Show And Tell: "C" Is For Celery

"C" is for the celery that is taking over my yard!

Let me start by saying that I love to garden.  My kids also  love to garden (play in the dirt).  The problem is I am a down right lousy gardener when it comes to growing vegetables.  I never know when to harvest. I always plant in the wrong places.  More over,   I often just totally forget about the plant.  Case in point the giant zucchini we grew two years ago.  It was part of the Caption Monkey contest. Link



Last year I once again felt inspired to teach my kids about agriculture.   We planted a little six pack of celery in the same place I planted the giant zucchini. ( I am starting to think this area is cursed.)  The little guys grew, but not that much.  So, I decided to just leave them and not bother harvesting them. Big mistake. Fast forward to this year.

The giant celery plant isn't the real problem. The bigger problem is that we now have little celery plants every where in the yard. Who knew they would seed themselves like that?



The positive spin that I am trying to sell my husband: I just read that store bought celery is full of pesticides.  According to a report on CNN, store bought, non-organic celery can contain between 47-67 pesticides per serving.  Link

And, there was that study a few weeks ago about ADHD being linked to pesticide exposure.  Link So, really if you think about it the kids and I are doing us all a favor by growing lots and lots of healthy organic celery.

What do you think?

Regardless, I figure there is still plenty of celery for show and tell at school.  I bet there will be even more when the fall semester rolls around.

Comments (0)

Hmm, the interrobang seems more like a ligature than new punctuation.

I like the convention of stars for *emphasis* myself. It's pretty common online and used as a shortcut for boldface type some places.
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
I've always wanted a single punctuation mark to convey the emphatic question. Sure, the "?!?" sequence gets the point across, but that's 3 keystrokes.

Were I to invent a single punctuation mark to infer such a query, perhaps an upside-down "?" would work. (Yes, I know that's a common punctuation mark in several languages, but I usually speak/write in English so it's up for grabs as far as I'm concerned...)

Why would anybody argue with that logic¿
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
i think "+++" should be used to imply that you just punked someone.

Much like the ellipsis (or "...") is used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence, "+++" can be used to show PWNERSHIP!
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
I was taught that ?! was when you were screaming a question like, "WHY AM I ON FIRE?!" While !? was an easier way to type an interrobang/? for use in a rhetorical question.

As for what punctuation mark I would make, I have two:

A backward S with a bold dot within the upper curve. It would be used for sarcastic comments.

Essentially a question mark with the vertical portion replaced with a small circle. This is a mark I learned from a friend that I took to, it denotes that the question or statement needs to be further researched to verify if it is right or not. It is not particularly handy in general use, but in note taking, it can be a handy way to say, "I need to get more data on this later."
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
There actually is a sarcasm mark. It's a swirl. You can download it for use on your computer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6995354/Sarcasm-punctuation-mark-aims-to-put-an-end-to-email-confusion.html
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
I would modify the semi-colon into a 'semi-exclamation mark' (an exclamation point with a comma at the bottom instead of a period, employed to indicate emphasis in the middle of a sentence or clause, or to add emphasis to a series of nouns or phrases normally separated by commas) and into a 'semi-question mark' (a question mark with a comma at the bottom instead of a period).

I would retain my 'day job' so as to stave off 'starvation.'
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Strunk & White would be aghast to learn that I have used "?!" as a way to end a sort of question that is also an expression of alarm.
And "!?" as an early form of "WTF"
Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)
Commenting is closed.

We hope you like this article!
Please help us grow by sharing:

Get Updates In Your Inbox

Free weekly emails, plus get access
to subscriber-only prizes.

We won't share your email. You can cancel at any time.
Email This Post to a Friend
"Show And Tell: "C" Is For Celery "

Separate multiple emails with a comma. Limit 5.

 

Success! Your email has been sent!

close window
neat stories? Like us on Facebook!
Close: I already like you guys!