Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 11:01:34 -0000 From: Nigel Hurneyman <nhurneyman@onemeaning.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg431$foo@default> Subject: Pygmy Grower's Eyeball
I suffered an attack of pygmy grower's eyeball yesterday.
You are carefully harvesting the gemmae from a pygmy sundew when 'ping',
a lone gemma defies gravity and Newton's laws of motion and flies upwards
and backwards, landing on your eyeball.
If you are married, you can seek sympathy from your partner, reassuring
them that it is just one of the risks involved with such a dangerous and
exciting hobby.
If the gemma is large and chunky (eg scorpioides), it is relatively easy
to remove.
If the gemma is from a choice species, you should leave it there. If
you are 30, with 2 eyeballs, you have had the benefit of 60
eyeball-years. If you received 10 sewelliae gemmae in the summer and 6
months later they are all just about dead (normal for the UK), you have
had the benefit of 5 sewelliae-years. The latter is obviously far more
precious.
If the gemma is from a pernicious weed like 'Lake Badgerup' (like mine
yesterday), obviously you want to remove it. Unfortunately the gemma is
flat and sticks like glue and needs substantial irrigation to shift it.
Ouch!
NigelH
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