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2008
Aug
2

RT&CC 5 : Grass, water, fruit

I’ll bring Xavier to the St.Lawrence river this summer, at the scenic lookout near here, and I will let him wet his feet in the water. And I will have to teach him “yuck, river water, bad” when he’ll want to taste it; it sucks.

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Xavier (who was just comforted after falling down the stairs) - Mommyyyy?
E - Yes, Xavier? Now’s the time to ask anything you want, sweetheart, we’ll give you everything you’d like right now.
X - Errh…

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I passed by a white Vertdure truck (company that treats lawns to be greener) on a stroll with the baby. On the truck, above their odd (and a little distorted) male butterfly-fairy mascot, the words “No pesticides” were lettered, and they had painted white over them - a little like using liquid paper to erase pen ink. Hum. Not quite subtle.

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I use Garnier Fructis shampoo these days, and I have to use my teeth to open the badly-designed bottle spout, so I wake up each morning to the taste of a shampoo (that stinks a little, let’s admit it).

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E - The ant colony, in the back of the yard. It’s getting sort of impressive.
F - Yeah… We should do something to get rid of it.
E - Uh-huh. Of course, we could always try my grandfather’s old fashioned trick: “You take a can of oil, …”

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2 Responses to “RT&CC 5 : Grass, water, fruit”

  1. Simon Says:     (August 2nd, 2008 at 18:40 )

    Hey, I actually get the pun in the name “Vertdure”. I guess those eight years of French weren’t wasted after all!

  2. Émilie Says:     (August 2nd, 2008 at 21:55 )

    Haha!

    Yes, Vertdure = Verdure = Vert dure. Clever brainstorming. They name themselves Forevergreen in English. Not quite as good.

    I’m kinda sad… I wanted to link their site to point to their odd mascott, but they have a new look and the old one is not online. Oh well.

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