It's clear that there are some hard feelings surrounding kudzu here on DU.

[Pab Sungenis]

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Where should I go eat in NYC?

Just wonderin'

[MrCoffee]

2. This thread is going places

[Pab Sungenis]

3. I just had to duck in here to calm down

and seek some constructive insanity.

[MrCoffee]

4. Hey, you don't have to explain to me...

I've really really enjoyed reading your posts in the other threads. You're addressing issues that never occurred to me. I'm learning tons. Thank you for your insight.

[Pab Sungenis]

5. But I think I will always feel most at home here in the Lounge.

And I'm sad to see that the big mega-thread in GD is about to overtake Please Remove. Sigh.

http://cnx.com/remove

[raccoon]

6. If you had the stuff creeping toward your back door all your life, you'd have hard feelings too. nt

[Pab Sungenis]

7. The Kudzu is your friend.

Love it, embrace it, let it breast feed its kids at the Olive Garden.

[nolabear]

8. Wooo, kudzu! Been watching it eat the South for years.

And welcome to the cool, air conditioned, laid-back Lounge. Come on. Set a spell. Kick your shoes off.

[Pab Sungenis]

10. I duck in here from time to time

when I need a break from reality.

[stuntcat]

9. It's fixin to start choking the bushes around the edge of my yard

This happens every year, and every year the bushes get bigger and it gets harder to clear around them x(

I think kudzu's flowers are beautiful though:

[Pab Sungenis]

14. Agree about the flowers.

[XemaSab]

11. My uncle found a mixed animal in the woods

:D

[Pab Sungenis]

12. Mixed animals are unnatural.

[Call Me Wesley]

30. Deleted. (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

13. For those of you who are not familiar with kudzu, here are the planting

and growing instructions:

Gardening Tips from Down South

How to Grow Kudzu

All you beginning gardeners out there might want to
consider growing kudzu as a fine way to launch out into the great
adventure of gardenning in the south. Kudzu, for those of you
not already familiar with it, is a hardy perennial that can be
grown quite well by the beginner who observes these few simple
rules:

Choosing a Plot:

Kudzu can be grown almost anywhere, so site selection is
not the problem it is with some other finicky plants like
strawberries. Although kudzu will grow quite well on cement, for
best result you should select an area having at least some dirt.
To avoid possible lawsuits, it is advisable to plant well away
from your neighbors house, unless, of course, you don't get along
well with your neighbor anyway.

Preparing the Soil:

Go out and stomp on the soil for a while just to get its
attention and to prepare it for kudzu.

Deciding When to Plant:

Kudzu should always be planted at night. If kudzu is
planted during daylight hours, angry neighbors might see you and
begin throwing rocks at you.

More info here: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/90q1/kudzu.1018.html

[stuntcat]

16. Stomp on the soil for a while just to get its attention and prepare it for KUDZU!!

:rofl: :rofl: :gasp: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[JohnnyLib2]

18. Amen!

:rofl:

[eppur_se_muova]

26. No no no ... the REAL instructions are ...

1) Drop the seeds

2) Run !!

[Pab Sungenis]

27. Actually, it's more like

1) look at the seeds.

2) run.

I don't think you even need to drop it.

[Ptah]

15. As long as there are pro-kudzu mods,

the problem will continue.



:hide:

[Pab Sungenis]

17. Agreed.

Skinner, what are you going to do about anti-Kudzu bias on this site?

[Call Me Wesley]

31. I was totally biased against kudzu!

I deeply apolokudzu ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4465947&mesg_id=5220061

[Pab Sungenis]

33. Kudzu always wins in the end.

Like water.

[Call Me Wesley]

35. That pic looks nice,

what is it from if I might ask?

[Pab Sungenis]

36. "Doctor Who"

Specifically "The Waters of Mars."

Of course, with this topic "The Seeds of Doom" might be more appropriate.

[dawg]

19. The Bible said Adam and Eve *not* Adam and ...

Kudzu.

[madinmaryland]

20. KUDZU --> It's going places!!

:thumbsup:

[kick-ass-bob]

24. I'm bullish.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Pab Sungenis]

25. We're all bullish.

We're going places.

[csziggy]

39. Good, with bulls, the kudzu won't get out of control

You can tell when a pasture has cattle in it - there is no kudzu in the pasture. There can be kudzu growing thickly just out of the reach of the cattle, but none IN the pasture.

[RebelOne]

21. I love this kudzu.

http://www.kudzu.com/

[Arugula Latte]

22. We're Here; We're Kudzu; Get Used to It

[Pab Sungenis]

28. We are the world.... We are the kudzu....

[Dr. Strange]

23. Please, no more threads about kudzu.

I am trying to keep a sense of humor about this, so please bear with me.

I have instructed the moderators to lock new threads about kudzu. If you must discuss kudzu-- and, yes, I understand it is a *vitally* important topic in which you all have an intense interest -- please do so in one of the threads that was opened previously. Here's a good one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3499154

Go post in there. Or post here.

I think that some of you are well aware that the discussions about kudzu are not about kudzu at all. The purpose of these threads is to dig up an old flame war and wave it in the faces of certain people, because you want to get under their skin. To their credit, those people have not taken the bait. But we really think that a dozen threads on a topic specifically intended to bait people is really enough.

But now we are in a completely idiotic death-spiral of enforcement and boundaries-testing. The mods lock a thread, and then three spring up. And so the purpose of starting threads about kudzu is no longer about tweaking a few of your fellow DUers, it's now about tweaking the moderators.

And then I get incredulous emails from people who are shocked, shocked that discussion of kudzu -- kudzu fercryinoutloud -- is not allowed. As if the discussion of kudzu is something that is vitally important and that everyone is really interested in.

So please, if you really need to discuss kudzu, do it in one of the threads that is already open on the subject. But please stop posting new threads about kudzu or Olive Garden or whatever. I know it's really fun to tweak people, especially when those people are the moderators, but I think it's time to find to something else fun to do.

Thank you for your understanding.

Dr. Strange
Fuckin' Guy

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. The fun is over.

Posts about chickens will be locked.

[Call Me Wesley]

32. You calling me out? You calling me out?

:rofl:

I apologize for that: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4465947&mesg_id=5220061

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. I hate Virginia Creeper, myself.

It has thorns. I also pull up other vines with thorns.

:banghead: And I forgot the F^^^ing dandelions. :grr:

[Lil Missy]

37. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!

[Lil Missy]

38. mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them

[csziggy]

40. +100000000000000000000