I remember adverts in comic books for Venus flytraps, that said you could feed them hamburger.
Hmmmm, that seemed relevant when I first thought of it. Now….? *shrug*
Even if those flies can distract the trap from snapping shut, they are not going to get much out of it. I think venus flytraps depend mostly on color to lure their prey; the article does say that they secrete “mucilage”, but in my experience, the traps are so dry that it would seem to be a futile effort. They’d be better off just eating the ice cream.
I had some of these years ago . . . I made it close so many times for friends who wanted to ‘see it move’ that they all (the plants, not the friends) died of nervous exhaustion (and, I later realized, starvation). Luckily, this was before I went for my degree in horticulture, or I’d’ve been thrown out of the program, I’m sure.
RE: Steaks for dogs: I submitted two [synchronous, to my mind] comics about this very subject and I don’t know if CIDUBill is going to use them or not, so I won’t post them here unless/until he tells me he isn’t.
“The plant is a Venus fly trap. But once introduced to ice cream cones, it no longer wants to eat flies.”
Wow… that is like an anti-joke. The amount of thought one has to use to understand it forces you to ask why would a venus fly-trap like ice cream and why should imagining they would (because *everyone* loves ice cream, I guess) be in any way funny. And if the flies are smart enough to plan this why aren’t smart enough to simply stay away from the fly trap.
The humor in the world is lessened by the reading of this joke.
For purposes of this cartoon we assume that Venus fly-traps love ice cream just like everyone else does, and that flies can talk and can buy or make ice cream cones.
“For purposes of this cartoon we assume that Venus fly-traps love ice cream just like everyone else does, and that flies can talk and can buy or make ice cream cones.”
We also have to assume imagining so is somehow amusing.
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The plant is a Venus fly trap. But once introduced to ice cream cones, it no longer wants to eat flies.
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I remember adverts in comic books for Venus flytraps, that said you could feed them hamburger.
Hmmmm, that seemed relevant when I first thought of it. Now….? *shrug*
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Even if those flies can distract the trap from snapping shut, they are not going to get much out of it. I think venus flytraps depend mostly on color to lure their prey; the article does say that they secrete “mucilage”, but in my experience, the traps are so dry that it would seem to be a futile effort. They’d be better off just eating the ice cream.
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Yes, and also playing off the idea that giving a mean dog a steak will make it friendly.
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I had some of these years ago . . . I made it close so many times for friends who wanted to ‘see it move’ that they all (the plants, not the friends) died of nervous exhaustion (and, I later realized, starvation). Luckily, this was before I went for my degree in horticulture, or I’d’ve been thrown out of the program, I’m sure.
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RE: Steaks for dogs: I submitted two [synchronous, to my mind] comics about this very subject and I don’t know if CIDUBill is going to use them or not, so I won’t post them here unless/until he tells me he isn’t.
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“The plant is a Venus fly trap. But once introduced to ice cream cones, it no longer wants to eat flies.”
Wow… that is like an anti-joke. The amount of thought one has to use to understand it forces you to ask why would a venus fly-trap like ice cream and why should imagining they would (because *everyone* loves ice cream, I guess) be in any way funny. And if the flies are smart enough to plan this why aren’t smart enough to simply stay away from the fly trap.
The humor in the world is lessened by the reading of this joke.
This is a joke equivalent of celery.
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Have at it, Andréa: I’m so far beyond in my email that I might never catch up.
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For purposes of this cartoon we assume that Venus fly-traps love ice cream just like everyone else does, and that flies can talk and can buy or make ice cream cones.
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“I’m so far beyond in my email . . .”
Is that like ‘to infinity and beyond’?
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Mark M: “Yes, and also playing off the idea that giving a mean dog a steak will make it friendly.”
. . . or will make it rescue you faster . . .
. . . or will make it into a magician . . .
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sorry –
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“For purposes of this cartoon we assume that Venus fly-traps love ice cream just like everyone else does, and that flies can talk and can buy or make ice cream cones.”
We also have to assume imagining so is somehow amusing.
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BEHIND in my email.
Of course, Auto Correct would have done nothing to catch this.
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That’s why you have a pedant like me . . . computer programs will never replace me . . . bwahahahahahahaha
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computer programs will never replace me
How do we know that hasn’t happened already?
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Good question, and you’ll never know (remember, online they don’t know you’re a computer).
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