Re: your mail

Bob Beer (bbeer@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 6 Oct 1993 10:37:57 -0700 (PDT)

> > A girl I knew in high school once told me that she felt the
> > reason men became involved with plants is that it was the
> > closest they could come to carrying a child. Of course other
> > advantages also suggest themselves: if your plant dies you
> > don't go to jail. Disads are: kids don't get aphids :-).

This is a disadvantage? ("Gosh, I wish my little Justin would get some
aphids...why, Roger's kid already has scale *and* mealybugs, and he's
only three...")

But kids won't eat the yellowjackets, either...if I could get a kid that
would effectively control yellowjackets, I might actually consider
growing some. :)