July Whatsit
 
 

 
 

The Full Conversation:

Gramma:  So, here's your plant.  Where are you going to keep it?
Me:  Well, I'm thinking that because it needs a lot of light, I'm going to set it up at work.  Fluorescent light counts as light, right?
Gramma:  Yes, of course.  Will the plant have other plants to talk to?
Me:  Talk to?
Gramma:  Yes.  I think that plants have a lot to say to eachother!
Me:  Well, yeah, there's another plant there.  It's the jade plant I've had for years and years.
Gramma:  No, no no.  You don't want to put this plant with a jade plant!
Me:  I don't?  Why not?
Gramma:  It's a succulent!
Me:  Yeah, so?
Gramma:  Succulents aren't friendly.
Me:  They AREN'T FRIENDLY???
Gramma:  No, a succulent isn't going to talk to this plant...
Me:  Why?
Gramma:  I told you, they're not friendly.
Me:  But, thrown together in this situation, they'll be forced to be friendly, won't they?
Gramma:  I wouldn't count on it.
Me:  I see!
 
 
 
 

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we stand and fight back to back
we take no shit
we stay tight
we stick together
and deal with it
we use our heads and not our fists
unless we're pushed
as one we fight and we win