Office foliage

[caddyman]

The world’s most miserable tree has appeared in our office by the window. It’s a tree because it is indoors, outside it would be a sapling.

Now a healthy tree has a canopy that literally blocks out the sun. Even a young tree has a healthy covering of leaves if not as impressive a set as a mature specimen. This sad little thing has a single leaf for every foot of branch, and most of them are yellowy green rather than a good, rich green.

A little later when no one’s looking, I am going to give it a cup of coffee. That’ll perk it up.

Comments

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

mulch is bad?

*even more confused about plants*

cider is ok though, yes?

[romney.livejournal.com]

Mulch is indeed good, perhaps even necessary. The point is that this then means it is absolutly no good as a sacrifice.

If X sacrifices to Y something that Y actually needs, it implies that X has some sort of hold over Y. So what Y should demand is something that is not needed, but which is precious to X or causes X some special effort to obtain.

So, in this case, mulch is not a worthy sacrifice. However, yes, cider is a possibility, particulary if Caddy is required to snatch the stuff from under the nose of DT ("special effort" = "having your fingers broke off, minced, mixed with broken glass and fed back to you")

So he wants his twig to grow up into a Whomping Willow, he shold make with the libations/plastc surgery rather than with the Sage's dog.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I am as careless of the fate of the plant as I am of cider. You've been hitting the paracetamol again, haven't you?