Comments on: Broccoli treehouse http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 05:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148420 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148420 Wow, sorry to hear about your first world problems, guys. I guess this broccoli thing is more important than cops "fondue-dishing" peaceful protestors at the Bruges Trilateral Commission summit, huh? Oh, let me guess... you were too busy watching <i>The 700 Club</i> to notice. Also, my broccoli treehouse is steampunk. Wow, sorry to hear about your first world problems, guys. I guess this broccoli thing is more important than cops “fondue-dishing” peaceful protestors at the Bruges Trilateral Commission summit, huh? Oh, let me guess… you were too busy watching The 700 Club to notice.

Also, my broccoli treehouse is steampunk.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148435 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148435 Get off my broccoli, man. Get off my broccoli, man.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148447 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148447 Heh, you said his name is "Brock." Heh, you said his name is “Brock.”

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148448 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148448 I always imagined tiny wookies living in my broccoli. /no, they're <i>not</i> ewoks I always imagined tiny wookies living in my broccoli.

/no, they’re not ewoks

]]> By: GyroMagician http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148710 GyroMagician Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148710 Giant broccoli. Want. Will grow nicely next to my giant rhubarb. Then I can pretend to be tiny. Giant broccoli. Want. Will grow nicely next to my giant rhubarb. Then I can pretend to be tiny.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148465 I broccolike it! I broccolike it!

]]> By: GyroMagician http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148469 GyroMagician Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148469 So many stories about the wrongness of the world, then this. This is a wonderful thing. It makes me smile. If I was smaller I would live in it (and I could probably pass for a wookie ;-). So many stories about the wrongness of the world, then this. This is a wonderful thing. It makes me smile. If I was smaller I would live in it (and I could probably pass for a wookie ;-).

]]> By: E Ben G http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148486 E Ben G Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148486 Anybody else notice how much the broccoli looks like a brain from the side, looking to the viewer's right? The would-be cerebellum is just a little posterior though. ebg Anybody else notice how much the broccoli looks like a brain from the side, looking to the viewer’s right? The would-be cerebellum is just a little posterior though.

ebg

]]> By: crayons http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148745 crayons Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148745 Tiny tree house in broccoli? Awesome. Tiny toy food? Ridiculous and immature! ...I'm confused. Tiny tree house in broccoli? Awesome. Tiny toy food? Ridiculous and immature!

…I’m confused.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148509 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148509 The best part is that it's Brock's broccoli treehouse. The best part is that it’s Brock’s broccoli treehouse.

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148525 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148525 I am sitting in an outside cafe on the island of Naxos, Greece. And yet, I am compelled to not only read BB but to comment, "What, no jokes about the dude's name being Brock?". There seriously needs to be a bbA, boingboing Anonymous. I am sitting in an outside cafe on the island of Naxos, Greece. And yet, I am compelled to not only read BB but to comment, “What, no jokes about the dude’s name being Brock?”. There seriously needs to be a bbA, boingboing Anonymous.

]]> By: Chris Ballard http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148528 Chris Ballard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148528 Genius, a house you can eat. Genius, a house you can eat.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148531 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148531 And sticks to pick the broccoli out of your teeth after, too! And sticks to pick the broccoli out of your teeth after, too!

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148532 Bender Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148532 Dude is consistently clever. Great followthrough, as always. Dude is consistently clever. Great followthrough, as always.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148558 CognitiveDissident Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148558 Cauliflower reply Broccoli, least no chop up, boil living, then dying Cauliflower sibling eaten. Hope you live long wilting shriveling life. Hope not vegetable torture porn, may you eaten anyway after picture? Noooooooooooooo! Cauliflower reply Broccoli, least no chop up, boil living, then dying Cauliflower sibling eaten.
Hope you live long wilting shriveling life.
Hope not vegetable torture porn, may you eaten anyway after picture?
Noooooooooooooo!

]]> By: arb http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148319 arb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148319 Tee-hee - that would be a cubby, not a treehouse! 8^) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli) Tee-hee – that would be a cubby, not a treehouse! 8^)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_R._Broccoli)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148585 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148585 You're on Naxos? Are you drinking Kitron? You’re on Naxos? Are you drinking Kitron?

]]> By: Toff http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148334 Toff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148334 George H.W. Bush not allowed. George H.W. Bush not allowed.

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148336 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148336 Ha! I did something similar in high school- mine was a tire swing instead of a tree house. Ha! I did something similar in high school- mine was a tire swing instead of a tree house.

]]> By: Davisdoes http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148602 Davisdoes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148602 Hey we're probably distant cousins, can I crash at your "Broccoli Tree House" tonight? Hey we’re probably distant cousins, can I crash at your “Broccoli Tree House” tonight?

]]> By: Sproogle http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148359 Sproogle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148359 inb4 "That seems like an impractical thing to live in because I am a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing." inb4 “That seems like an impractical thing to live in because I am a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing.”

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148360 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148360 Broccoli shall remember this injustice. Broccoli shall remember this injustice.

]]> By: Pag http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148364 Pag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148364 That seems like an impractical thing to live in because I am a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing. (Wait. Am I late?) That seems like an impractical thing to live in because I am a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing.

(Wait. Am I late?)

]]> By: kawayama http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148365 kawayama Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148365 Wise words from the departing: Eat your greens, especially broccoli. And always say "thank you," Especially for broccoli. Wise words from the departing:
Eat your greens, especially broccoli.
And always say “thank you,”
Especially for broccoli.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148374 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148374 Yeah but with that flat roof the rain is going to leak in. (Just pretending to be a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing). :) Oh... and I the first to notice that the name of the guy who made this is BROCK? Yeah but with that flat roof the rain is going to leak in.

(Just pretending to be a very smart engineer who posts on Boing Boing). :)

Oh… and I the first to notice that the name of the guy who made this is BROCK?

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148375 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148375 What is this? A treehouse for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to play... if they can't even fit inside the treehouse? Derek, this is just a small... I don't wanna hear your excuses! The treehouse has to be at least... three times bigger than this! What is this? A treehouse for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to play… if they can’t even fit inside the treehouse?

Derek, this is just a small…

I don’t wanna hear your excuses! The treehouse has to be at least… three times bigger than this!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1149411 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1149411 Please post this to Cute Overload. Please post this to Cute Overload.

]]> By: Cefn Hoile http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148649 Cefn Hoile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148649 I loved this and showed the picture excitedly, without preamble, to my girlfriend. She's used to me showing her amazing things from Boingboing, and she blurted out "No, oh my god, they made giant broccoli!" I loved this and showed the picture excitedly, without preamble, to my girlfriend.

She’s used to me showing her amazing things from Boingboing, and she blurted out “No, oh my god, they made giant broccoli!”

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/06/26/broccoli-treehouse.html#comment-1148914 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148914 I wonder how much gram flour you would need to turn that treehouse-tree into pakora. I wonder how much gram flour you would need to turn that treehouse-tree into pakora.

]]>