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   simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago

   In the Netherlands, during tulipmania of the early 1600s, tulips were considered so valuable someone traded a decent house for one. Guess that was before Facebook stock.
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   Pharmakeus Ubik said, 6 months ago

   @simpsonfan2

   Michael Pollan had a really good treatment of this phenomenon in The Botany of Desire. He looks at how mankind changed four plants, the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato, and how we were changed by them.
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   Scroogeman said, 6 months ago

   Poor timing.
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   whmIII said, 6 months ago

   Not if you plant them properly…
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   lightenup said, 6 months ago

   I like daffodils better.
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   pcolli said, 6 months ago

   @simpsonfan2

   They were, indeed, worth a fortune. Personally, they’re OK, I suppose. Make a mess of the table when the petals and pollen drops.
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   pcolli said, 6 months ago

   @Pharmakeus Ubik

   Don’t like apples; tulips are nothing out of the ordinary; I find potatoes boring (I prefer rice); and the other NEVER had any effect on me (wasted a lot of money).
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   Pharmakeus Ubik said, 6 months ago

   @pcolli

   That being the case, I’m glad he cast his net wider than just you. Still a fascinating book/movie.
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   simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago

   @Pharmakeus Ubik

   I saw that show.
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