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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
.. in one corner of the Eastern Galactic Arm lies the large forest planet Oglaroon, the entire "intelligent" population of which lives permanently in one fairly small and crowded nut tree. In which tree they are born, live, fall in love, carve tiny speculative articles in the bark on the meaning of life, the futility of death, and the importance of birth control, fight a few extremely minor wars and eventually die strapped to the underside of some of the less accessible outer branches.
In fact the only Oglaroonians who ever leave their tree are those who are hurled out of it for the heinous crime of wondering whether any of the other trees might be capable of supporting life at all, or indeed whether the other trees are anything other than illusions brought on by eating too many Oglanuts.
Exotic though this behavior may seem, there is no life form in the galaxy which is not in some way guilty of the same thing.......
--Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the EEnd of the Universe
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Huh, RandyWayne- I've been to Oglaroon. It ain't all that. Trees are uncomfortable, rustling leaves, nuts droppin' on yer head.
And those less accessible outer branches. Man, their murder on yer back!
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