10 responses

• todd Apr 24, 2008
   

  i loved this the first time it came out. i still love it.

   
• renster Apr 24, 2008
   

  You are also known as Odd Tunderwood.

   
• notgneiss Apr 24, 2008
   

  I love the irony of the link Bdog is giving me with this: "Spoon with Built-In Scales, Perfect for Dieters and Dealers." More crack for the hyped up masses...

   
• jessica Apr 24, 2008
   

  I prefer to think about the tulip bubble. Some words about this phenomenon were on the blackboard of the university classroom I was in last night, along with some words about the tech and housing bubbles. Tulipmania appeals to me much more. It seems less threatening to my bank account.

   
• jessica Apr 24, 2008
   

  Of course, blooming tulips aren't very likely to make me money, either.

   
• Arkansan Apr 24, 2008
   

  Jessica, I understand that centuries ago tulip bulbs were a medium of wealth, apparently made so by Holland sea-going merchants.

   
• Arkansan Apr 24, 2008
   

  Did I hear that Turkey is now trying to corner the market on tulip bulbs?

   
• Arkansan Apr 24, 2008
   

  Googled: In fact, tulip prices and the practice of tulip speculation became so excessive and frenzied that in 1637 the States of Holland passed a statute curbing such extremes.
  

   
• David S. Apr 24, 2008
   

  The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan has a lovely chapter about tulips and the Dutch tulip craze.

   
• smckenzie23 Apr 25, 2008
   

  why did "The Botany of Desire" remind me of the movie "Adaptation?"