The Hart’s Tongue fern’s scientific name is Asplenium scolopendrium, asplenium meaning ‘belonging to the spleenwort family’ and scolopendrium deriving from the Greek skolopendra, meaning millipede or centipede, which the underside of the fronds is supposed to resemble.

It is a small evergreen fern with dark green fronds and is very hardy, it forms clumps with broad, wavy edged leaves and looks entirely different to the usual, frilly plants we think of when asked to picture a fern and is the only native fern with undivided leaves. It is often seen at the foot of dry stone walls and in dark, damp cloughs but also likes moorland gullies, the cracks in between branches in old trees, gaps in boulders and nooks and crannies on old barns where it thrives on the lime leaching out of the mortar and the drips from broken gutters.

It has a very long and noble lineage, fossil records have found it to be over 360 million years old and it is thought to be the proto-fern, or ancestor to more modern species.

The name of the fern; ‘hart’s tongue’, also derives from the shape of the leaves supposing to resemble an animal as they vaguely look like the tongue of an adult stag which they do, slightly.

The hart’s tongue fern reproduces with reproductive organs called sporangia which are arranged in lines along the underside of the leaves a bit like centipede's legs, hence the name 'scolopendrium'. Like all ferns they reproduce by releasing these spores so don’t produce seeds or flowers, this means they require a damp habitat. Hart’s tongue is very tolerant to short periods of exposure though and can recov

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Enjoy these standalones and new series coming in 2022!

Epic Fantasy

• The Starless Crown, James Rollins, Jan. 4
  • An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world.
• Servant Mage, Kate Elliot, Jan. 18
  • A group of rebel Monarchists free Fellion the light-mage from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines.
• The Bladed Faith, David Dalglish, Apr. 22
  • A usurped prince prepares to take up the mantel of a deadly assassin and reclaim his kingdom, his people, and his slain gods.
• The Spear Cuts through Water, Simon Jimenez, May 3
  • A reluctant warrior goes on the run with an ancient goddess through a lush world full of wild magic, wondrous creatures, and hidden enemies.
• The Collarbound, Rebecca Zahabi, May 12
  • On the other side of the Shadowpass, rebellion is brewing. Looming high on the cliff is a fortress full of mages who offer protection, but also embody everything the rebellion is fighting against.
• Kagen the Damned, Jonathan Maberry, May 10
  • Kagen Vale is the captain of the place guard, charged with protection the royal children. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins.
• Flames of Mira, Clay Harmon, Jul. 5
  • People like Ig are born from life-threatening trials that bind chemical elements to the human body, forged in the boiling volcanoes and subterranean passages under Mira’s frozen lands.
• Into the Broken Lands, Tanya Huff, Aug. 2
  • To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter the Broken Lands, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they protect to someone who shouldn't exist.
• The First Binding, RR Virdi, Aug. 16
  • I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I am legend. And I am a monster.
• Witch King, Martha Wells, Fall
  • (No blurb but I'm too excited not to include it)

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

And boy are my arms legs.

Pilot on me!!

The Hart’s Tongue fern’s scientific name is Asplenium scolopendrium, asplenium meaning ‘belonging to the spleenwort family’ and scolopendrium deriving from the Greek skolopendra, meaning millipede or centipede, which the underside of the fronds is supposed to resemble.

It is a small evergreen fern with dark green fronds and is very hardy, it forms clumps with broad, wavy edged leaves and looks entirely different to the usual, frilly plants we think of when asked to picture a fern and is the only native fern with undivided leaves. It is often seen at the foot of dry stone walls and in dark, damp cloughs but also likes moorland gullies, the cracks in between branches in old trees, gaps in boulders and nooks and crannies on old barns where it thrives on the lime leaching out of the mortar and the drips from broken gutters.

It has a very long and noble lineage, fossil records have found it to be over 360 million years old and it is thought to be the proto-fern, or ancestor to more modern species.

The name of the fern; ‘hart’s tongue’, also derives from the shape of the leaves supposing to resemble an animal as they vaguely look like the tongue of an adult stag which they do, slightly.

The hart’s tongue fern reproduces with reproductive organs called sporangia which are arranged in lines along the underside of the leaves a bit like centipede's legs, hence the name 'scolopendrium'. Like all ferns they reproduce by releasing these spores so don’t produce seeds or flowers, this means they require a damp habitat. Hart’s tongue is very tolerant to short periods of exposure though and can recov