Muhahahahahaha!!!!

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Mimi that would be perfect if you had used phals instead of paphs. L

well I'm lurking too...and I wondered why you had so many posts...your pigs are very cute!~Charm

That totally rocks my world, Mimi. Capybaras are so awesome. They're guinea pigs you can ride!

It's amazing how many people crawl out of the woodwork when they are called forth.

Ki is missing a lot...

I think Ki has been run ragged or eaten so much she can't move. Either option is a vacation well spent. Since she has family there, I don't buy the stressful business trip routine bada suggested.

Ah...and Laura takes the cake for verbosity...

That's an understatment.

and mimi takes the prize for creativity.

if I were a capybara, I'd be eating paphs also...yum!

mr. b, I don't get it.

laura, stacey is going where the sun don't shine, literally, at least at this time of the year.

bada

Do you think paphs would taste all that good? They don't always smell too great.

Mr. B has random outbursts of avian noises. It's a rare variant of the bird flu that isn't highly contagious.

Sadly, I still have thirty-four days until I get to practice my mushroom skills. Speaking of which, there is, supposedly, a bumper crop of chanterelles in Norway this year. Mmmm...

....buc..buc buc.....buc buc...baGAW!!!!!

*ahem* no, I don't. That's a myth.
*chirps quietly to self*
MB

Stacy, thank you for clarifying where you are going. Although you are young and limber, I really don't think putting your head up your......

Nevermind.

Speaking of birds, my parrot has been eating my Bl morning glory. She left the evidence on the floor and in her water bowl (the leaves must be a little too dry for her tastes). Do you think this might finally scare that ingrate of a plant into blooming?

well I failed to find gpigs in Tokyo - to see or to eat. I was offered raw horse flesh at two restaurants, however.

The door-to-door travel time on the way back was 24.5 hours. Probably the most timeconsuming way of getting back without flying totally off course.

I'm distressed that I missed MrB making funny noises. I would have liked to hear that live in real time.

RAW(!!!) Horse flesh? Didya eat it?
-Mimi (both grossed out and curious)

Is this the Darker Side? I thought this thread was going to be a good rant about someone saying they wanted to trade for your nodsa and then backed out. But noooooo. Its about guinea pigs. So I offer my pig story:

When I was in 6th grade, my best friend had a rather large black pig named Raven. We always brought him outside when we played. One day we played all day in the tree nursery behind her house- we were shot at by the owner with a bb gun. When we went to get Raven he had expired in his little glass box. We had left him in the shade of a tree, but alas the sun changed directon and he got fried like an ant under a magnifying glass.

no way. Actually, it was just on the menu at two places - not on the table. We got to hear about someone from our office who had some without knowing, and was later enlightened. He fumed and turned boiling red - really very pissed off. I'm convinced that the reason you see it on the menu is because Black Beauty isn't big over there.

But, but, but.. didn't the Samurai ride horses?? Maybe? Maybe not?

They're not sentimental about horses over there. Sashimi of raw beef and horse is fairly common but you need a really good cut. (I don't really get the horse-thing here, either. Now, if they're serving dog, I'd get upset...)

I'm no mammologist...but dogs, horses, tigers, cows, pigs...not a huge difference really. Happy Thanksgiving to all the lurkers on this thread!!!! (and the non lurkers as well)

*chirp chirp cheeEEEP*
mb

anybody try crickets or ants? they're good...mmmmmm...and rich in protein!

bada

I've had ants. They're uninteresting. Mealie worms are, supposedly, wonderful.

Did I mention that hamsters like to eat crickets and mealie worms? it's rather interesting...it's like their nuts to them...they way they hold them and "crack" it open... komi, you really need to get one. they'd be perfect for you...and they don't take up much space...hehehehe...

bada

I don't know about Komi and a hamster, they do need to be watered rather frequently.

yo stacy, was your typo thread axed?

Well, that's the other thing, laura, hamsters are desert dwelling...more like open savannahs and don't need much watering...but they may need more frequent watering than she can provide...being that she can't sit it in a sweater box for weeks and not look at it... or the balc.

bada

wahhhhh my current problem is that I dismantled the sweater boxes. I've forgotten why, but I did and, well, I'm devastated. *sniff*

Stacy- where have you eaten ants? In a restaurant, at someones home, in your back yard as a child, on Fear Factor?

I wouldn't be able to eat bugs, I did eat sweet breads but only because I didn't know what it was. Stupid fancy restaurants.

BRAWWWWWWWWWWWK!!!!

buc...buc...buc...buc.....baGAW!!!!!!!!!

cheepcheepcheepcheep

-MB-

you came all the way over here to make those statements?????

I have eaten ants in many places. The first time was in the backyard of my great grandmother's house. There were these HUGE fire ants (at least an inch long) and I couldn't resist... I also had them chocolate covered in my sixth grade science class. We also had barbecued worms that year.

Mike...all I have to say is...CAW!!!!!

Stacy

"nobody loves me everybody hates me i'm gonna eat some worms" -Anon.

Fire ants don't get that big...but then I believe our beloved bug eater once told me ...someone? was bitten by a Gila monster. Only it was in a place where they don't live and ...well, I guess I'm just saying she may not be the world's most accurate source of identification on living things other than dogs, orchids, and humans...and guinea pigs, maybe some birds and ...well, I think what i'm really saying can be summed up with one word: k-k-k-kaCAW!!!
mb

oh yes, mr. b, I want to have what you're having...

bada

Hello Again Stacy,

I do not want to get off topic here....LOL but the B. nodosa has finally opened. There is only one bud but there is also 2-3 new growths starting already as well. Next year will be a better show.

I will try to get a pic taken and posted.

Just thought you would like to know ;-)

I didn't say anyone was BITTEN by the lizard! I just said that it showed up.

The only thing I know about birds is that I'm not particularly fond of them, but that they're really good. For instance, DUCK. I love duck.

Hi Tom!

I'm glad to hear it's doing well. I'm proud to know that I could get it to bloom at all. The Fire Lighter is doing really well and has a few new growths going. It was really a great trade for me and I hope it works out as well for you.

Stacy

consider creative license when I write. ha. alright, who am I kidding? I blame gin. she's affecting me. hahaha
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Sending bada a big smelly Mtdm. Hawaiian Sunset , he wants one .lolol Gin

I know he'll be bowing before you in appreciation for that...muahahaha...

you absolutely must take a pic of that and post, 'kay?

I can not believe this thread is still alive.

It's trying to die, but that's not really anything exciting. I should post pictures of the puppies we kept on this thread, but I've none left. I'll do that eventually.

It mustn't die!!! It cannot die!!! Its the only thread that has EVER had a chance to get to the mystical 100, on the exchange side. The ONLY one.....ever. I know because...well, I've been keeping a chart. Cuz...I was kinda bored. Yea...anyway.....brawwwwwwwwk!!!!
MB

I don't think the 100 thread rule is in effect any longer. I've seen threads well over 100 on some other forums on GW.

But, still, 100 replys on exchanges still has to be a record.

Hey, did you ever trade the nodosa?

the nodosa was traded waaaaaaaaaaay up top, and revisited not far above (it bloomed) - do you even bother to read anything? :P

Sorry everyone.....my camera decided to die on me. I did get a new camera for Christmas but not soon enough to get a good picture as the flower is way past its prime.

Hey, if we keep this thread going long enough I can get a shot of the next flowers! LOL

I skim, and then I forget.

And since the stbx is gone, I've been playin' around. I'm rather preoccupied at the moment.

I haven't had this much fun in a long time.

TMI

The great thing about nodosa flowers, aside from the fragrance, is that they are white, like Angs. ((((((Angs))))))

Caw! Caw!! Caw!!!
MB

new baby:

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coooookaburraRAAA !!!

Oh wow...I think that's possibly the cutest thing I ever did see...what are you going to name it?

isn't it just darling?

if all goes well, it will blossom into a stench :-)

Breezy, you're just jealous.

ooooooh. that's so cute...k, why don't you show the folks the pic of them en masse?

bada

kwee ko weee...kwee ko weee...kwee ko weee...

I think the regulars have seen it already:

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And while I'm at it, greenprof's sex instructions were fruitful and I have baby microsorums (the "big" leaves...):
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stbx?

What are those, Ki? They're cute.