Gnome Explains Gypsophila

Yes. Yes, of course. Why? I don't know when I'm not wanted. Here it is. Gypsophila. What does it mean? It means, "lover of chalk."

A scene from Gnomeo & Juliet shows a garden gnome visiting Juliet and giving her gypsophila, then explaining that its name means “lover of chalk.” The joke cuts to an image of Wheatley from Portal 2, implying he is absurdly fixated on the contradictory fact that gypsophila grows better in clay soil despite its name. EN: A scene from Gnomeo & Juliet shows a garden gnome visiting Juliet and giving her gypsophila, then explaining that its name means “lover of chalk.” The joke cuts to an image of Wheatley from Portal 2, implying he is absurdly fixated on the contradictory fact that gypsophila grows better in clay soil despite its name.

Come to pay you a visitation. Dad! All right, all right. No one would ever say I don't know when I'm not wanted. Toodles! Uh, got something for you. Here it is. Gypsophila. Lovely. Um, what does it mean? It means lover of chalk. Although ironically, it grows better in a clay soil. It's weird, isn't it? You think you got it down and then bam! You do some reading. It turns out he likes clay soil, even though he thought it was lover of chalk. Ha, ha, ha. Weird.

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