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This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
The Groob Started conversation Mar 6, 2005
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This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 6, 2005
Tumbleweeds? 
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
The Groob Posted Mar 6, 2005
Yay!
To thank for your effort I'm providing you with a link to this lovely picture:
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This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 6, 2005
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
huzzah4knolly Posted Mar 6, 2005
I'm sure there's a song called "tumbling tumbleweed"..could be wrong though.
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
I am Donald Sutherland Posted Mar 6, 2005
Your not wrong huzzha
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,166190,00.html
Donald
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
Orcus Posted Mar 6, 2005
One thing I've wondered is; are those 'air plants' that they sell in B&Q and Homebase (plants that need not soil) just immature tumbleweeds?
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
anhaga Posted Mar 6, 2005
I don't know about 'air plants' but tumbleweed is a stinking nasty invader around here (North America), just like almost everything else.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/Over69.htm
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
Orcus Posted Mar 7, 2005
So, the appearence of tumbleweeds in most westerns is an anachronism then, interesting 
To answer my own question, no they're not. 
I looked it up myself, just hadn't had the inclination to do it before I posted the question here.
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
U1250369 Posted Mar 7, 2005
So, where do the dust bunnies come in ?
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Mar 7, 2005
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
U1250369 Posted Mar 7, 2005
This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Mar 30, 2005
Woah, this takes me back to my first year on hootoo.
I recall Matthew advertizing himself as available on my Celibacy thread (the first) and the post after someone (I think it was Abi or Mina) posted
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This has been bugging me for ages: what do you call those circular bushy things that blow across the street in cowboy films/ghost towns?
- 1: The Groob (Mar 6, 2005)
- 2: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 6, 2005)
- 3: The Groob (Mar 6, 2005)
- 4: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 6, 2005)
- 5: huzzah4knolly (Mar 6, 2005)
- 6: I am Donald Sutherland (Mar 6, 2005)
- 7: Orcus (Mar 6, 2005)
- 8: anhaga (Mar 6, 2005)
- 9: Orcus (Mar 7, 2005)
- 10: U1250369 (Mar 7, 2005)
- 11: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Mar 7, 2005)
- 12: U1250369 (Mar 7, 2005)
- 13: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Mar 30, 2005)
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