isoglossia — pending reconstruction

Wednesday 14 November 07

12 Comments »

1. 

   25 minutes?

   Comment by Erik R. — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 10.54 MST+2.00

2. 

   I was betting that it’d be 25 minutes or less for you to come up with a lichen-related pun, either here or on Flickr. I lost.

   Comment by sgazzetti — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 12.48 MST+2.00

3. 

   How dare you liken me to a horse, like, in a race!

   Comment by Erik R. — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 13.14 MST+2.00

4. 

   See? Ouch.

   Comment by sgazzetti — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 13.15 MST+2.00

5. 

   I was waiting for Erik to roll out the pun as well.

   Comment by jane — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 14.24 MST+2.00

6. 

   Also: lovely photo.

   Comment by jane — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 14.25 MST+2.00

7. 

   Hey, I’m just trying to be a fun guy.

   On a more serious note, I was unaware that lichens are an example of symbiotic controlled parasitism. Interesting.

   Comment by Erik R. — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 15.41 MST+2.00

8. 

   Damn, Erik, everyone knows that.

   Comment by jane — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 16.27 MST+2.00

9. 

   Yeah, I imagine so. I wasn’t even familiar with the word “phycobiont”.

   Comment by Erik R. — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 19.10 MST+2.00

10. 

    You moss be joking.
    That is my best shot.
    Sorry.

    Comment by gaoo — Wednesday 14 November 07 @ 22.43 MST+2.00

11. 

    We all know that sgazzetti is secretly likin’ all these puns.

    Comment by Erik R. — Thursday 15 November 07 @ 02.16 MST+2.00

12. [...] Did you know that lichen is symbiotic controlled parasitism? I learned that the other day. [...]

    Pingback by Erik’s Blog » Ferntasia — Thursday 13 December 07 @ 16.09 MST+2.00

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