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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 04:45 PM
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A shot in the Dark: The Secret Lives of Toadstools
Amanita thumbtackii






Evolution in action?
Innocent victim of out-of-control student gang wars?


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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 05:24 PM
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1. Oh man
Are you sure you didn't plant that there?

That's funny.
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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 06:35 PM
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3. It wasn't me
I swear! They were growing outside one of the classroom complexes. Stranger still, I'd actually taken a couple of pictures before I spotted that one.


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HappyCynic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 06:15 PM
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2. Another possibility...
First attempt at a Dalek toadstool?
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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 06:37 PM
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4. Ooh, I like that!
Typically, they're still having mobility issues.

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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 06:38 PM
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5. it is a warhol toadstool
he inserted himself in there, but could not stay up, so a friend pinned him there
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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 09:19 PM
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6. Ok, I have to admit I don't get it
Sadly, my knowledge of Warhol begins and ends with soup cans and Marilyn.:shrug:


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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 09:54 PM
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8. multilation and body-piercing
reference, they were into weird sex things like that
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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 10:01 PM
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9. Oh, that makes sense now
Somehow body-altering and sex didn't even occur to me. :crazy:


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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 09:43 PM
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7. Evolution at work
Maybe we should be thankful they discovered push pins before they discovered fire.
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Tindalos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 10:07 PM
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10. One day they'll be able to fire push pins
We'd better start preparing for the rise of the Triffids.

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HappyCynic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 10:17 PM
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11. Wait til they...
I'm more worried about when they advance to the paper clips. You've seen what MacGuyver can do with one...
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-13-09 10:59 PM
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12. Or the dreaded "finger pinching three ring binder of death."
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