Jenny answered the phone. It was Jerry. It seems that he was having a problem with his snow peas.

"What's the matter with them, Jerry?", Jenny asked.

"Well", replied Jerry, "the plants seem to have grown nicely, but there's hardly any pea pods on them."

Jenny stopped by later that day to take a look. Sure enough, great looking plants, but hardly any pods.  "I don't know what to say. Maybe some weird genetic thing."

Jerry pondered that. "Well, maybe it would be better to tear them out. There's still enough left in the season to plant something else."

The next morning, Jerry's neighbour Ted stopped by. "Hey, Jer, what happened to the snow peas."

"They weren't producing so I tore them out." Jerry told him.

"Nonsense. Every afternoon on my way home from work I'd stop and nibble. There were always lots of pods."

Story copyright 1999 by Richard W. Killey, based on a story sent in by Ed of Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Thanks Ed.