Re: DIY horror movie!

No, I've misplaced by camera1
-BN

> From owner-ferns@hort.net Sun Nov  9 05:26:59 2003
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> From: "Keith Rogers" <kerogers@iprimus.com.au>
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> Subject: Re: [ferns] DIY horror movie!
> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:01:25 +1030
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> Hi Bob
> 
> Did you get an image to back up your humour!!
> 
> Keith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Needham" <bneedham@cisco.com>
> To: <ferns@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:31 PM
> Subject: [ferns] DIY horror movie!
> 
> 
> > You fernies have been way too quiet lately.
> > This ought to teach you better:
> >
> >
> > "THE SPAWN FROM HELL!"
> >
> > It all began on a quiet afternoon as I was watering my Rabbit's-Foot Fern.
> > "Hmm, that looks like brown scale!", I thought. "I really need to wear
> > my glasses more often when I water."
> >
> > I plucked one off, and decided I needed to have a closer look, so I stuck
> > it to a piece of Scotch tape and went off to the lab for a closer look.
> >
> > That's when the horror began.
> >
> > I will never be able to sleep without the hall light on again!
> >
> > Have you seen the movie "Aliens"? Remember the scene where the
> > egg pod opens up, and the guy peeks in?  Aaaah! This is what this
> > thing looked like! I was looking into it from the bottom (the side
> > closest to the plant) with a 30-power stereo zoom microscope, and
> > it was scarier (and cheaper) than any day at the movies! If I would
> > have had popcorn, I would have spilled it! I even considered going
> > to pop some popcorn in the breakroom and coming back to look, just
> > so I could spill it and get the total effect!
> >
> > I was looking into this little sac about 2mm in diameter. The
> > outside covering looked completely dead and dry, but the inside
> > was another story!
> >
> > BLOOD-SUCKING MINIONS
> >
> > There was between 400-800 tiny eggs, each about .002 inches inside!
> > The evil horde was getting ready to invade! Each one looked like
> > a microscopic milky-white rugby ball. Visions of the movie "Invasion
> > Of The Body Snatchers" in which the pods took over the world, were
> > dancing through my head! (Although these pods would have to gain
> > about 164 pounds before they could replicate me) Then I thought
> > maybe that wouldn't be so bad; one pod me could stay at work and
> > earn a paycheck, one pod me could clean up the backyard, one more
> > could do my taxes full time....
> >
> > Now where was I? Oh, yes..  These little guys were about to hatch
> > and go on the march! Too bad for them (and thanks to 3M), they don't
> > know that they are stuck to Scotch Tape, and until they can get free
> > and push the elevator buttons to get to the second floor, I guess
> > my ferns are safe from that particular hatching, but I think I see
> > several more on the plant...
> >
> > Well, I'll go look at them every day, and keep you posted on the
> > horrible developments. You do have a delete key for your email inbox,
> > right?
> >
> > I gotta go. I feel like I need to wash my hands. Those tiny rugby
> > buggers could be anywhere, and they SUCK!
> >
> > Uh, oh, the bathroom is down the hall, I need to turn on the hall light,
> > but it's dark out there, and I'm afraid to reach around the corner.
> > I guess I'm stuck in here until sunrise.
> >
> > -BN
> >
> > ...and to borrow a concept from Dave Barry, wouldn't "Blood-sucking
> Minions"
> > be a great name for a rock band?
> >
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