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tsty
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response 37 of 57:
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Nov 6 10:53 UTC 2003 |
harvesting perhaps? ... poppys are a self-conflicted symbol.
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gelinas
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response 38 of 57:
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Nov 6 11:35 UTC 2003 |
TS, you do know that poppies grow in the cemetaries of France, right? The
American Legion sells little paper ones as a remembrance of WWI. I hadn't
known that VFW did as well, but it's not all that surprising.
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mcnally
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response 39 of 57:
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Nov 6 17:27 UTC 2003 |
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
between the crosses, row on row.."
etc, etc..
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happyboy
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response 40 of 57:
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Nov 6 19:08 UTC 2003 |
/cues "Veterans Day Poppy" by Capt Beefheart
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tod
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response 41 of 57:
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Nov 6 19:26 UTC 2003 |
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tsty
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response 42 of 57:
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Nov 7 09:15 UTC 2003 |
right gelinas, poppys grow in lots of military cemetaries, actually, as
well as afghanistan adn pakistan .. and iin one of my yards in a2.
it is teh conflict between teh symbol adn the application that has
amazed me. \
heroin for the deceased. thus, a self-conflicting symbol.
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aruba
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response 43 of 57:
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Nov 7 14:36 UTC 2003 |
Is there a special kind of poppy that is used to make opium/heroin, or are
those the same poppies that make the poppy seeds I get on my bagel?
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gelinas
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response 44 of 57:
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Nov 7 15:13 UTC 2003 |
I think they are the same. The difference is that the seeds were allowed to
mature, rather than the seedpod being 'milked' before ripening.
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keesan
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response 45 of 57:
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Nov 7 15:32 UTC 2003 |
I think they are different varieties. Former Yugoslavia grew poppies and some
fields had white flowers, some purple. The garden variety are red.
I know for sure that at least one of the Yugoslav drug companies was making
opium from poppies.
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rcurl
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response 46 of 57:
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Nov 7 17:40 UTC 2003 |
Many plants are called poppies. Papaver somniferum L., the opium poppy,
is also the source of the seeds used on bagels. I expect, however, there
are varieties with more or less opiates. For some other genuses of
"poppies", including the California State Flower, see
http://www.erowid.org/plants/poppy/poppy.shtml
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gull
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response 47 of 57:
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Nov 7 19:32 UTC 2003 |
I've heard that eating things with poppy seeds in them will cause you to
fail a drug test.
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tod
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response 48 of 57:
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Nov 7 20:06 UTC 2003 |
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rcurl
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response 49 of 57:
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Nov 7 20:14 UTC 2003 |
See the cited URL.
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willcome
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response 50 of 57:
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Nov 8 04:09 UTC 2003 |
No, of course they won't do that, gull. They maybe use to do that,
but now MSGM knows: HEY, This guy didn't have enough opium to be a
doper. And plus you'd need more seeds than a single bagel!
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gelinas
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response 51 of 57:
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Nov 8 04:29 UTC 2003 |
See the cited URL.
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tsty
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response 52 of 57:
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Nov 8 09:02 UTC 2003 |
morning glory seeds which *make* brids ding are /nuetered/ and now
the birds don;t sing very wel atl all.
the poppy seeds might be newutered as well ... do you sing?
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other
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response 53 of 57:
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Nov 9 06:31 UTC 2003 |
Great performance by John McCutcheon tonight.
He did a new song about the TIPS program called "Ashcroft's Army."
Get the mp3 at http://www.folkmusic.com/f_mp3.htm
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aruba
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response 54 of 57:
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Nov 9 15:15 UTC 2003 |
That's a good one. I can't help thinking, though, that this kind of poking
fun is just preaching to the converted. Liberals need to start making
serous arguments to convince serious people. (But I did enjoy the song.)
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other
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response 55 of 57:
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Nov 9 22:20 UTC 2003 |
Humor such as this is a good way of spreading awareness without
being didactic or pedantic. First awareness, then action.
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jaklumen
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response 56 of 57:
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Nov 10 02:00 UTC 2003 |
smug, oh so smug
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willcome
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response 57 of 57:
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Nov 27 07:28 UTC 2003 |
whore, oh so whore
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