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spullara on Jan 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anesthesia works on plants too, and we don’t know ...

"Would we cut down trees if they screamed? We might, if they screamed all the time and wouldn't shut up." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy

alexose on Jan 2, 2021 [–]

One of my favorites from Jack Handey, although this quote is more of a paraphrase. The original reads:

“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”

spullara on Jan 3, 2021 | [–]

Lol, thanks, that was from memory which is, of course, imperfect.

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