Comments on: Suburban Grandpa Defeats Harry Potter’s The Devil’s Snare

By: Simon Garbutt

Simon Garbutt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:13:07 +0000

I presume this story is based on the Daily Telegraph’s story of 6 Aug (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5983776/Deadly-tropical-plant-grows-in-Suffolk-garden.html), plus a few colourful bits of random speculation (the RHS experts weren’t suggesting that the bird had flown from South America!). But why have you turned Suffolk pensioner Phyllis Abbott, 79, into an 84-year-old grandpa? Was it because you had a free picture of an oldish bloke with a spear-like object in his hand?

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:43:57 +0000

Although considered only a rare accidental in the UK, it’s widespread in parts of France. I agree with you Carl, but what can either of us do when confronted with “experts”

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:02:35 +0000

Sounds rather silly to me to suspect that it has grown from a seed which a bird had dropped…it’s commonly grown as a conservatory plant in the uk so it’s more likely that it’s from a local source

By: Chris Milton

Chris Milton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:05:02 +0000

Well the plant is used by Hindu monks as such and could probably be considered a cultural item, much the same as cannabis for rastafaris. Time to swap belief perhaps?

By: krissy

krissy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:52:16 +0000

I’m sure a lot of Brits would have wanted that hallucinogen.