On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:54:12 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Kay wrote:

Oh and someone told me that spider plants
are good for sitting next to TV's and Computers, since they absorb,
neutralise and thrive on electromagnetic energy, which is harmful to us
humans. Cool

Franz will prbably have something to say here ;-

As someone who has been a computer professional for nearly 40 years,
I quite agree that the best thing to do with them is feed them to
spider plants. Regrettably, I think that the spider plants will
reject them as unpalatable.

That statement was clearly made by someone who sharpens razor blades
by leaving them in pyramids overnight. I assume the word "cool"
was meant as in hide and seek :-)

It was a guy I know at work, who used to run a nursery (I'll ask him which
one next time I see him). He did strike me as a bit of a hippie, but
otherwise harmless. Coincidentally, I think he really *is* into pyramid
power, lay-lines, etc.

The only "hippie" thing *I* do with my plants (currently) is play music to
them. My old "greenhouse" is actually the windowsill in the potting shed,
and I've got a portable CD in there. The Aloe's like Chris Isaak, but the
young Carnations prefer Moby and the Chemical Brothers. I'll try my new
Snow Patrol album on them later today, since they all seem to share a
taste in Travis, which is similar. I did see the Venus Fly Trap dancing
to music once, or maybe it was just yawning.

-
[H]omer