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Suggesting the "Size does matter" 2021 tomato challenge!

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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    Sneaky tactics are fully encouraged  :D
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    What sneaky? Moi?  The rules say nothing about growing from seed, in fact they encourage any technique  ;) 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    herbaceous said:
    What sneaky? Moi?  The rules say nothing about growing from seed, in fact they encourage any technique  ;) 
    Reminds me of the time I entered a Scooby snack competition. I won by building mine using a block of butter, block of cheese, a whole pork pie, topped with crisps between two slices of bread. In retrospect, I should have used pickle, added more crisps and made it a Ploughman’s. The only other entrant said mine couldn’t count because it wasn’t edible. I pointed out, the rules didn’t state it needed to be edible 🤣
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Good for you @Skylarks !  I was told (many, many years ago) that computer programmers were all a bit 'kinky' and not quite in step with the world, this from a non-tech manager.

    Like so many attributes that caused me grief in my youth 'kinky' has morphed into lateral thinking and is now quite the thing in some circles. Not everyone admires ingenuity though Skylarks, doubt the loser would champion lateral thinking  :D 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    I always think the people who spend more time figuring out what the rules DON'T say should get more credit that those who spend time on what they do say...

    Maybe that says more about me than the rule setters  :D
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Nothing wrong with checking for holes @strelitzia32, saves falling in later on!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    As far as I’m concerned, I was following the rules! I’m just lazy and focused on the fasted and easiest way to achieve the end goal 😁

    @herbaceous, I’m imagining you on New Year’s Day 2021, go ta-da, a fully ripened tomato 🤣
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    That is certainly some imagination you've got @Skylarks :D   But then, maybe I'm just messing with you......

    @strelitzia32 was encouraging a degree of psychological warfare, perhaps I'm ahead of the game [evil, cackling laugh]  or more likely not!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You could always try feeding them on gin to stunt their growth. An old Victorian recipe
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Are you sure that isn't an old Victorian (temperance) wives tale @B3 ?  Anyway, they won't get fed very often, might make them grow  :*  
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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