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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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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It was on the wall in my English class, with a black and white photograph of some cherries.

I always thought it was weird, but I never forgot it.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days 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.

the plum tree out my front window doesn't.