"Security? There's a goddam tree in my office."
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housekeeping, housekeeper, housekeepers, housewife, housewives, married life, gender role, gender roles, gender stereotype, magazine, magazines, magazine article, magazine articles, cleaning, cleaner, cleaners, houseplant, houseplants, dustball, dust ball, dust balls, gender politics, reading material"Good morning. Fen, Boscage, Bracken & Spinney."
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business, businesswoman, businesswomen, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, secretary, secretaries, receptionist, receptionists, plant, plants, plant lady, plant ladies, houseplant, houseplants, garden, gardens, gardener, gardeners, gardening, vine, vines, bush, bushes, grass, decoration, decor, woman, women, green thumb"I thought you said it wouldn't need much attention."
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plant, plants, houseplant, houseplants, cactus, cacti, cactuses, green fingers, green thumb, brown thumb, brown fingers, garderner, gardeners, plant lover, plant lovers, low-maintenance, low-maintenance plant, low-maintenance plants, walking plants, walking plant, carnivorous plant, carnivorous plants, man-eating plant, man-eating plants, fleeing, flee, run away, disaster, gardening disaster, houseplant disaster, triffid, triffids, day of the triffidsFailures.
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failing, failure, failures, pavlov, experiment, experiments, behavior, behaviour, classical conditioning, conditioning, animal, animals, pet, pets, cat, cats, bird, birds, plant, plants, houseplant, houseplants"Waitress's Day Off""
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restaurant, restaurants, waiter, waiters, waitress, waitresses, server, servers, customer service, service, day-off, days-off, day off, days, off, break, breaks, holiday, holidays, vacation, vacations, housework, household chore, household chores, chore, chores, plant, plants, flower, flowers, houseplant, houseplants, watering, gardening, habit, habits, habitual, unbreakable habit, unbreakable habits, talking to plants"I'd better bring in my plants."
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russia, russian, russians, blizzard, blizzards, winter, winters, wintry weather, snow, snows, snowing, bad weather, houseplant, houseplants, plant, plants, plant care, green thumb, green thumbs, gardener, gardeners, gardening, storm, storms, storming, freeze, freezes, freezing, cold snap, cold snaps, inconvenience, inconveniences"It's time to split the Hosta funkia!"
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divorce, divorced, divorces, divorcees, marriage, married, split, split up, break-up, break-ups, hosta, hostas, hosta funkia, plant, plants, splitting assets, assets, plantain lilies, plantain lily, breaking up, break up, splitting up, sharing out, dividing, horticulture, dividing hosta, houseplant, houseplants, spouse, spouses"It's an orchid."
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houseplant, houseplants, house plant, house plants, indoor plant, indoor plants, orchid, orchids, mistake, mistakes, couple, couples, husband and wife, husbands and wives, marriages, argument, arguments, pedantic, pedantry, garden, gardener, gardeners, gardening, knowledge, trivia, arguing, annoy, annoying, annoyed, irritating, irritate, irritation"Oops! There goes another rubber-tree plant!"
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rubber tree plant, rubber tree plants, rubber-tree plant, rubber-tree plants, houseplant, houseplants, house plant, house plants, escape, escaping, running away, running away from home, water the plants, watering the plants, overwater, overwatering, over water, over watering, neglect, neglectful, killing houseplants, indoor plant, indoor plants"You can tell when people don't have pets, because they start to look like their plants."
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plant, plants, pet, pets, family pet, family pets, family resemblance, houseplant, houseplants, house plant, house plants, plant, plants, green fingers, house-plant, house-plants, family life, dog, dogs, cat, cats, animal lover, leaf, leaves, hairstyle, hairstyles, haircut, haircutsWater the hydrangeas twice a week and trim as needed. The bromeliad only needs to be high-fives on Saturday, but you can give it high and low fives anytime you have a spare moment. Just, whatever you do, don't give it a "too slow" or it will turn inward and begin shutting down.
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house sitting, house sitter, house sitters, housesitting, housesitter, housesitters, plants, plant lovers, plant lover, house plants, house plant, water the plants, water, watering, high five, high-five, high fives, high-fives, instruction, instructions, hydrangeas, hydrangea, bromeliad, bromeliads, florist, florists, houseplant, houseplants, care, green thumb, green thumbs, brown thumb, brown thumbs, anxiety, anxiety issues, self-esteem, self worth"Maureen Alsop is leaving her magnolia, and her delphinium and her cats with us this weekend."
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, cat, cats, feline, felines, cat owner, cat owners, cat lady, cat ladies, houseplant, houseplants, plant, plants, flower, flowers, gardener, gardeners, gardening, garden, gardens, babysitting, babysitter, babysitters, house sitting, house sitter, house sitters, favour, favours, favor, favors, pet sitting, pet sitter, pet sitters"Thanks, R.B., but I prefer to stand."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, office, offices, office life, employee, employees, worker, workers, decor, decoration, decorations, interior, interiors, interior design, cactus, cacti, houseplant, houseplants, plant, plants, sharp, pointy, spike, spikes, stand, standing, sit, sitting, dangerous, risky, hobby, hobbies, leisure, garden, gardens, gardening, gardener, gardeners"I find watering the plants in the middle of a conversation helps me keep my mind of what you're saying."
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distraction, distractions, distraction technique, distraction techniques, conversation, conversations, office plant, office plants, houseplant, houseplants, procrastination, procrastinating, water can, businessmen, businessman, bad manners, rude, rudeness, focus, focused, diversion, diversions, diverting, diverted, multitask, multitasking, multitasked, multitasks"May I remind you that our prenuptial agreement called for me to take the plants?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, divorce, divorces, divorcing, split, splits, splitting, separation, separations, separating, breakup, breakups, breaking up, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, pre-nup, pre-nups, pre-nuptial agreement, pre-nuptial agreements, family law, plant, plants, houseplant, houseplants, gardener, gardeners, plant lover, plant lovers, potted plant, potted plants, greed, anger, lawyer, lawyers, counselor, counselors, counsellors, counsellors, attorney, attorneys, solicitor, solicitors, barrister, barristers, legal counsel, custody"That's so cool how they convert carbon dioxide to oxygen."
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carbon dioxide, oxygen, plant, plants, houseplant, houseplants, house-plant, house-plants, scientist, scientists, lab, labs, laboratory, laboratories, biology, biologist, biologists, biology lab, natural wonder, chemical, chemicals, photosynthesis, science teacher, science teachers, biology teacher, biology teachers"I did have plants, but they were so needy."
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houseplant, houseplants, house plant, house plants, house-plant, house-plants, green fingered, green fingers, needy, neediness, commitment phobia, commitment phobias, commitment issue, commitment issues, green thumbs, green thumbed, potted plant, potted plants, cold feet, cold-feet, gardening skills"Would you see to old Peterson? He's in the philodendron again."
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servant, servants, upper class, upper classes, snob, snobs, snobby, snobbish, snobbishness, houseplant, houseplants, plant, plants, philodendren, trim, trims, trimming, overgrown, out of control, wealthy, wealthy elite, well-to-do, rich, riches, rich man, rich men, rich person, rich people, butler, butlers, gardener, gardeners, mega-rich, 1%"Aphids on the heliotrope!"
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plant, plants, flower, flowers, houseplant, houseplants, plant lady, plant ladies, garden, gardens, gardening, gardener, gardeners, relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, emergency, emergencies, panic, panicking, insect, insects, bug, bugs, animal, animals, aphid, aphids, pest, pests, pest control, pest management, pesticide, pesticides, insecticide, insecticides, heliotrope, heliotropes"This one looks as though it could use a little nurturing."
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