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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:16 pm
Post subject: Climbing plants |
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At the garden centre recently, I got a fit of the giggles when I read
the following sign:
"Climbing plants have moved closer to the till."
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:26 pm
Post subject: Re: Climbing plants |
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On 21 Apr 2005 08:16:52 -0700, fisherofsouls@hotmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | At the garden centre recently, I got a fit of the giggles when I read
the following sign:
"Climbing plants have moved closer to the till."
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Read "THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS" by John Wyndham, and be afraid, very afraid.
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:38 am
Post subject: Re: Climbing plants |
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I was a big fan of the Wyndham books as a teenager, in fact I spend
quite a few years reading little other than SF. Went off it for 20
years but started again in my 30's when I discovered Iain M. Banks. A
pearl !!
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:41 am
Post subject: Re: Climbing plants |
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On Thursday, in article
<fgof61tvfg3t7nagjp5smi16gpkhd606if@4ax.com>
mail@peterduncanson.net "Peter Duncanson" wrote:
| Quote: | Read "THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS" by John Wyndham, and be afraid, very afraid.
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No: that's HEAVY PLANT CROSSING.
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Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu
le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657 |
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Erick Andrews
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:17 am
Post subject: Re: Climbing plants |
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:41:26 UTC, bhk@dsl.co.uk (Brian {Hamilton Kelly}) wrote:
Yeah, but wasn't that usually near a rape field? T'was in Berkshire back when!
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Erick Andrews
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