Suicide Palm Trees

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Date: 17 January 2008 12:35:26

I herard a report on the radio this morning that a new "genus" of Palm Tree has been discovered on Madagascar - they didn't say if this was the film or island - that can be seen by satellite. It has branches that are 15 feet long and lives for around 100 years.

It only appears to flower once and then produces so many that the effort forces it to collapse and die from exhaustion. However the news report said that they explode. My colleague, who was driving at the time, looked a little concerned when he saw me chuckling to myself and making explosion noises, and exploding palm tree impressions with my hands.

I had this wonderful image in my head of palm trees throughout the world turning into suicide bombers by flowering wonderfully to attract people and then exploding when enough had gathered.

From this I have interpreted the meaning to be that I should stop reading books, newspaper articles and watching news reports about Islamic terrorists. Yet the thought of exploding palm trees on the sea front at Torquay still makes me giggle....

Please note that this is MY idea and any books, articles, short stories, films, TV sketches/shows or any other media existing, or not yet discovered, not produced by me but using this will be hearing from my solicitors forthwith.