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xkcd #3209: Plums

Title text:

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Depending on the photo, without size context clues, I would probably have a hard time telling them apart.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no. It was that very typical "two cherries on a joined stem" picture, like you posted (but with two). Pretty sure plums don't grow like that.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

the plum tree out my front window doesn't.