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Don't bother with plants

[Scene:my wife has just taken inventory of plants in our backyard]
Wife:"What happened to the bleeding heart?"
Me:[innocently] "What do you mean?"
Wife:"It's in bad shape."
Me:"Oh. I think it took a direct hit with a soccer ball."
Wife:"Just one?"
Me:"Maybe more than one."
Wife:"And the irises? Was that a soccer ball too?"
Me:"That was probably a football."
Wife:"The rhododendrons?"
Me:"Could have been a child on a bicycle doing offroading."
Wife:"The hydrangea?"
Me:"There was an... um... aggressive game of frisbee."
Wife:"So you're telling me, don't bother with plants as long as our kids are playing in the backyard?"
Me:"That's a distinct possibility."