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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Why People Like Lawns, etc.
Message-ID: <1908@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 16 Jan 89 20:04:02 GMT
References: <23468@mordor.s1.gov> <3057@cbnews.ATT.COM> <115@arcturus.edsdrd.eds.com>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <115@arcturus.edsdrd.eds.com> gss@edsdrd.eds.com (Gary Schiltz) writes:
>Secondly, I believe that
>the manicured yard appeals to the over inflated importance given to a "work
>ethic".  A yard does take a lot of effort to keep manicured (watered, mowed,
>weeded, fertilized), especially compared to just letting whatever grows there
>grow there.  To just take what comes and appreciate it would seem lazy to our
>society, and that is preceived as bad.

How about:  "a yard expresses a measure of wealth and success."  The best
lawns are those possessed by the wealthy, who wouldn't know a weed from
a weasel.

Maybe the lawn is to our homes what the fur is to our backs...

				--Blair
				  "Opulent hypocrisy.  Do you know how
				   many dandelions died to give you
				   that Shady Lane texture?"