Hand Me Down 2017-07-20

[Alkarii]

Ah... Totally forgot about the last discussion regarding the cigar.

Of course, it could also be a prop, instead. They make phony cigars.

[FreeFlier]

. . . Of course, it could also be a prop, instead. They make phony cigars.

Bubblegum?

. . .

As long as it's not an exploding cigar . . . though that would explain the attitude shift!

--FreeFlier

[AmriloJim]

Only $0.55 each!

[Opus the Poet]

They come in chocolate as well. http://www.godiva.com/milk-chocolate-cigars/74126.html

Godiva, no less.

[AmriloJim]

With a Godiva pricetag... pkg of 4 = $16/00. Still cheaper than a premium stogie.

[Warrl]

. . . nicotine in various forms (extract, "tea", etc.) has been used as an insecticide to protect food plants for a long time. . . .

That's the function of nicotine in the tobacco plant: poison the nibblers.

Also of a number of other biochemical compounds, such as caffeine.

--FreeFlier

And capsaicin's function is to selectively discourage nibblers. Specifically, those whose methods of consumption and digestion will destroy the seeds (i.e. most mammals otherwise likely to eat peppers) but not those who won't (mostly birds).

[TazManiac]

They say in space no one can hear you scream, a squee from her may invalidate that statement.

yeah,

unfortunately for that ol' chestnut- there isn't a complete insulative vacuum in Space.


In other words, sound travels, it just needs really sensitive ears to hear anything...

[TazManiac]

. . . nicotine in various forms (extract, "tea", etc.) has been used as an insecticide to protect food plants for a long time. . . .

That's the function of nicotine in the tobacco plant: poison the nibbers.
Also of a number of other biochemical compounds, such as caffeine.
--FreeFlier

And capsaicin's function is to selectively discourage nibblers. Specifically, those whose methods of consumption and digestion will destroy the seeds (i.e. most mammals otherwise likely to eat peppers) but not those who won't (mostly birds).

Hmm, now I'm wondering what a grown Castela might consider appropriate powders & smelly-goods.

Coarse Ground Pepper, any number of East Indian Spices...