I have had a fair few splinters in my hands being a gardener, and as you do I was pondering the important things in life this evening while picking out irritating bits of hawthorn thorns.
They had only been in me for about six hours and were irritating already, and this got me wondering, why well how long do the thorns of which species stay in you the longest. For me its got to be in order of longevity, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Bramble, Rose then lastly by a mile Pyracantha.
So why are they different then. What makes a splinter stay in you without irritating. This has to be one of the great mysteries of all time along with how does a thermos flask know to keep things hot or cold.
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