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Young British gardeners unable to identify a hoe

dailyexpress.co.uk — The new breed of 'Instant Bloomers' don't understand latin names, don't know what a perennial is and aren't able to identify a hoe.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 13, 2009

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  • NoozeHound, on 07/12/2009, -1/+38Blatant 'ho' comment in 4...3....
  • billizm, on 07/13/2009, -0/+28My 65 year old father went to Home Depot a couple years ago to get a few garden tools. He saw 2 young African American employees standing next to each other in the front of the store. He asked them where the hoes were at. They immediately started laughing. True story.
  • Arsenard, on 07/12/2009, -2/+25Wears really short skirts and open toed shoes!
  • mikeinto, on 07/12/2009, -1/+23Top 5 mistaken names for hoe:
    5. digging stick
    4. that funny shovel looking thing
    3. this thing 'makes hoeing motion with hands'
    2 grave diggers friend
    1. grandfather's rat killing pole.
  • alanocu, on 07/12/2009, -2/+24I used to manually mix cement in a washtub with an old hoe.
  • duke, on 07/13/2009, -1/+22Maybe they were laughing at the fact that he ended a sentence with a preposition.
  • Totz83, on 07/12/2009, -0/+21That explains the holes in my lawn
  • inactive, on 07/13/2009, -1/+18Daily Express? On my Digg?
  • avidadollars, on 07/13/2009, -1/+16how can they know Latin names if no Latin is taught?
  • sirron811, on 07/13/2009, -0/+14no. I'm British.
  • ooch1ll, on 07/12/2009, -1/+15That's strange... I thought gardeners loved forking around in the garden.
  • redscofield, on 07/12/2009, -1/+14um... there's a joke here... somewhere
  • NeddieSeagoon, on 07/13/2009, -0/+12First joke I ever learned, when I was about 4 years old:

    Q. Why does Santa Claus have a garden?
    A. So he can hoe, hoe, hoe!

    I guess you had to be there.
  • rebotfc, on 07/13/2009, -1/+11Yo dawg, I heard you like hoes so i put a flower in your bed so you can garden while you garden.
  • KarlH, on 07/13/2009, -0/+10You should have let her get out of the tub first.
  • jehan60188, on 07/13/2009, -0/+9"The survey, carried out by Miracle Gro, also found the budding gardeners base their purchasing decisions on colour and what looks good."

    wait, so the previous generation of gardeners DIDN'T pick flowers that they thought would look good?
  • Haoie, on 07/12/2009, -2/+8So is it a spade or a shovel? The eternal question.
  • silverchrysalis, on 07/13/2009, -0/+6me too! get your hands in that stuff long enough and your skin turns translucent.
  • murocan, on 07/13/2009, -1/+7AKA The Daily "OMG MUSLIMS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!!"
  • smacksaw, on 07/13/2009, -0/+5Maybe they should offer hints, like "Amy Winehouse...."
  • Rudegar, on 07/13/2009, -0/+5penis is latin
  • stinkipete, on 07/13/2009, -1/+6Skin IS translucent . .
  • SpruceCaboose, on 07/13/2009, -1/+6Where the heck was the rest of the article? No links to the survey and no figures even quoted? That was just lazy and a waste of a click.
  • joot2112, on 07/13/2009, -0/+4Buried for being an exceptionally ***** article and predictably evoking seemingly endless throngs of people who think they are clever to make inane "ho" jokes.
  • CressCrowbits, on 07/13/2009, -0/+4And it isn't a story about Diana?
  • dbhalla, on 07/13/2009, -0/+4the daily wah?
  • minnepinne, on 07/13/2009, -0/+3Where can I get a cheap hoe?
  • roostersheep, on 07/13/2009, -0/+3This is some impressive news reporting we have here. Thanks for keeping me up to date!
  • unpredictedM, on 07/13/2009, -0/+3for some reason your description brought to mind oompa-loompas...
  • cfuse, on 07/13/2009, -1/+3I was under the impression that it was whether it had a flat end or came to a tip determined that.

    "Spades are made in many shapes and sizes, for a variety of different functions and jobs. There are many different designs used in spade manufacturing. The term shovel is sometimes used interchangeably with spade, but shovels generally are broad-bottomed and better suited for moving loose materials, whereas spades tend to be pointed for use as a digging tool." - from wikipedia.
  • stuffradio, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2You're speaking in tongue my furry friend!
  • stereosaurus, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2My guess is that their point here is that new gardeners pay no mind to attributes like hardiness, sun/shade necessity, etc. whereas in the past these factors, in addition to aesthetics, played a greater role.
  • CressCrowbits, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Did he do it on purpose?
  • undervalued, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2He call's a spade a digging implement.
  • CressCrowbits, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2Oh good grief.
  • diggopolous, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2wasn't that a scene from the movie "The Shining"?
  • reuscel, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2If they can't identify one, I think it's safe to say that they don't love them hoes.
  • inactive, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1No, the point is that this article was a way for a bunch of doddering old brits to find yet another way to get a jab in on the young.
  • greenlightison, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1they couldn't even score in a brothel
  • Jamaicaman90, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1IQ is directly related to percentage of letters typed in capitals. Science proved it. Also, the reason I did it is suprisingly not becuase I don't know how to turn it off, but I was trying to capture the mood of your above statement. What has curry got to do with gardening? Nothing. And if you did your research, you'd know the British curry bares very, very little resemblance to any traditional Indian food. To call curry a non-British food is basically denying a fairly well represented percent of our population their right to call themselves British.

    Also, my American friend, your entire country is based off of borrowed culture. Everything is borrowed from somewhere. Do you really think your hot dogs are the result of American originality? No. It's an idea adapted from German food. Do you call people who are involved in the industry hot dogs foreign? And on that note, to insult curry is a bit hypocritical when we see your contributions to world cuisine.

    More intelligent response from me this time? Yes, you've trolled me well, but I know people will read your comments and believe it.
  • silverchrysalis, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1may also have: orange tan, fake boobs, and huge sunglasses
  • billizm, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1Nope, I only know this happened because later that day, he asked me if I knew why they laughed.
  • undervalued, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1The joke is everywhere, just so obvious that no one is daring to make it.
  • inactive, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1You sure, I don't see anything funny about botany...
  • mogebier, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1That's because the British all eat out at any place that serves Curry. British food sucks, so they have to import styles from other countries.
  • mogebier, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1Typing in all caps just proves how much of an idiot you are.
  • ThatsNotPoetry, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1Young people ruin everything worthwhile.
  • Almightymole, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzTVjwlOeNM
  • qwonkerjawed, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1<insert Sean Connery line>
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