As long as there are naive Americans that are too generous with their credit
cards, there will always be swindlers out there willing to take their
money!!!

The so-called "Lucky Bamboo" is probably the best scam to come out of
Thailand in years. Best of all, it's perfectly legal. They take a noxious
weedy shrub introduced from Africa (Dracaena sanderiana) and pass it off as
a plant with alleged magical properties and a phony Oriental tradition. The
damn thing is no more Oriental than is the fortune cookie and chop suey.

http://www.lucky-bamboo.com/


Beecrofter wrote in message
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Ripped off of gardenwebs bamboo forum


"Feng This!

You can set the bar of taste in your own immediate vicinity by first
denying to lay plastic to cash register over any green twisty branch
of that damnable plant currently known as "Lucky Bamboo." Of the genus
Dracaena, this stretch of leaf is less related to the bamboo family
than you are to the House of Lords, actually being a parlor plant
previously favored by the Victorians because it requires a meteor
hitting the earth in order to fully kill it.

Hyped as a feng shui method of both greening one's home
(moneymoneymoney!) and helping to release stagnant energies, this
living stalk of hooey-hooey is indeed lucky to those who sell great
big buckets full of the stuff. Less lucky is the likelihood that it
will curl about in a milky vase until the fluoride in your drinking
water eventually browns it to a mush. This is your fine holiday
legacy? We think not."

The original article appears on a website called "Metroactive" link
below
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/so...uide-0250.html

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:08:15 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

As long as there are naive Americans that are too generous with their credit
cards, there will always be swindlers out there willing to take their
money!!!

The so-called "Lucky Bamboo" is probably the best scam to come out of
Thailand in years. Best of all, it's perfectly legal. They take a noxious
weedy shrub introduced from Africa (Dracaena sanderiana) and pass it off as
a plant with alleged magical properties and a phony Oriental tradition. The
damn thing is no more Oriental than is the fortune cookie and chop suey.

http://www.lucky-bamboo.com/

But it's a very interesting houseplant. :-) And no more venal than
palm-reading or psychic hot-lines. Less so, in that you *do* get an
actual plant to enjoy for a while. If people want to believe in lucky
charms or horoscopes, there's little you can do to un-convince them.

The OP, in fact, didn't say he expected it to change his life. Just
that he had a plant he wanted to keep alive and growing.

Even sea monkeys provide amusement. :-)

"Frogleg" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:08:15 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

As long as there are naive Americans that are too generous with their
credit
cards, there will always be swindlers out there willing to take their
money!!!

The so-called "Lucky Bamboo" is probably the best scam to come out of
Thailand in years. Best of all, it's perfectly legal. They take a noxious
weedy shrub introduced from Africa (Dracaena sanderiana) and pass it off
as
a plant with alleged magical properties and a phony Oriental tradition.
The
damn thing is no more Oriental than is the fortune cookie and chop suey.

http://www.lucky-bamboo.com/

But it's a very interesting houseplant. :-) And no more venal than
palm-reading or psychic hot-lines. Less so, in that you *do* get an
actual plant to enjoy for a while. If people want to believe in lucky
charms or horoscopes, there's little you can do to un-convince them.

The OP, in fact, didn't say he expected it to change his life. Just
that he had a plant he wanted to keep alive and growing.

Even sea monkeys provide amusement. :-)

let's not forget the pet rock.

I am just jealous I didn't think of it first.

"Frogleg" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:08:15 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12-"
wrote:

As long as there are naive Americans that are too generous with their
credit
cards, there will always be swindlers out there willing to take their
money!!!

The so-called "Lucky Bamboo" is probably the best scam to come out of
Thailand in years. Best of all, it's perfectly legal. They take a noxious
weedy shrub introduced from Africa (Dracaena sanderiana) and pass it off
as
a plant with alleged magical properties and a phony Oriental tradition.
The
damn thing is no more Oriental than is the fortune cookie and chop suey.

http://www.lucky-bamboo.com/

But it's a very interesting houseplant. :-) And no more venal than
palm-reading or psychic hot-lines. Less so, in that you *do* get an
actual plant to enjoy for a while. If people want to believe in lucky
charms or horoscopes, there's little you can do to un-convince them.

The OP, in fact, didn't say he expected it to change his life. Just
that he had a plant he wanted to keep alive and growing.

Even sea monkeys provide amusement. :-)

let's not forget the pet rock.

I am just jealous I didn't think of it first.