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Radishes? Really?
Fortunately, when I was growing up, I was naïve about drugs, pot, LSD, mushrooms etc, even though it was prevalent in those days, but the truth is, I am an addict. Before I get into that, I’d like to share a short story with a few of my friends.
I was a single mom of two boys and a girl. When the boys were teenagers, still in high school, I came home from work to find them, and a few of their friends, huddled together in a deep discussion. Obviously startled when I asked “what are you guys up to?”, the eldest, the genius in the family, sat calmly back in the chair and said “ Mom, we have a science project wanna help?” Being a hated member of the PTA, I was glad to oblige.
“We have to grow these radishes, and document their growth, the nicest plants will win the science fair” he continued. “You have a green thumb and all..” The next day I planted the radish seeds, added Miracle Grow and set them on the patio.
The plants grew fast, and I made sure to turn them towards the sun, fertilized them weekly, even trimmed them to grow straight. With each passing week, the neighbors would come by and compliment me on how beautiful my plants were, and proudly I displayed them all.
The plants were beautiful, and smelled wonderful. I had no idea radishes grew that high, and smelled so nice. Some of the tips began turning reddish and grew little seedlings. The boys were very happy with the progress, and brought more friends to view the prize. I was constantly complimented on what a great mom I was for helping.
To my saddened disbelief, I came home from work one day to find that the radishes had disappeared. The boys said they took them to school, and would soon report on their grades.
We had a house agreement, they would stay out of my room, and I would stay out of theirs, but on this day, after folding tons of laundry, I decided to take them to their room. To my surprise, I found the dried radishes hanging from the light fixture, in the closet!
Just about that time the door bell rang and it was a friend who was also a police officer, after telling him the story of the radishes I proceeded to show them hanging in the closet. With his eyes bulging out he said, very loudly, “Are You Crazy? I could arrest you right now for possession with the intent of distribution.” In shock, I said “I didn’t know growing radishes were against the law.” Needless to say that day, I got my first lesson on growing marijuana plants. We ground the plants down the disposal, and I never mentioned it to the boys, and they didn’t ask.
Paybacks are rough!
A week later, it was the genius’s birthday. Twenty boys and girls were having a great time when four of the biggest, baddest policeman showed up, with guns drawn, yelling “Hands up, this is a bust! We know you’ve been growing Pot.” More than half of the 16 year old teens, including the genius, peed their pants, some cried, one girl fainted. Then in unison, the Police Officers began to sing ‘Happy Birthday To You..’
That was over 14 years ago, and I’m happy to say none of the three ended up ‘pot heads’.
My addiction?
I am addicted to my children, to my family and friends, to my computer, to the news, to cigarettes and to the lesson of life.
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Thanks Smarley,it's always nice to have you stop by. No there is nothing better!
That was a great story!
Thanks CJ!
Hi Jiberish,
You have published a great hub. Superb story.
Thanks and thumbs up!
Jyoti Kothari
This sounds like things I did to my daughters. I always knew what they were up to (I usually had done it myself). My late brother was a cop. If I ever wanted to teach them a lesson he could get a W.Va. State Trooper to help.
Jyoti, thank you for visiting!
Tom, cop friends come in handy.
This is awesome! Love it! Jib, we have the same addictions - just add food to mine!
I wouldn't have guessed you for a smoker Habee, thanks for stopping in.
Dear Jiberish,
Personally, I wouldn't know a radish from a pot plant. . Are you still having a struggle with smoking? Maybe I can help in someway. I loved to smoke but gave it up because of concerns about my health. I would be glad to virtually hold your hand through the process of getting this monkey off your back. If you need me, I'm there.
POP, that was my problem too, I didn't know what a radish looked like. Yes I'm still struggling with cigs, I want to quit before the baby comes. Thank you so much for offering, I may take you up on it.
Lol I didnt know what to expect when I read the title but this is fantastic, now I dont feel the only addict to smoking lol
what a genius!!
Blondepoet, I want to quit cigs, but they are worse than herroin.
Vrajavala....back at you!
OMG! yer pregnant? congratulations Jib! I'm impressed, wow! Imagine that, I bet you have a beautiful daughter too. Oh how nice. ;p Now as for this hub, I don't believe you were that ignorant as good story tellers are good liars too. But don't mind me, I been sippin' my whiskey. Just go out side to smoke when baby arrives, not so good for nursing though. hehe
Rawlus, I'm not the one pregnant, my daughter is. And Yes, I wasn that ignorant, gullible naive about pot. Thanks for visiting, have a shot of whiskey for me.
Jiberish
Now that was funny! I had no idea what to expect? You handled that wonderfully. Again, that was Great! Thank You for sharing! Blessings!
I really enjoyed it and almost believed that the policeman busted you :) Nice story dear...
Jiberish
Great story with a parallel moral for today’s dilemma; on November 4, 2008 Barrack Hussein Obama conned over half of America into growing his crop of Radishes. Now slowly as they awaken from their cult induced stupor they are collectively peeing in their pants as they witness what their good intentioned gesture has done to this country!
Great story! I would never have the guts to ask my mother to grow pot plants for me. OMG I too am a smoker. People urge me to quit all the time but, I still enjoy smoking. It's funny, I'm a fanatic about fitness and exercise, but still continue my nasty habit. Ironic or what?
Good luck...
Thank you all for visiting. Gotta tell you that the Genius was always daring,I'm amazed he didn't turn out to be a gambler.
What a laugh! It reminded me of my mom sniffing marijuana smoke when my crazy brothers were trying the stuff right in our home, and mom started giggling(more than usual!) while cooking. That was a longggg time ago, and like yours, no one became a pothead. I enjoyed this read so much. I better check the garden, make sure we're not growing radish!
I'm glad you stopped in, yes check out the garden. Wonder of th Flotus is growing any radishes?
What a wonderful story! I love it when we can get one up on our kids....My girls were always amazed when I was right and they were wrong. Cheers to you for being such a wonderful and devoted mother.
Jib,, great hub, thanks for sharing
Great story, and am glad you are addicted to your family. You had me there for a moment, then the great ending. Good job..
The government will confiscate your trowels and your wheelbarrow if they find radishes growing in your flower boxes. Beware!
Jiberish that SO could have been me! Wonderful, you had me laughing out loud! And you addictions are TERRIFIC - ahem - cept the smoking one...but that's none of my bees wax!
Great Hub lady - as usual!! I really enjoyed it!
Thank you all for your terrific comments, and for taking time to visit.
CJV, I'm working on it!
Jiberish great story.I also thought it was very funny how you took your police friend to see the radishes in the closet.I know I would never even think of setting my mom like that.Did you ever wonder why they put it in the closet?
Rosa, they were drying them out. I was very naive. thanks for visiting.
Who knew payback could be so much fun. Wonderful hub, Jib, I was chuckling all the way.
Flightkeeper, I am humbled that you stopped by. Thank you.
ROFLMAO Jiberish, brilliant, and I have to admire your kids for their ingenuity in asking you to grow this for them LOL.
I have to confesss I have smoked a fair amount of marijuana in my past, (albeit not for a number of years now), and have to confess I found it very relaxing, but the only time I ever grew it myself, I didn't have a clue how to, so, for a start the four seeds I grew ended up being all male (only by sheer chance), and they ended up as very attractive four foot high house plants with a straight tall slender trunk, and a beautiful pom pom type head on them.
I was frequently complimented on these plants by vistors to our conservatory, and even my late Husband's ex-wife once asked me what they were. I told her they were a tropical palm plant (give me credit, I was caught unexpectedly with no excuse to hand).
Sadly they died when I moved them to an outside greenhouse, but needless to say, I never got a single puff out of them due to them being male and not female plants... ah well.
That is also funny Misty. They do make nice plants! :)
This made me laugh...funny story! Your payback reminds me of something my dad did to me when I was into things I shouldn't have been. He had a set of keys to my car, and he found a stash in the glovebox (their rule was not in their house, but the meaning obviously was not while I was under their roof :-)). Anyway, he got me up early on a Saturday and said I needed to get ready to go with him somewhere, but he wouldn't say where.
He knew all of the police and so drove me to the station. I was thinking what the heck? He took me in to talk with the chief, and threw my baggie onto the chief's desk. I was quaking in my boots for sure. The chief dumped it out on his desk and started making fun of how crappy it was, and I actually felt defensive about it, lol.
Oh well, I never forgot about that one, and if the chief had put cuffs on me, I don't think my dad would have minded.
I must admit, you had me going there for a few minutes. I thought it was true confessions time. :) Thanks for sharing this funny story.
Jeffery, the lesson in life are sometimes funnier in hindsight. Thank you for sharing!
James, I had to take a break from all the chaos of this gov't. Your visit pleases me, thank you!
I know from experience that giving anything up you are addicted to is really hard, but especially cigs. Best advice I can tell you is just don't have any around - and for the first month don't even be around other smokers if possible. Pretty soon you get very proud that you can do without and after a few months they really smell bad - then you know you have quit. Good luck to you. You were very smart with your kids - good story! Also knowing that your kids are a lot more likely to smoke cigs because you do helps to convince you to quit!
Jiberish -- That was a trip (not an LSD one:-). What a greaat story and how clever to get the police to help you teach the kids a lesson! Ha ha. Your kids (of course our kids will always be kids even when they're 60 and we're 90) are very, very lucky to have you as their mom!
Soft Corn, I have a grandbaby due in two weeks, that is my goal for stopping cigs. Thank you for stopping in.
Mighty, you are very kind. Thank you.
excellent, enjoyed reading, jiberish. it's kind of funny what we go through, isn't it? I also have two sons and sometimes we just have to look at life and laugh! :)
Moms...I'm one myself, and boy do I remember those gullible days.
Thanks for this wonderful story!
Lorlie, then I'm sure you too have some stories you could share. Thank you.
Very funny! Thank you! And send me a bunch of radishes! lol I enjoyed that!
lol, that was a cool story....reminds me of the good ole days....I tried that once and told my dad they were tomato plants....didnt work out to well....now everything is in pill form, no more reaping of the harvest and no smell of skunk weed...it's harder to catch the kids now before it's too late
Mike, your plant is on the way. :)
Glenn, things are much different now, more scary. Thank you!
That was Great! I really laughed out loud.
At first I really thought you were talking about being a serious addict.
You are a Great Mom! Way to go getting them back.
ROFLMFAO!!! Great hub, can we say genius,,, or evil genius??? Just got a question,,, are you growing radishes now? (I meant real radishes!! Not "radishes".)Thanks for sharing!! Consider me a fan!
Franki
Thank you for visiting, I am not growing radishes now. Even when I had a garden, radishes were not included. :)
Nice story
Jiberish, now that's a tale and a half. I loved it.
What a great hub.
regards Zsuzsy
I think someone needs to base a sitcom on your life!
You gotta admit, that would make a great opening episode!
Hilarious!
thank you all for visiting. Yes this would make a sitcom, a lot of wierd things happened during this time, it went on for a few years. Our family still laughs about some of the events.
Great story. The moral to this story is, "Never let your kids grow anything at home. If they claim to have science projects or a higher calling to become gardeners tell them you're allergic to all plants, and they'll have to wait until they have their own place." (As for your herbs and roses - you can always "outgrow" your "allergies" when you're elderly and living only with cats. :) )
Ms. jiberish, Long ago living in Florida, had the same experience. My dad discovered the garden near the back fence. They numbered about three plants and weren't tall enough to survive the lawnmower. Ouch! That afternoon coming in from school, dad was sitting on the poarch, he ask me,"Son, do you know what pot looks like when it's growing?" I says, no dad. "You are lieing," he said. Ok, your right dad, I do know. Before I could say another word, he says," If you ever grow that mess in MY yard again, I will be forced to send you away." I knew exactly what he was talking about then. Vowed never to try anything like that again. great story. Got'em all talkin. The other genius in Florida! Did you take that picture or was it downloaded from the web? Nice radish top! :)
Artin, I downloaded it, but my plant looked very similar. Oh the lessons of life! Thank you for reading.
Haha! THAT is some funny stuff!
Hilarious!!! And kudos to your local police for scaring them straight!
Love, love, love it! I couldn't stop reading!!! Hilarious!
Beautiful story to go along with a wonderful picture, Canada will welcome you into our budding arms.
My drug of choice was pot and alchol
That was great. Got me from the beginning. Funny stuff. Nice scare job too. Well done Mum.
Thank you all for stopping it, soon enough it will be legal to grow your own. Although I don't smoke it, I really do think they make great house plants. :)
thank you great hub! keep it up
pot can be very addictive. even though people see it as a "soft" drug.
Addiction is not restricted to drugs. Just look at Ol Bill, he was addicted to adultery. Abstinence is for some, for me it is for sometimes. I never got the program according to my peers, although we have the one only requirement for membership, clearly that is ignored by the cool kids.
From what I've been reading, pot will soon be legalized.I'm glad my kids are adults. Thank you all for stopping in.
stop smoking. start reading.
Great story! I'm new on this hub site and I am finding it so refreshing reading great stories like this one!! keep up the good work and I will be sure to read your other hubs
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That is too funny - Luckily it all worked out....For some reason I don't think that would have worked for me! Luckily I was able to beat back my addiction! http://www.hubpages.com/hub/quit-marijuana is one of my hubs to try to help other people out.
Very funny hub. I had a good time reading you> My hubs are not as funny, but auite interesting.
Cheers
Egoodman, while my hub is funny, you give very descriptive accounts of crocodiles. I thank you for your visit!
Very, very funny jiberish. I always thought the euphemism for pot amongst growers was “roses”.
Rmcrayne, they could have told me they were anything, I was just that gullible about pot then. Thank you for stopping in.
LOVE IT!!!
BJC, thank you.
That was funny as all get out. Had me laughing outloud. Great Hub.
thanks
Alas, addictions come in many forms and some are worse than others. I think yours might be more of a primitive desire to have you and your family survive which may not entirely be an addiction as we understand it. Thanks for sharing!
Judging from you name you may know a little about addictions. I appreciate your comments.
smarleygrl7 says:
5 weeks ago
Jiberish, I absolutely love it!! I could've told that they were not radishes (simply because I have grown radishes, never the other). Children are so funny and slick! I to am an addict to my family. Besides God, is there anything better?