hi barb [n.b. i've taken the liberty of removing the 'non-pd' from your subject header since bean sprouts are the long-awaited cure to pd!] At 15:33 1999/01/02 -0800, you wrote, in part: >...Actually Val, I conducted a research project for my thesis >specifically to learn more about prehistoric domestification of >animals and plants and recently discovered that waaaaay back in the >dawn of time, ALL domesticated plants and animals originated from >ONE SINGLE SPECIES!..... >The next morning, it was discovered that Milton had placed the wet >clay on top of a dog and lo and behold, the clay had dried in the >shape of the dog and was covered in tiny green edible sprouts! >"NEAT," exclaimed Mrs. Jones," I'll call it "Chia-Pet," and soon the >cave was full of Chia Pets, hence the birth of the phrase, "Keeping >up with the Jones'!" i appreciate all the research you've done on this, barb you are a real asset to this list may i add my small contribution? i have found two amazing web-sites which describe the current status of chia-dom and sprout-dom much better than i ever could in fact the information on these two web-sites left me de-speechified! [to steal a phrase] please, please, please don't miss 'liberachia' and 'elmer fudd': most enlightening! An Interactive Guide to the Chia Pet Zoo <http://www.accessone.com/~jonathin/dmain.htm> Joseph Enterprises Interactive <http://www.chiapet.com/> sproutingly yours your cy-bean sibling janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada [log in to unmask]