Re: Off topic question, Dioscorea sp.!

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.12.31 at 17:22:03(8002) A MUCH better control measure for this pest plant (and others here in Florida like Muscovy Ducks, Amaranth lawn-weed, escapee Xanthosomas and Colocasias, Armdillos, 'possums, (no coons thought!) etc., consists of inviting folks like myself, other Trinidadians, Haitans, Jamaicans, etc. to live in your neighborhoods, we GLADY take care of these 'pests' to America!! :--)> We even dispense recipes to assist you 'less-informed' folk! :--)> Stewed armadillo in a rum/wine gravey, anyone?? Or dry-curried muscovy duck, mashed air-potatoes w/ cheese and butter on the side, amaranth spinach done 'chori badghi' choka-style??? Ah, you guys do NOT know what you are missing!! Happy New Year! Julius +More >You may fend them off with a #5 iron, or, preferably, two held in the shape of a cross, but thus enraged, they then annoy the community by flying through the air and releasing a carrion-like aroma which vermin find delectable. Amityville, New York, was once attacked by the air amorphophallus potato, and was rid of it only by the bravery of some trenchermen who counterattacked by means of garlic and melted butter. Unfortunately, these gentlemen died of oxalate crystal poisoning before it was discovered that at the latitude of Amityville, New York, frost effectively destroys the flying amorphophallus potato. Embarrassment over these heroic and, as it turns out, needless self-sacrifices is why you've never heard of the "Amityville Amorphophallus Potato Horror." Happy New Year!<<

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