Which is why their roots usually extend as far as their branches...
/pedant
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:22,
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Well, yes.
A tree that was destined to survive would have roots like that. But I'm afraid the poor umbrella tree was doomed (see figure below)
[figure excised]
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giant_squid,
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:23,
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Curses!
foiled again!
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:28,
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kinda spoils the joke
when you have to produce scientific diagrams to explain it. Seems less spontaneous somehow.
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Prof UnderCover evitable,
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:35,
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blame syncubus
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giant_squid,
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:36,
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*hangs head in shame*
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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Tue 18 Jan 2005, 14:38,
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