Mia and I are going to see the uconn CORPSE FLOWER tomorrow (tuesday)

FuSoYa · July 5th, 2004, 10:12 PM

The burning question: Will Mia EAT a piece of the corpse flower??? This thread to be updated with the answer VERY SHORTLY!

http://www.news.uconn.edu/2004/jun2004/rel04065.htm

coelacanth_M · July 5th, 2004, 10:21 PM

you know, i was actually discussing on another messageboard whether they would get mad at me for taking a tiny slice and eating. :-/

problem is, i would probably get caught red-handed on the webcam. toby, maybe you can stand in front of the camera while i eat?

coelacanth_M · July 5th, 2004, 10:21 PM

also, we should determine if the corpse flower is poisonous first, huh?

FuSoYa · July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM

omg are you going to force me to try a piece of the corpse flower??

i bet the answer = yes

coelacanth_M · July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM

i hope it's not poisonous because this is a super rare opportunity!

coelacanth_M · July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM

no, you don't have to eat.
just block, okay? <3

FuSoYa · July 5th, 2004, 10:23 PM

i can totally block the webcam, but I bet they have guards.

coelacanth_M · July 5th, 2004, 10:27 PM

oh come on. there's no such thing as a corpse flower guard!

or i guess... maybe. there was that one tree serial killer who poisoned this giant ancient oak tree once and made everyone cry. i guess someone could have similar plans fo rthe corpse flower.

Firedwarf · July 5th, 2004, 10:28 PM

There's usually a skinny bald guy with glasses and a nametag standing near the flower when I check the webcam, so.. look out for him. Hopefully the thing will bloom by tomorrow.

FuSoYa · July 5th, 2004, 10:32 PM

Skinny and bald doesn't sound very imposing, fortunately. Also, it's a greenhouse so his glasses are probably constantly fogged-up and he can't see.
Speaking of fogged up glasses, I bet he has an unhealthy obsession with the corpse fllower, i.e. when no one's looking he puts his hand over the webcam and strokes the giant 6 foot shlonglike stamen repeatedly (glasses fogging up to a greater degree).

FuSoYa · July 5th, 2004, 10:32 PM

PS I decided I hate that guy

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 12:07 AM

I'm waiting with bated breath. Seriously.

coelacanth_M · July 6th, 2004, 12:27 AM

i guess some people in indonesia actually eat this flower anyway? (but the berries seem to be poisonous)

i found this:

PHILLIPS: So is there anything that we can take from it, you know, like for example, some plants we can get remedies from for sicknesses, or you know, make -- is there anything that comes from this plant that potentially could be interesting?

TRAGER: Well, that -- potentially. There is a lot of research yet to be done. We do know that many members of this family are edible. So there may be a potential food source there.

PHILLIPS: Really?

TRAGER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: Smelling that badly?

TRAGER: The tuber is edible, as well as parts of the flower.

PHILLIPS: Have you ever tasted it?

TRAGER: No.

PHILLIPS: What does it -- do you know what it tastes like? Has anyone described it to you?

TRAGER: Oh, I understand that the spadic (ph) was cooked up with chilies and chicken in parts of Indonesia, but I haven't tried it.

PHILLIPS: Oh, my goodness. And when you cook it, does the smell go away, does it get worse?

TRAGER: It probably goes away. But I don't know, I haven't tried it.

coelacanth_M · July 6th, 2004, 12:28 AM

haha, i like how that philips guy is sooo curious about what it tastes like, but the other guy is getting really annoyed: "i don't know. i haven't tried it."

FalseTodd · July 6th, 2004, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuSoYa

Skinny and bald doesn't sound very imposing, fortunately.

then again, neither does 5'5" and 5'1" or whatever

FuSoYa · July 6th, 2004, 01:47 AM

oh yeah well neither does operation shirt and red beard so there

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 06:29 AM

how a "i'd like to eat a corpse flower" thread can devolve into a nanny nanny nyahhhhh ...

mindspell · July 6th, 2004, 06:36 AM

You're all pussies...

Except for lizard, he'd scare the ugly out of Randall 'Tex' Cobb..

xfer · July 6th, 2004, 08:04 AM

if Mia suddenly grew six inches, yes, I would find that exceedingly imposing.

coelacanth_M · July 6th, 2004, 08:17 AM

http://titanarum.uconn.edu/

!!!

notice that:

1. the corpse flower hasn't bloomed yet
2. the skinny, bald, bespectacled corpse flower guard is standing there do you think maybe he gets corpse flower lunch break?

coelacanth_M · July 6th, 2004, 08:17 AM

lizard · July 6th, 2004, 08:19 AM

no fucking way, mindspell...I saw a vintage clip of Tex Cobb when he was a boxer, he got the shit pulverized out of him, blood streaming everywhere, but HE WOULD NOT GO DOWN.

dude is seriously tough, and to quote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, "I can't fight...I'm totally weak."

plus Cobb was in raising arizona, the BEST movie of all time.

coelacanth_M · July 6th, 2004, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalseTodd

then again, neither does 5'5" and 5'1" or whatever

4'9"

i've got big heels though! also, a pair of scissors.

mindspell · July 6th, 2004, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lizard

no fucking way, mindspell...I saw a vintage clip of Tex Cobb when he was a boxer, he got the shit pulverized out of him, blood streaming everywhere, but HE WOULD NOT GO DOWN.

dude is seriously tough, and to quote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, "I can't fight...I'm totally weak."

plus Cobb was in raising arizona, the BEST movie of all time.

I didn't say you'd kick his ass, I said you'd scare the ugly out of him. Cobb got his ass handed to him by Larry Holmes but he never quit, the man could take a punch.

Baliset · July 6th, 2004, 09:08 AM

i would like to point out that i reported the "corpse flower" on this messageboard a good week and a half ago.

July 5th, 2004, 10:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	Mia and I are going to see the uconn CORPSE FLOWER tomorrow (tuesday) The burning question: Will Mia EAT a piece of the corpse flower??? This thread to be updated with the answer VERY SHORTLY! http://www.news.uconn.edu/2004/jun2004/rel04065.htm

July 5th, 2004, 10:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	you know, i was actually discussing on another messageboard whether they would get mad at me for taking a tiny slice and eating. :-/ problem is, i would probably get caught red-handed on the webcam. toby, maybe you can stand in front of the camera while i eat? __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 5th, 2004, 10:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	also, we should determine if the corpse flower is poisonous first, huh? __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	i hope it's not poisonous because this is a super rare opportunity! __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	no, you don't have to eat. just block, okay? <3 __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 5th, 2004, 10:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	omg are you going to force me to try a piece of the corpse flower?? i bet the answer = yes

July 5th, 2004, 10:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	i can totally block the webcam, but I bet they have guards.

July 5th, 2004, 10:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	oh come on. there's no such thing as a corpse flower guard! or i guess... maybe. there was that one tree serial killer who poisoned this giant ancient oak tree once and made everyone cry. i guess someone could have similar plans fo rthe corpse flower. __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 5th, 2004, 10:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
Firedwarf sock puppet Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,349	There's usually a skinny bald guy with glasses and a nametag standing near the flower when I check the webcam, so.. look out for him. Hopefully the thing will bloom by tomorrow.

July 5th, 2004, 10:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	Skinny and bald doesn't sound very imposing, fortunately. Also, it's a greenhouse so his glasses are probably constantly fogged-up and he can't see. Speaking of fogged up glasses, I bet he has an unhealthy obsession with the corpse fllower, i.e. when no one's looking he puts his hand over the webcam and strokes the giant 6 foot shlonglike stamen repeatedly (glasses fogging up to a greater degree).

July 5th, 2004, 10:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	PS I decided I hate that guy

July 6th, 2004, 12:07 AM	#12 (permalink)
xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	I'm waiting with bated breath. Seriously. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 12:27 AM	#13 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	i guess some people in indonesia actually eat this flower anyway? (but the berries seem to be poisonous) i found this: PHILLIPS: So is there anything that we can take from it, you know, like for example, some plants we can get remedies from for sicknesses, or you know, make -- is there anything that comes from this plant that potentially could be interesting? TRAGER: Well, that -- potentially. There is a lot of research yet to be done. We do know that many members of this family are edible. So there may be a potential food source there. PHILLIPS: Really? TRAGER: Yes. PHILLIPS: Smelling that badly? TRAGER: The tuber is edible, as well as parts of the flower. PHILLIPS: Have you ever tasted it? TRAGER: No. PHILLIPS: What does it -- do you know what it tastes like? Has anyone described it to you? TRAGER: Oh, I understand that the spadic (ph) was cooked up with chilies and chicken in parts of Indonesia, but I haven't tried it. PHILLIPS: Oh, my goodness. And when you cook it, does the smell go away, does it get worse? TRAGER: It probably goes away. But I don't know, I haven't tried it. __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 6th, 2004, 12:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	haha, i like how that philips guy is sooo curious about what it tastes like, but the other guy is getting really annoyed: "i don't know. i haven't tried it." __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 6th, 2004, 01:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
FuSoYa Lunarian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 7,824	oh yeah well neither does operation shirt and red beard so there

July 6th, 2004, 06:29 AM	#17 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	how a "i'd like to eat a corpse flower" thread can devolve into a nanny nanny nyahhhhh ... __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]

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mindspell vvv Jake's ass vvv Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 3,641	You're all pussies... Except for lizard, he'd scare the ugly out of Randall 'Tex' Cobb.. __________________ Mindspell Fanzine http://www.mindspell.org

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xfer I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York City Posts: 25,962	if Mia suddenly grew six inches, yes, I would find that exceedingly imposing. __________________ i will make it my life's work from this day forward to make every band who is known for their heaviness look like pussies. -Greg Massi of Kayo Dot AKA Baliset

July 6th, 2004, 08:17 AM	#20 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	http://titanarum.uconn.edu/ !!! notice that: 1. the corpse flower hasn't bloomed yet 2. the skinny, bald, bespectacled corpse flower guard is standing there do you think maybe he gets corpse flower lunch break? __________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 6th, 2004, 08:17 AM	#21 (permalink)
coelacanth_M human plant/container Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 889	__________________ this is my plan for world domination: i am unscrewing the world. everywhere i go, i carry a screwdriver around with me. then I unscrew anything I can - bathrooms, tables at restaurants, people's bookshelves, trains. once i unscrewed an entire mcDonalds table in tokyo. one day, the world will go CRAASHH! from all the lack of screws and then i'll be queen of the universe.

July 6th, 2004, 08:19 AM	#22 (permalink)
lizard Pheremones of Hate Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hotel Hitler ~ Where We Have Ways of Making You Enjoy Your Stay Posts: 23,325	no fucking way, mindspell...I saw a vintage clip of Tex Cobb when he was a boxer, he got the shit pulverized out of him, blood streaming everywhere, but HE WOULD NOT GO DOWN. dude is seriously tough, and to quote Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, "I can't fight...I'm totally weak." plus Cobb was in raising arizona, the BEST movie of all time. __________________ [URL="http://www.sonofscience.com/"][IMG]http://www.sonofscience.com/tags/tag.gif[/IMG][/URL]