"Rev. Bleech_" <pissoff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:59:51 GMT, Fat Chants <fatchants@earthlink.net>
> spewed forth:
>
>>Amanita Muscaria mushrooms.. which are red and white and grow under pine
>>trees
>>overnight, even when it is not Christmas Eve,
>>and which are known to be eaten by reindeer..
>>
>>feed on decaying pine needles:
>>
>>http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/mount_t...anita_muscaria
>>
>>"Here is a beautiful autumn scene from Bed 203 in our Garden. Fallen oak
>>leaves, pine needles, pine cones and this bright fungal fruiting body of
>>the Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria."
>>
>>
>>
>>This would not be the first time Floyd wrote lyrics speaking in the
>>first-person as if they were a plant, as you might know Gilmour does
>>this in 'Fat Old Sun' when he says, "roll me up and lay me down"
>>(probably something to do with the 'new mown grass' ?)
>>
>>but Fat Old Sun and that inference is a bit sketchy,
>>whereas Amanita Muscaria absolutely feed on decaying pine needles, this
>>is basically their only food.
>>
>>
>>http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanita...history1.shtml
>>
>>the photo on the above page, from a 13th century fresco, depicting this
>>mushroom as the Tree of Knowledge (blown up here):
>>
>>http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanita...anita_art1.jpg
>>
>>
>>..probably did not escape the members of Pink Floyd all that easily, if
>>you know what I mean.. if you read my last 2 posts regarding some deeply
>>entrenched, ritualistic use of psychedelic plants and their ensuing
>>states of mind which Floyd clearly.. and most deliberately.. referred to
>>in their lyrics.. repeatedly, there are many more.
>>
>>just a piece of their mind.. for those of you who can be bothered..
>>
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>
> 420 420 smoek weed everdyay
Not very good weed I am sure.