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Path: N4DDL!WA4DTE!WD4ELJ!WA2PVV!W1NY!WB1DSW!KC1PK!K1BPM
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Date: 11 Mar 91 09:51:14 Z
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From: W1VRK@K1BPM
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To: INFO@USA
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Subject: Danger: Deadly Plants!
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Sysops: This bulletin redirected to @ USA from @ NEBBS by WA2PVV using
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the orignal @ NEBBS BID 580_K1BPM
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THIS IS A TRUE STORY !!
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Last week the daughter of a friend of mine called her dad
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with the following scary story........
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She owns a 1 to 2 foot tall cactus houseplant - a bulbous type,
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smooth skinned with a few warts but no needles. She feeds it about
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1/2 cup of water once a week - and has for 2 or 3 years.
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Last week after watering the plant she was startled to notice
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it wiggling a bit and "humming" !! She called her local
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florist to ask what could be the meaning of that strange
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behaviour by her placid houseplant.
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"GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND GET OUT OF YOUR
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HOUSE AT ONCE - DON'T EVEN WAIT TO GET AN OVERCOAT -
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LEAVE AT ONCE, CLOSE THE DOOR AND CALL ME FROM A
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NEIGHBOR'S!!"
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Thoroughly frightened she did as instructed and called when she
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arrived at her neighbor's home. "The exterminator is on the way to
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your home" she was informed. "What you have is a cactus that is
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ready to literally explode at any moment. It is jammed full of
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thousands of baby tarantula poison spiders! Should the plant explode
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your home will be unlivable from that point on -you would never find
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them all. They are extremely poisonous and that is how they breed -
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in that variety of cactus plant!"
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When the exterminator arrived, he first sprayed the plant
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with poison and then quickly put it in a large plastic bag
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and filled the bag with poison gas. The cactus exploded and
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the bag filled to capacity and then slowly deflated. None
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of the tarantulas escaped. Had the plant exploded at night
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when she was home asleep, there is no telling of the
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ensuing havoc!
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I think she was extremely fortunate in having accidentally called
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a very knowledgable florist who was far more than just a seller
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of flowers and making a point of doing so! How many of us would
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have just shrugged it off?
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Another friend of mine was shown a similar plant in the west a
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few years ago growing natuarally in the desert and was advised
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never to get near them as they are known to harbinger poison
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spiders.
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Do you have any friends who have smoooth-skinned cactus plants in
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their home?
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** [End Msg # 14058]
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