[HN Gopher] Sigmund Freud's Begonia
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       Sigmund Freud's Begonia
        
       Author : dang
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2026-01-09 21:27 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | dang wrote:
       | This bit, about Freud's grandson (the author's father) is
       | hilarious:
       | 
       |  _On one occasion when he appeared on the Johnny Carson chat show
       | in the US, he had it written into his contract that he wouldn't
       | answer questions about Sigmund. Carson obviously sensed a story
       | and asked the grandfather question, so my dad answered at length
       | about his mother's father, who had been a banker in Berlin._
        
         | rendall wrote:
         | _...my sister once came home from school saying: "The nuns
         | mentioned someone called Sigmund Freud and said I should know
         | who he is."_
         | 
         |  _"Ah," said my father in a serious tone (his only tone) .
         | "That's awkward. He was my grandfather; he invented the flush
         | toilet. If anyone mentions his name again, change the subject."
         | My sister believed this for years._
        
       | johnea wrote:
       | I have a number of plants that I inherited from my Mom. Some I
       | remember from as far back as my early childhood (and I'm over
       | 65!).
       | 
       | Maintaining these living legacies has a lot of meaning for me.
       | 
       | These same living plants were nourished and loved by my Mom
       | through her life.
       | 
       | What a great remembrance...
        
       | treetalker wrote:
       | Sometimes a begonia is just a begonia.
       | 
       | I have dappled morning begonias, one of which is in bloom while
       | another is ... not doing so well. The cuttings idea is
       | interesting, though, especially because it produces clones --
       | maybe I'll start propagating the best ones!
        
       | avadodin wrote:
       | The secret, darling, is that you are the begonia.
       | 
       | Good or bad, we are all partial copies of our ancestors, good or
       | bad.
        
       | janesconference wrote:
       | Fun fact, I guess: I acquired a cutting of that same Sigmund
       | Freud begonia that was successfully propagated into three big
       | plants that live in my house. My fiancee worked at the Freud
       | Museum / house for a while in London, and the plant was gifted to
       | her when she left the job.
        
         | resumenext wrote:
         | I'd be so neurotic about watering it I would probably kill it
         | just for catharsis.
        
           | temp0826 wrote:
           | Seems a little fitting to over-mother it to death
        
       | subpixel wrote:
       | Here We Go is a wonderful show
        
       | KaiserPro wrote:
       | I have rescued My wife's plants, because she is incompetent plant
       | husband.
       | 
       | There is a Christmas cactus and a money tree, They were rescued
       | from shrivelled nubs to the point where I've propagated at least
       | twice.
       | 
       | But the thing that strikes me about this article is that such a
       | powerful feud really does trickle down the generations.
        
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