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Morning Open Thread: Hedda Lettuce [1]

['Greg Dworkin', 'Dan K', 'Bill In Portland Maine']

Date: 2026-08-19  

Kaz Rowe delves into history on her YouTube channel. Recently, that was the medieval belief that lettuce was demonic…sort of. So today’s theme is songs about vegetables.

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Well, of course that brought to mind the patter song “Greens Greens” from Sondheim’s Into the Woods. (That’s Bernadette Peters under all that makeup.)

Two years ago today 🌿Nabalus racemosus, our Purple Rattlesnake Root, blooming in Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park #nativeplants — FrontRangeWildflowers (@frwildflowers.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T23:33:06.293Z

And of course we can’t forget the drag performer Hedda Lettuce, here having a bad wig day:

"Why do the kids hate the filterless sociopaths who are destroying the environment and the economy and who monologue like James Bond villains?" — John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) 2026-08-16T18:24:40.152Z

I was hoping for “Lettuce Entertain You,” but this is too good to ignore:

Happy humpday!

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