I've just been given a leaflet
Would anybody be interested in joining the British Lichen Society?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:53, 18 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

What do you get to lich?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:56, Reply)

I'm not sure, but I think you'll lich it
Apparently "the society was founded in 1958 to stimulate and advance interest in all branches of lichenology."

I can see you're struggling to resist.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:57, Reply)

I am a bit turned on by this lichen stuff.
Tell me more.

*uzips trousers*
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:01, Reply)

They "have members throughout the world."
And there are pretty sexy lichen pictures on the leaflet.

You could learn how to identify lichens and "learn more about one of the most remarkable examples of mutual symbiosis - between a fungal and an algal partner."

Don't know about you, but I'm tenting already...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:03, Reply)

I lich it.
Me and my friends, we all lich it.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:13, Reply)

Depends, do I have to fight vampires?
Ho ho ho, the hilarity.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:58, Reply)

The first time I saw the poster for that film, I did think
"Doesn't sound like much of a fight..."
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:05, Reply)

is that who Blair's donated his book proceeds to?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:59, Reply)

Don't mock Lichen
How else is bare rock supposed to get colonised?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:59, Reply)

I must admit, I find lichen quite interesting.
I'm just not sure I'd stump up £30 for a year's membership...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:01, Reply)

It's my favoirite symbiotic relationship involving fungi and algae

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:03, Reply)

Quite kinky, don't you think?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:17, Reply)

At first I wasn't so keen on the idea.
Now it's growing on me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:13, Reply)

BADUM TSCHH!
But seriously, that would be a good indication of the cleanliness of the air around you.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Yes - let's be serious about this for a moment.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:18, Reply)

Lichen are deeply serious business
I sincerely hope you don't think this is a laughing matter.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:22, Reply)

Certainly not.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:32, Reply)

*stares at Monty with serious teacher face*
This is very serious business, young man. I sincerely hope you don't find something funny about lichen. Hmmmm? Or perhaps, if you do, you'd like to share it with the rest of the class?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 17:35, Reply)