you all probably know this about thistles already

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But don't ever let a thistle grow thinking it's a nifty-looking weed and you can get rid of it later. By the time you get around to it because it's threatening to spread seed, that's a *lot* of viciously spiny you've got there.

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Just explain it away by saying it's the mascot of your grad school.