Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for August 25, 2014
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Transcript:
nature a handy guide have you ever been out at the beach or in the woods, enjoying nature, and thought to yourself, "what was that i just stepped in?" chances are it's something unpleasant. in fact, nature is full of nasty things mucousy larval bladderoid things that, harmful or not, are best avoided. just use these handy mnemonic rhymes- guy: pee-yoo leaves of three, let it be. guy: everyone knows that. legs of eight, leave the state. makes a sound, don't hang around. thing: phffplpfgh fetid & wet, get upset. guy: agk kind of brown, put it down. seems organic, best to panic. aaaaaaaa
Must be in Olympic National Park. I still have nightmares about the giant banana slug that crawled into our tent one night.