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Old 05-Jan-2006, 00:23
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Default kill a dead plant deader

Please explain:

"Unlike me. I love the soil, but it doesn't like me at all. Honestly, I could KILL A DEAD PLANT DEADER."

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Default Re: kill a dead plant deader

It suggests that the person is such a bad gardener that they could even make a dead plant worse. It's just a way of emphasing how bad they are.
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