Comments on: It's a good cause http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/ "We're all naked underneath" Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:53:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Head Rambles » Blog Archive » My trees eat lorries http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1294 Head Rambles » Blog Archive » My trees eat lorries Thu, 22 May 2008 12:06:03 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1294 [...] K8 wrote a while ago about her carnivorous plant.  Her plant ate teeny little flies.  I can go one better than that.  I have trees that eat [...] [...] K8 wrote a while ago about her carnivorous plant.  Her plant ate teeny little flies.  I can go one better than that.  I have trees that eat [...]

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1293 K8 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:25:49 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1293 Conortje; I know! These newfangled european chainstores are amazing for their bizarre imports. Every now and then we have an 'unidentifiable foodstuff' night, where we crack open a tin of Grabbelschtinkt for dinner. It's like playing russian roulade, really. Thriftcriminal; Isn't there? It certainly gives me a better insight into the antics of my strange neighbours! Problemchildbride; Chemical memory... this is food for thought. Maybe this is the way to solving conundrums like the effectiveness of Homoeopathy?! In the words of Berk from 'Trapdoor', "Ain't nature wonderful?" Conortje; I know! These newfangled european chainstores are amazing for their bizarre imports. Every now and then we have an ‘unidentifiable foodstuff’ night, where we crack open a tin of Grabbelschtinkt for dinner. It’s like playing russian roulade, really.

Thriftcriminal; Isn’t there? It certainly gives me a better insight into the antics of my strange neighbours!

Problemchildbride; Chemical memory… this is food for thought. Maybe this is the way to solving conundrums like the effectiveness of Homoeopathy?! In the words of Berk from ‘Trapdoor’, “Ain’t nature wonderful?”

]]> By: Sam, Problemchildbride http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1292 Sam, Problemchildbride Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:35:34 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1292 My God, look at that growth! She's really begging for it. Keep your other plants away, she'll rape 'em soon as leer at 'em. Apparantly, venus fly traps can count. Up to three anyway because it takes three hair triggers for the plant to know to snap. That means they must have a rudimentary memory because when they feel the 3rd hair trigger they have to remember they've felt the first two and recognise it as the third. Leave the third hair trigger too long and they forget about the first two. It might be fun to try it out with the tweezers. It's a simple chemical memory that dissipates over time, but hell, it's still way cool, I reckon. My God, look at that growth! She’s really begging for it. Keep your other plants away, she’ll rape ‘em soon as leer at ‘em.

Apparantly, venus fly traps can count. Up to three anyway because it takes three hair triggers for the plant to know to snap. That means they must have a rudimentary memory because when they feel the 3rd hair trigger they have to remember they’ve felt the first two and recognise it as the third. Leave the third hair trigger too long and they forget about the first two. It might be fun to try it out with the tweezers. It’s a simple chemical memory that dissipates over time, but hell, it’s still way cool, I reckon.

]]> By: Thriftcriminal http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1291 Thriftcriminal Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:15:39 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1291 So she relies on insects for both food and reproduction. I hadn't thought about that before, there is a chilling sense to it...... So she relies on insects for both food and reproduction. I hadn’t thought about that before, there is a chilling sense to it……

]]> By: Conortje http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1290 Conortje Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:34:15 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1290 Good grief - I actually find that fascinating but then again I am a wee bit of a freak. Isn't it mad what you can buy in Lidl...... (running off to try and find a carnivorous plant) Good grief – I actually find that fascinating but then again I am a wee bit of a freak. Isn’t it mad what you can buy in Lidl…… (running off to try and find a carnivorous plant)

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1289 K8 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:03:45 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1289 Jefferson; I fed it one of the neighbour's kids once. He was only two, so his parents weren't all that attatched to him yet. McMad; Dave? *giggle* When's DAVEGOLD2+1 coming out, then? Baino; That sounds a bit mad. Right up my street though. You have to love those mad scientists! Jefferson; I fed it one of the neighbour’s kids once. He was only two, so his parents weren’t all that attatched to him yet.

McMad; Dave? *giggle* When’s DAVEGOLD2+1 coming out, then?

Baino; That sounds a bit mad. Right up my street though. You have to love those mad scientists!

]]> By: Baino http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1288 Baino Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1288 Well there you go, it was a book by mad scientist John Wyndham that I read in high school I haven't seen the film . . rampant plants take over the world. A veiled depiction of the Soviet menace. Big windy planty things that can move around and cause havoc. Well there you go, it was a book by mad scientist John Wyndham that I read in high school I haven’t seen the film . . rampant plants take over the world. A veiled depiction of the Soviet menace. Big windy planty things that can move around and cause havoc.

]]> By: JackMcMad http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1287 JackMcMad Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:18:43 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1287 'Day of the Triffids' is a BBC TV series. It's being repeated on UKTVG2T3+1. Oh wait, they've just renamed that channel. It's called DAVE now. I wonder why. ‘Day of the Triffids’ is a BBC TV series. It’s being repeated on UKTVG2T3+1. Oh wait, they’ve just renamed that channel. It’s called DAVE now. I wonder why.

]]> By: Jefferson Davis http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1286 Jefferson Davis Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:47:43 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1286 Good God woman, what else are you feeding Audrey III? :) You must have great mothering skills! :) Good God woman, what else are you feeding Audrey III? :)

You must have great mothering skills! :)

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1285 K8 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:49:32 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/2007/11/26/its-a-good-cause/#comment-1285 Baino; I've never seen that Triffid film. Is it one of those very very old ones with close-ups of women screaming? I love those. SID; mmmm. Crunchy. I'd say you'd have to bite down pretty quick once it's in there! Full of calcium though. Kate; My kids are beautifully ugly too :) Ma; It's ok, fly goo greases the tweezers up real nice. Brian; Isn't it? Don't envy you the Ivy.. you get pretty nasty beasties hanging around that stuff! Da; I'm training it to eat kittens at the moment. Foreigner; I have no tv! I used to be hooked on the corry but surprisingly haven't missed it much over the last two years. We are currently hooked on Boston Legal box-sets. You really can't bate the Crane Poole and Schmidt! Baino; I’ve never seen that Triffid film. Is it one of those very very old ones with close-ups of women screaming? I love those.

SID; mmmm. Crunchy. I’d say you’d have to bite down pretty quick once it’s in there! Full of calcium though.

Kate; My kids are beautifully ugly too :)

Ma; It’s ok, fly goo greases the tweezers up real nice.

Brian; Isn’t it? Don’t envy you the Ivy.. you get pretty nasty beasties hanging around that stuff!

Da; I’m training it to eat kittens at the moment.

Foreigner; I have no tv! I used to be hooked on the corry but surprisingly haven’t missed it much over the last two years.
We are currently hooked on Boston Legal box-sets. You really can’t bate the Crane Poole and Schmidt!

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