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Article: Grass isn't addictive? Just ask a lawn junkie
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 29, 1987
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Before it is too late, someone should form an organization
called Lawn Lovers Anonymous.
Every neighborhood has a few homeowners who spend most of their
at-home hours tending the grass - dethatching, mowing, edging,
fertilizing, reseeding, applying weed killer and watering.
These people look in disdain at the guy next door when he takes
off for the tennis courts or the golf course on a Saturday.
If it rains on a weekend, the candidates for LLA are not annoyed
that a family picnic must be called off. They are resentful that
they cannot work on the grass.
Undoubtedly there are some addicted lawn lovers who want to
quit. But they face the same withdrawal problems as a cigarette ...