h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's like regular basil but it grows in shoes...

Ohh... I see....
I ought to try that.
My dad once had a plant in an old boot

I've had that. I just left my shoes out in the garden and they went all mossy.

Ewww... Thats really odd. How long did you leave them outside?

Dunno. I may have just imagined it on the spot then, but Im sure Ive seen it happen.

Hmmmmm.......
I wonder what you do with shoebasil

Put it in tomato soup.

Can you do that if its been grown in shoes?

Lets find out. I'll grow some in a pair of used shoes and a pair of unused shoes and lets see which comes out better.

I like that idea. Let me know how it turns out
I wonder what foodsafe would have to say about growing basil in used shoes

As long as its not sold to anyone then there shouldnt be a problem.

Yes... thats a very good point.
Lets just hope none of us die from it

Maybe it will make it taste nicer.

I have my doubts about that.
Actually, I dont really see why it should taste any different than regular basil.... I think it just has to do with knowing that it came from a shoe

I won't tell you which basil is which. And maybe it will soak up all the shoey goodness.

Shoey goodness
Good idea, dont tell me which is which and be careful and not ask leading questions.

Is that Loftus and Palmer?

Is what Loftus and Palmer?

Dont ask leading questions. Its a belief thats formulated from psychologists Loftus and Palmer in the 60s.

Really? You dont say.... You'd think they'd tell you things like that in psychology when teaching you about not asking leading questions..... Maybe it was in my textbook and I just didnt read it.