Sunday April 10, 2005
The Complete Life History Of A Chilli: Part 5 filed in Garden
Here are a few of them, pricked out and bright-eyed. They've all been watered and transferred inside to the window sill. All 34 of them.
So now you know what you are all getting for your birthdays.
Part One · Part Two · Part Three · Part Four
Pete
My birthday is on May the twelfth.
anna - Sunday April 10, 2005 16:01Mine's in November. I think they might've grown a bit by then. And probably died again too.
Lyle - Sunday April 10, 2005 16:32My birthday is May 12th too. They look good - somebody at Uborka Towers is clearly an expert at pricking.
Graybo - Sunday April 10, 2005 19:44Graybo, of all people, I do not believe that you want a plant for your birthday.
Karen - Sunday April 10, 2005 20:57Can I buy one? My birthday's not for ages.
pixeldiva - Monday April 11, 2005 12:36The chillis are not available for purchase.
However, you do get one for free with each copy of my CD (while stocks last). Only £7.
Pete - Monday April 11, 2005 16:49Real buggers to pack and send, I'll be bound. I think you should limit this offer to purchasers who present themselves at your premises.
Graybo - Monday April 11, 2005 17:22Arse. What if I've already bought a copy of said CD?
pixeldiva - Monday April 11, 2005 19:17And I suppose they'd be illegal to bring to the US?
Stuart - Monday April 11, 2005 21:56while stocks last... there are currently more chillis available than CDs.
Karen - Tuesday April 12, 2005 09:38Ah, but have you taken into account that we will want to keep a few of those chilli plants for ourselves, and a few of them aren't looking too healthy either (Pete Doherty especially)?
Graybo - good point, yes, only to people who present themselves at our premises.
I have no idea about taking chillis to the US. I suppose if you issue the plant with a biometric passport, they can't really refuse it.
Pete - Tuesday April 12, 2005 09:43Pete Doherty is out of rehab already. Soon he'll be thriving as healthily as Anna and the rest of the brood.
Karen - Tuesday April 12, 2005 12:37You've named them all?
pixeldiva - Tuesday April 12, 2005 12:42Why, that would be crazy!
Karen - Tuesday April 12, 2005 14:10I want to know the names.
Anna? Pete?
Hmmm.
Stuart - Wednesday April 13, 2005 04:11Don't forget Rufus and Kate, and of course, Pete Doherty (who's probably suffering from a change of trousers)...
pixeldiva - Wednesday April 13, 2005 06:29You can only take/send plants to the US if you apply to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (a division of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and obtain a Phytosanitary Certificate. The usual charge for this is £85.
Graybo - Wednesday April 13, 2005 14:30I did think that "Vaughan" might be an appropriate name for a chilli plant. Then I thought that that was a ridiculous notion as chillies are not known for their obfuscation.
Graybo - Wednesday April 13, 2005 14:31No, chillis are straight to the point.
Karen - Friday April 15, 2005 10:21Well, more usually wiggly to the point, which I suppose could be taken as obfuscation.
Kind of.
I'm overthinking this, aren't I?
pixeldiva - Friday April 15, 2005 10:30