Preach it, brother
Kevin asks:
Why don’t we have genetically engineered grass that grows to one and then stops? This is the 21stcentury, after all. It’s the future, but it looks suspiciously like yesterday. I am okay without the flying cars and personal jetpacks.
Or, in the case of my back yard where the sun beat down mercilessly for four weeks straight without rain, why not weeds engineered to look like grass? My front and side yards look great. My backyard is completely covered in weeds. Is it too much to ask.
Also, different colors would be cool. I’d like purple grass. Wouldn’t that be cool? Or patterns. I’d like plaid or paisley grass.
I guess I could get plastic grass.
September 13th, 2005 at 9:35 am
See, I lokoe diton plastic grass – -its like 15,000 dollars. Even I’m not that lazy 🙂
September 13th, 2005 at 9:35 am
Y ou could just start mowing your weeds..
September 13th, 2005 at 9:42 am
Why doesn’t someone invent a grass-powered lawn mower?
September 13th, 2005 at 10:15 am
Les,
That would be me when i was in high school and college
September 13th, 2005 at 1:48 pm
Translating from Kevin into English, what he means to say is that he “looked into” plastic grass. And by “looked into,” he means he watched The Daily Show last week…
September 13th, 2005 at 1:54 pm
No kidding. Iespell and the google tool bar are free.
September 13th, 2005 at 8:20 pm
It already exists. Monsanto GE’d it. Waiting for fed approval to sell. It looks just like carpet!
September 13th, 2005 at 10:43 pm
U Rhode Island developed a grass that grows to three inches and stops several years ago: nor, being New England, does it need much sun.
They used to give it away, but I’ve heard the rights are now held commercially.
September 13th, 2005 at 10:54 pm
“Why doesn’t someone invent a grass-powered lawn mower?”
It’s called a sheep. Ah, sheep. They give so much, they ask so little.
September 13th, 2005 at 11:44 pm
When I attended the University of Rhode Island, after powering up on grass, we used to walk around in the sod fields late at night.
its spooky to be in the middle of a couple of hundred yards of perfectly manicured grass.
Its also quite romantic on the right moonlit night. 🙂