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Love it, TAPS! I always seem to learn something new when I read your posts. Loblolly ia definitely new!
posted by
adnohr
on August 12, 2014 at 12:12 AM
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Skunk is an animal I hate to see or look at from far.
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on August 11, 2014 at 4:48 PM
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TAPS
Cute! And I did what Ciel suggested already: I looked up the origin of 'Loblolly'. Here it is:
Loblolly... probably comes from the fusion of lob, a Yorkshire word meaning to boil or bubble, and lolly, an archaic English word for a stew or soup. Loblolly itself eventually came to mean anything viscous, such as a swamp or bog, and terms such as the Loblolly pine were coined from the muddy habitat of the tree rather than from any culinary use. (Wikipedia) And the pine got its name because it tends to thrive in swampy soil...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 11, 2014 at 12:53 PM
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Thankfully, I have never seen a skunk in the flesh.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 11, 2014 at 9:51 AM
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Catchy Taps. Won't mention the pong.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 11, 2014 at 9:48 AM
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And now I am wondering, how did loblolly get its name?
posted by
Ciel
on August 11, 2014 at 7:30 AM
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I don't know how anyone could top your use of "loblolly" in a poem...
Thanks for the smile to start the day. 
posted by
Pat_B
on August 11, 2014 at 5:09 AM
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A skunk passing by would stand your needles on end. Cute!
posted by
Justi
on August 11, 2014 at 12:06 AM
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