plastic_plants__rubber_people Dafremen Plastic Plants...Rubber People? by Roger Dafremen Sitting at my favorite table, eating my favorite fast-food breakfast at my favorite fast food breakfast spot, when the plastic plants caught my eye. Now my thoughts, like me, can be more than a bit eccentric, but they're generally not delusional so I like to let them run their course just to see what sort of adventure they might take me on, and this morning's was a pleasant one. The adventure those plastic plants took me on started with my recalling why it was that some folks chose plastic ones over real plants. Natural plants have their flaws and they're certainly higher maintenance than the faux variety. They die, they gotta have water, sunshine and generally just require someone to pay attention to their needs. Plastic plants on the other hand don't ask a thing from you and they give some people the "plant ambience" that they're looking for. Enjoying the absurd and appreciating the ironic, I wasn't too suprised by the bizarre twist that my thoughts took next. See I don't hug trees or squeeze bunnies, and as I've already mentioned I can appreciate a good fast food joint, but wouldn't it be ironic if nature decided that we were more trouble than we were worth? Just up and replaced us with rubber people? No dying, no water, food, muss or fuss; just perfect smiling rubber people. Maybe move us around once in awhile to give the illusion of activity and keep the animals on their toes. It started me thinking about how often we simply replace the people and things in our lives that get to need more from us than we feel we're getting from them. As I was finishing my breakfast and vowing not to own plastic plants(or rubber people!) I looked out the window and saw that big shiny clown out in the courtyard just looking at me with the biggest grin on his face. I couldn't help but smile back. 021221 ... screwing for virginity it is sad to say, but i know more fake people than real people. 021221 ... flu plastic_pants_rubber_nipple 030116 ... dafremen "What I think many people are trying to do is humanise plants to make them more like ourselves." - David Robinson, University at Heidelberg Germany. What if they ARE ourselves..just experiencing life through a completely different branch of the taxonomy tree? When did any of us stop being made of.. the universe? So if everything made of OUR cells, be they bone, blood, eye or ear cells..etc..is still what makes up US. Then what do we call cells that are made of us, but do their own thing? Oh yea: cancer. Apparently, having forgotten that we belong to and are part of the universe..we are now a cancer. Damn. 210904 what's it to you? who go blather from