Object: A thorn, perhaps off of a rose bush

Boys and girls, I clipped this branch off of a rose bush. If I had waited until late Spring, this branch might have produced a rose. Right now it's just covered with what? That's right--thorns.

A man was traveling on the island of Jamaica and he noticed a curious shrub growing near the roadside. His companion informed him that the island people called it the "wait a bit" bush. When he inspected it closely, his clothes touched it, and he found himself snared by thorns that…