Newton officials have ordered a Newton Highlands documentary filmmaker to take down his 13-foot tall hanging tomato garden by tomorrow, the Globe and Wicked Local report.
Duh vine intervention: Newton tells tomato man his salad days are over
by Greg Reibman | May 31, 2012 | Newton | 16 comments
So sad, too bad, bye bye!
Next time, don’t ask the switchboard person for advice!
Excellent title.
Love your headline Greg. I’ll be sorry to see that upside down hanging tomato garden go.
I did hear a rumor that he’s going back to square one and is considering converting it into a hydroponic tomato garden in Crystal Lake.
Greg, isn’t there a one pun per headline rule?
@Ted: I believe you are the father of two, correct? Let’s say, for the sake of discussion that there is such a rule, which of the two puns would you eliminate?
Greg – I recommend you cut them both in half.
If it were an article about cotton, Greg, you could eliminate the lesser of two weevils 😀 (thank you, I’m here all week! Please tip your waiters and waitresses!)
My headline turned out to be even more inspired than anyone might have imagined.
@Greg, fair enough. But I actually have three kids. The transition was harder when we went from one kid to two. Going from two kids to three was like switching from a man-to-man defense to a zone defense.
@Wendy Schapiro: “And try the veal.”
Wow Greg, where is the integrity at the Globe?????
@Kim: Huh?
Ted- I *almost* said that, but I wasn’t sure if anyone would get it (the joke, not the veal)! Also, your joke about going from two kids to three was used by Scott Wahle back when he was a sports reporter in the early 90s. It was SO funny and such an absolutely true statement (and, in the spirit of full disclosure, probably contributed to my ex-husband and me not having a third kid!) that I have never forgotten it. Kudos to you for bringing it back!
Worth noting that the Globe article says the City of Newton offered Katzoff his choice of 3 alternative sites for his hanging gardens.
Wendy, the “I’ll be here all week” line is a hackneyed Borscht Belt joke that was recycled by Michael Myers for one of the Shrek movies. I wasn’t aware that Scott Wahle had used the line about going to a zone defense, but it sure fits. And we have never regretted for an instant having a third child. She and our other two have been the light of our lives.
At least it wasn’t a greenhouse:
http://www.lowellsun.com/phelpsrephlections
There’s sort of a parallel in the rationales, though.
To be fair, our columnist’s characterization of it dwarfing the house is a bit exaggerated — the house is in the distance. It does, however, dwarf the swimming pool.