> Palms are best for shade on white sand beaches.
> Palms are best for swaying in the trade winds.
> Palms are best for leaning against at siesta time.
> Palms are best for a hula show backdrop.
> Palms are best for tying your outrigger canoe.
>
> Sign on a coconut palm in a West Palm Beach park circa 1950:
> "Do not sit under coconut trees."
>
> (In other words, "Don't throw a brick straight up.")
> Howard

I noticed that those who agree with me on the Palm question are leading. I suspect these may be, in part, those who are parents, older siblings, aunts, uncles, older cousins, and those who are just good with children. These would agree that palms are great for holding.

Nyper"not a parent, not a brother( :( ), not an uncle, and all cousins are "old"er"