Most of us have had the experience of buying something online and it not being exactly what we expected when we receive it. Riley Leight shared a story on Twitter about such an incident after buying a fern described as “large” only to later find out that “large” was an understatement.
“i bought a fern that was simply described as ‘large’ and i did not know what the f*ck i was getting myself into,” Leight wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/RileyRLeight/status/1216423628998414336
The tweet also included a photo of the gigantic fern, which completely fills the trunk of a car and could be better described as a mini tree. Leight continued describing the shock of buying the monstrously big, $40 fern.
“no matter where we put it it looks menacingly gigantic,” Leight wrote.
https://twitter.com/RileyRLeight/status/1216458775961505799
People loved the hilarious story and were quick to ask the important questions–like what’s the fern’s name, and would Leight put googly eyes on it?
https://twitter.com/RileyRLeight/status/1216788507601055744
Twitter users took matters into their own hands after Leight announced that the fern would not have googly eyes.
— Sharky 🦈 (@FailShark) January 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/edenthecat/status/1216467123960274944
— Gemini6Ice (@gemini6ice) January 12, 2020
https://twitter.com/CarlyPalmour/status/1216492589299335174
Leight’s Twitter thread also prompted a weird subset of tweets, in which people shared similar stories about big plants.
“Wait, I did the same thing with some local freebox hostas! They were…bigger than expected,” Twitter user @kittylongmuto wrote.
https://twitter.com/kittylongmuto/status/1216558792575520768
We also have a giant fern! This is Gus-Gus the asparagus fern. They have to come inside in the winter, and weren’t getting enough light so we had to build them a cage for grow lights. (We’ve added two more since this picture) pic.twitter.com/3Effd2ecB4
— pentatonicpenguin (@hornguin) January 12, 2020
I got this giant begonia from a buy nothing group and it’s only gotten bigger pic.twitter.com/7d2ycI256h
— blue holgate. (@bmmrcty) January 13, 2020
Whether or not they have names and googly eyes, we’re happy all these big plants have good homes.
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