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Potted Plant Distribution by APR dreamlands

January 8th, 2011 6:01 PM / Location: 45.286481,-123.6481

INSTRUCTIONS: Acquire a small potted plant. Leave the plant in a store, cafe, or a location of your choosing that has lack of potted plants.

I was minding my own business, skipping about through the woods and banging two empty halves of coconut together, when suddenly, a group of knights appear in front of me, and say:


They then claim they are the one and only Knights Who Say Ni and demand a sacrifice of:


This is no normal forest I am strolling about, however. These woods are, in fact, a temperate rainforest, and furthermore are on a mountain, making this sacrifice all the more difficult! Recognizing that these knights wouldn't let me mind my own business and prance about in their weald without a sacrifice, I decide to oblige. This means I must go all the way back to town to get these crazy people a bush. The trip is long and arduous, stressing my every desire to even complete this quest. However, I then realize that if I get a shrubbery which is in a pot, then my donation will count for this very task! This is enough motivation to convince me to proceed, and in fact, be enthusiastic!

Once in the nearest town, I run in to a man named Roger. Roger the shrubber. He then proceeds to sell me a very nice looking shrubbery, and one that is not too expensive either!
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At this point I am weary from all of my travels and decide to turn in for the night, to tackle distributing the potted plant another day. I have, however, prepared the shrubbery for transportation, so that I can depart at first light.
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Unfortunately, however, the weather overnight decided not to cooperate, and the snow levels dropped below the pass to the mountain, so I had to take the long way around to get back there. Also, when I got there, I found that the road up to the knights would be inaccessible by my cart, so I would have to use the coconuts and skipping method again. I summoned Patsy, loaded him with our sacrifice, and we began on our way.
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There was climbing, and climbing, and then climbing some more. There was snow, rain, and even ice. There were cliffs of despair, and waterfalls of grace. This was truly a magical journey. Once I arrived at the predetermined location, I unpacked the shrubbery, and offered my sacrifice.
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They then demanded another shrubbery, only slightly higher to get a two level effect, and they also demanded I cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest with a herring. I gracefully declined, put my tail between my legs, and fled, prancing and skipping the whole way down the mountain. On the way, however, the winter storms grew fierce, so I was forced to eat Sir Robin's minstrels.

- smaller

A Shrubbery!


Ni!


The shrubbery from Roger!

The shrubbery from Roger!

Only $10!


All packed and ready for adventure!

All packed and ready for adventure!


The supplies on the cart!

The supplies on the cart!


The first hints of snow.

The first hints of snow.


Some rapids.

Some rapids.


king Arthur Pend-Ragon

king Arthur Pend-Ragon


Cliffs of despair.

Cliffs of despair.


A waterfall, from the top.

A waterfall, from the top.


A waterfall, from the side.

A waterfall, from the side.


Off in the distance

Off in the distance


The misty woods

The misty woods


The snowy woods

The snowy woods


More snowy woods

More snowy woods


A shrubbery!

A shrubbery!


Yes, the middle one

Yes, the middle one


Some of the view.

Some of the view.


More cliffs of despair.

More cliffs of despair.



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posted by APR dreamlands on January 8th, 2011 6:21 PM

The inspiration for the location is, naturally, geohashing.

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posted by relet 裁判長 on January 9th, 2011 3:41 AM

Brave brave brave! Thank you for the picture of the shrubbery in your backpack.

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posted by rongo rongo on January 9th, 2011 5:39 PM

I also really liked the picture of the shrubbery, all packed and ready to go.

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posted by teucer on January 9th, 2011 5:30 AM

I love the observation that a mountain full of plants has a lack of potted ones.

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posted by APR dreamlands on January 9th, 2011 8:24 AM

Unfortunately the shrubbery is no longer potted either, solely because of my refusal to leave a plastic pot out in the forest. However, a formerly potted plant now inhabits that mountain!

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posted by Kate Saturday on January 9th, 2011 5:42 PM

i voted extra hard on account of your environmental responsibility.

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posted by APR dreamlands on January 9th, 2011 5:53 PM

I also made sure that the shrubbery I used is neither an invasive species, nor poisonous. =D

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posted by relet 裁判長 on January 17th, 2011 3:22 PM

how boring!

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posted by APR dreamlands on January 10th, 2011 10:04 PM

There is an easter egg in this praxis. Good luck in your search!

I did not find the easter egg,
posted by Ombwah on January 19th, 2011 8:12 PM

That said, I give points for the approximation of the geohash, that is notable.

The plant, I am ambivalent about, in that it will as a quality of being both non invasive and not poisonous become either gone or ubiquitous, meaning no one will note the presence. That is both green, and laudable as a result, but also not notable since it will not be discernible at all over time. One day there will be no marker of your praxis here, it will blend into perpetuity.

I do enjoy the Monty Python references, but alone, they are not enough for a 5. I mean, we all love Python, right?

also
posted by Ombwah on January 19th, 2011 8:17 PM

I like the geohashing site thing you referenced. I will (likely) play with that site a bit, now. :)

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posted by APR dreamlands on January 19th, 2011 8:18 PM

Gah, don't say that word!