Left 4 Dead is a rather popular game right now and working in an internet cafe gives me all sorts of oppertunities to make geeky jokes.

one thing that we have a disasterous lack of is oxygen. there are no potted plants, hell there is no greenery at all unless you count the V in the fridge.

Combining these two ideas i decided to install the Left 4 Dead characters in foliage form.



There were a few hurdles to surmount in perfoming this task.

firstly, noone gets the joke, not even my workmates who play the game, "why does louis have neurofen?" *Facepalm*

Next, where to source the plants from and which plants represent which characters. at first i believed they could all be sourced from my back yard but the weed to small plant ratio is kinda high
Bill came from my backyard, hidden under the mulberry tree. with his droopy leaves and slug eaten look he fitted the description of an old man.
Zoey and francis came from the garden outside my friends corporate office. noone batted an eyelid when i surrupticiously pulled them from the tidily manicured garden, the smoking IT workers out front just kept puffing away.
Louis was found eaking out an existance in a carpark cinder block.

installation took about a week and all the plants have survived in the perpetual flourescent daylight of the 24 hour net cafe.

and still noone gets the joke.

Further story in the pictures...