Ironically after serving 14 years in prison, John Wesley Hardin became a lawyer. On August 19, 1895 he was shot in the back of the head while playing dice in an El Paso bar. The shooter John Selman, was an off duty police officer, whom Hardin had argued and threatened after Selman arrested Hardin’s girlfriend for violating the city law about carrying a gun.
Hardin himself was unarmed at the time of the shooting. And Selman was acquitted.
Not surprised about the cut grass. Trees have a high-pitched scream when they are cut down, but it’s at such a high-frequency we can’t hear it. Our dogs can though.
My mother once told us that kids in her day used to steal bits of tar from the workers’ tar kettles to chew as gum. It supposedly whitened their teeth.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
as much as I’m ancestrally part Scandinavian (Danish for all I really know), birch pitch doesn’t sound appetizing
h.v.greenman almost 5 years ago
Ironically after serving 14 years in prison, John Wesley Hardin became a lawyer. On August 19, 1895 he was shot in the back of the head while playing dice in an El Paso bar. The shooter John Selman, was an off duty police officer, whom Hardin had argued and threatened after Selman arrested Hardin’s girlfriend for violating the city law about carrying a gun.
Hardin himself was unarmed at the time of the shooting. And Selman was acquitted.
The Pro from Dover almost 5 years ago
I’m blowing the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody’s new-mown lawn
Bilan almost 5 years ago
Saying that the smell of cut grass is a cry for help is like saying the smell of our blood is a cry for help.
hawgowar almost 5 years ago
Since humans are not herbivores and cannot digest grass very well, I wonder why fresh cut grass or hay smells so good to us?
Also birch bark tea is good for a sore throat and cough.
sevaar777 almost 5 years ago
Birch is still used for xylitol in gum and soft drinks. The bark makes a great firestarter even when wet.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Not surprised about the cut grass. Trees have a high-pitched scream when they are cut down, but it’s at such a high-frequency we can’t hear it. Our dogs can though.
Buzzworld almost 5 years ago
So it’s not lawn mown, it’s lawn moan?
Shirl Summ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Oh sure, tear at the heart of the bunny huggers. It’s just a chemical reaction, period.
PatsyL.Paul almost 5 years ago
John Wesley Hardin once shot a man for snoring too loud.
cdnalor almost 5 years ago
My mother once told us that kids in her day used to steal bits of tar from the workers’ tar kettles to chew as gum. It supposedly whitened their teeth.
J Short almost 5 years ago
A cry for help; so who answers their call?
Dkram almost 5 years ago
I don’t know about birch gum but, I’ve chewed spruce gum.
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Pickled almost 5 years ago
I love the smell of crying grass in the morning!!
kvnkoehler almost 5 years ago
I loved the smell of cut grass. Now I feel like a fiend.
Sassy's Mom almost 5 years ago
Now there’s an idea for how to deal with the bodies of prisoners who die before their sentence is up!
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 5 years ago
Not true.
offord almost 5 years ago
To whom is the grass crying for help? The trees?
Gerard:D almost 5 years ago
Grasses are such drama queen sissies. I don’t cry when my hair is being cut.
LV1951 almost 5 years ago
Ripley’s reaching today!
comixbomix almost 5 years ago
Sounds like whoever interviewed that grass was smoking it as well…
craigwestlake almost 5 years ago
Only 99 more years and they’ll take it down…
cartoonz4 almost 5 years ago
The grass crying is like those nature shows where the host somehow knows why the animals choose to do what they do.
PaulLeckner almost 5 years ago
Do vegetarians love animals, but really hate plants?!