| You're Going To Reap Just What You Sow | |
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steven_stuart 09:08 pm UTC 07/02/09 |
| In reply to: | re: You Pay for What You Get - Vin 02:58 am UTC 07/02/09 |
| When Lou Reed sings "you're going to reap just what you sow" duirng his song Perfect Day, I think he is being positive. > You know, Pud, honestly, the more I think on this: I > would say that in the U.S. vernacular, the "reap what you > sow" metaphor, in its various forms, is almost always used > in a negative way, usually referring to earning oneself a > negative result from previous negative actions. > > > > > > > > > But you don't sow nettles as it's a weed. > > > > > > Oh dear, there goes my metaphor... > > > > > > Btw, stinging-nettle is used as medicine, food and food > > > ingredient. So as a matter of principle, there might be > > > people who sow stinging-nettle. > > > > I'd say outside of hippie communities most people only > > know nettles as a weed. > > > > > > I've only ever > > > > known the term sow in a positive way, like sowing the > > > > seeds of love..etc > > > > > > Then you know better now. > > > > Well yeah...obviously ;-) | |
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