
cutting the spikes off can often kill them. i've got 5 now, but the others have kind of umbrella-shaped spike clusters, so they turn down and don't prickle you.
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:19,
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I've had this one for years now. Might get some more when I stop moving around so much.
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:21,
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i never bother to name any other plants, but cactus all get names.
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:26,
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I'm sure my girlfriend will if she ever moves in.
She names everything.
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:28,
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She names everything.

come on then, tell us what she's named your little trouser chappie
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:30,
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is it rumpelstiltskin?
robert mugabe?
mr. sausage?
admiral porkus?
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:34,
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robert mugabe?
mr. sausage?
admiral porkus?

that that's what you named him. women are not normally that generous.
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Tue 13 May 2008, 9:37,
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