Ah... Totally forgot about the last discussion regarding the cigar.
Of course, it could also be a prop, instead. They make phony cigars.
Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
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Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
There is no such thing as a science experiment gone wrong.
Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
Bubblegum?Alkarii wrote: . . . Of course, it could also be a prop, instead. They make phony cigars.
. . .
As long as it's not an exploding cigar . . . though that would explain the attitude shift!
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Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
They come in chocolate as well. http://www.godiva.com/milk-chocolate-cigars/74126.html
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Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
With a Godiva pricetag... pkg of 4 = $16/00. Still cheaper than a premium stogie.
Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
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).FreeFlier wrote:That's the function of nicotine in the tobacco plant: poison the nibblers.Dave wrote: . . . nicotine in various forms (extract, "tea", etc.) has been used as an insecticide to protect food plants for a long time. . . .
Also of a number of other biochemical compounds, such as caffeine.
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Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
oldmanmickey wrote: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...
Re: Hand Me Down 2017-07-20
Warrl wrote: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).FreeFlier wrote:That's the function of nicotine in the tobacco plant: poison the nibbers.Dave wrote: . . . nicotine in various forms (extract, "tea", etc.) has been used as an insecticide to protect food plants for a long time. . . .
Also of a number of other biochemical compounds, such as caffeine.
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Hmm, now I'm wondering what a grown Castela might consider appropriate powders & smelly-goods.
Coarse Ground Pepper, any number of East Indian Spices...