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  1. plien says

    No, not obvious…. (-_-)

    It gave me a “i’m stupid” moment, but then again there is a difference between this variaty and the one i’m used to;

    T. repens, White or Dutch clover, is a perennial abundant in meadows and good pastures. The flowers are white or pinkish.

  2. Your Mighty Overload says

    plien,

    It becomes much more obvious when you click through to the wikipedia article linked to the name….

  3. MadScientist says

    Notice how the flowers are shaped like bananas – just the way god likes ’em. Obviously his banana pattern was one of his favorites. He loves bananas so much that he designed a Ray Comfort to drone on about the magnificent banana as proof of god’s existence. Who needs a bible when you’ve got a banana?

  4. daveau says

    While the four-leaf clover is a symbol of good luck, the three-leafed shamrock is mainly an Irish Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity and has a different significance.

    Hmmm. PZ- Are you backsliding?

  5. Curt Cameron says

    I still don’t get it. I didn’t recognize the flower – what’s obvious? I read the Wikipedia article too. I feel like I’m missing a joke here.

  6. Sven DiMilo says

    see, Curt–if that is your real name–PZ is in Ireland this week. And this particular kiind of clover is the subject of the linked ‘kipedia page, which begins: “This article is about a symbol for Ireland.”
    See?

    PZ Meyers

    Dude, you’ve been around a while…joke spellings of the CO’s name are funnier if you mangle it up more than that.

  7. Uncephalized says

    We don’t really have clover in Arizona, at least not naturally. So I didn’t recognize it right away. I also don’t think I’ve ever seen a clover flower, either. Pretty. :)

  8. mothra says

    @5- now even scrabble (TM) comes in banana shaped packages.

    Minimally related thought: an ear worm by Tommy James and the Shondells (sp?)comes to mind. . .

  9. mothra says

    We’ve got Mary’s Monday metazoan, Botanical Wednesday and the (all hail) Friday cephalopod. Must fill in only four more days.

    Insanity Sunday
    Tumescent Tuesday
    Thursdays Theory theme post
    The Saturday speed bump

  10. Acronym Jim says

    Yessss. It’s quite obvious that that is one dubious triffid. But then again, aren’t they all?

  11. Brownian, OM says

    We don’t really have clover in Arizona, at least not naturally. So I didn’t recognize it right away. I also don’t think I’ve ever seen a clover flower, either. Pretty. :)

    So you only do it once down there then?

  12. JohnnieCanuck says

    Over and over in gravel and cactus would probably only appeal to a few of the kinkiest of Arizonites. Arizonians?