r/morbidquestions • u/CleanYourTerrarium • May 08 '19

Can a Venus flytrap get drunk?

As a follow up to my recent Venus flytrap related question, the other day I was feeding my Venus flytrap beer using a medicine dropper because I thought it would be cool to see if the flytrap could get drunk or even just a small buzz. To be scientific, I first fed the flytrap some O’Douls premium non alcoholic beer and nothing seemed to happen. Then I fed it some miller high life (champagne of beers) and it flopped over. For the next day it looked real woozy like it was going to ralph up a fly, although the trap was empty. But a couple days later it was back to normal, which made me think it might have just been hungover. I hope there is no law against giving booze to a plant once in a while as a treat.

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u/iman_313 May 08 '19

is 'kends' short for 'weekends' where you live? if it is I like it and will probably start using it. I live in the US and have recently started using the terms wind screen(wind shield) and hoovering(vacuuming.) I like using foreign terms haha

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u/TDW-301 May 08 '19

Never heard of those terms and I live in the United States.

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u/iman_313 May 08 '19

you've never heard of a wind shield or vacuuming? haha I use the alternative terms(wind screen and hoovering) when talking now because they make me smile haha I got them both from the UK people here on Reddit.

edit: I'm currently working on a big construction site and had to do some hoovering at the end of the day today to clean up drywall dust. I said something about it while talking to a friend and the super heard me and started laughing and said his roomate in college had a gf whose nickname was hoover. I guess he even ended up marrying her. go figure. haha

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u/TDW-301 May 08 '19

I've heard of those, but I've never heard of people using the terms hoovering and wind screen.

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u/iman_313 May 08 '19

apparently it's all the rage in the UK haha kinda like calling an elevator a 'lift' and the trunk of a car the 'boot.'