbb/32.png) [@Wongaloidz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wongaloidz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301/31 "2003-08-18T01:03:07Z")
Thanks so much everyone again! I know we’re not supposed to make thank-you posts but there’s a first time for everything and we’re so appreciative. Also, both of us are over 18 he he he but we just don’t wanna mow the lawn… silly eh? But GREAT TITS are always welcome!! 😃 Blue tits - are those found on one of those Andorian he-shes? 😉 :wally [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-have-to-mow-the-lawn/195301.md?page=1)