The Scottish Thistle - a force to be reckoned with!

Before moving here, I had once heard a comedian say that a Scottish thistle, "could beat a man up."  Well, seeing is believing and I am now convinced that that may be a distinct possibility!  I wouldn't want to get on this thistle's bad side:

Me begging for mercy.

The Scottish thistle.  Beautiful...

... but deadly.  Or at least dreadfully painful!