I know that we are young and I know you may love me, but I just can't be with you like this anymore

[nekosensei]

My dearest cilantro plant,

I fed you. I watered you. I put you in the warm sunlight. I spoke to you lovingly while caressing your tender green leaves. What have I done wrong? Why do you despise me so?

I guess this is the end of our beautiful relationship. I shall miss you terribly. Too-da-loo! *waves handkerchief*

Regretfully,
nekosensei

P.S. ¡¿Por qué?!

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I don't know. You think maybe I came on too strong?

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Dang! I just suck at growing cilantro in the house, don't I? This is the second plant I've managed to kill. I think my mistake this time was clipping off all the flowers. I thought that, if you let it flower, it would turn into coriander and that would change the flavor of it.

So sad. I love the smell of cilantro....

Also, I'm half tempted to start an LJ community for gardening fails...the fail blog of gardening if you will. Maybe we'll all learn from each other's mistakes. I think "oops_i_killed_it" is a good name.

Comments

[becomingkate.livejournal.com]

First of all, A+ for the title of the post XD
Second of all, I am one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes and smells like soap, so I really have no sympathy for it or for your loss. Sorry.
:P
And I think that's an awesome blog idea. I think you'd get a lot of members. I can't grow things for crap. My preschooler son remembers to water the tomato plant more often than I do.

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

I can't stand cilantro as well! (I dunno about it tasting like soap*; I just think it tastes like nasty.)

*I brushed my teeth with soap once...

[cynical-ghost.livejournal.com]

I brushed my teeth with soap once...

I got some soap once and it said one could brush one's teeth with it. Despite being warned that this was a Very Bad Idea (TM), I tried it.

NEVER AGAIN.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

Dr. Bronner's Pure Castile Peppermint soap, Right? Yeah... saw that bit on the label and thought "Oh H*ll NO."

[cynical-ghost.livejournal.com]

OMG YES. My tattoo artist uses it in his shop and said he tried brushing his teeth with it, to horrible and hilarious results. So I bought some b/c I love the brand and thought, "hey, how bad could it be?? It's minty! It'll be just be minty!"

IT WAS BAD.

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

I used Ivory, I think. Bleh, but not BLEAAUUUUGHHH(hackspitcoughgag)

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Soaps are bases (versus acids) aren't they? I imagine they'd taste very bitter.

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

Your properly made soap should be pH neutral.