aeruh

Rosemary? You mean spicy pine needles?

malus-syl-vestris

Are you insinuating that regular pine needles aren't spicy???

aeruh

Regular pine needles are regular

malus-syl-vestris

Not by rosemary standards

aeruh

...Have you eaten pine needles?

malus-syl-vestris

We've been friends for like four years, do you seriously have to ask if I've eaten pine needles or not

aeruh

I mean I’m pretty sure you have but I don’t want to assume

malus-syl-vestris

Of course I've eaten pine needles. Various kinds. Singleleaf pinyon is weirdly the best

aeruh

Are they...

spicy?

malus-syl-vestris

You know, I'd love to tell you but I'm pretty unclear about what marks the difference between "spice" and "strong-tasting plant that isn't considered a spice"

aeruh

I’ll have to eat some pine needles myself then to find out

malus-syl-vestris

Ok but it only counts if they're PINE needles and not just any old needle-like leaf off a tree

aeruh

I’m going to eat every needle-like leaf I see

malus-syl-vestris

Please Don't Do That

aeruh

Needle-Like Leaf Roulette

malus-syl-vestris

...I'll accept this plan as long as you promise not to eat any yew leaves.

aeruh

I can try very hard not to

malus-syl-vestris

Pine needles are distinguished by the presence of a sheath-like structure at the base of the leaf, almost always holding bundles of two or more leaves. Yews don't have the sheath thing

aeruh

It’s time for me to go out into the woods and stare at needle leaves

malus-syl-vestris

Finally you can gain real insight into my average daily life

silverjirachi

this conversation reads like two shakespeare characters who come out in the middle of the play to talk about something completely unrelated for comic relief and then are never heard from again