Did anyone I know write this meme?

This idea seemed too like everyone I know to have come from Maryland: ( The What's Your Signature Weapon Test )

Horse and apple tree (probably)

Does anyone remember this story? There was an apple tree that couldn't make apples and a horse that wanted to help. The horse explained how she made foals, and that didn't help, and they asked bees how they made honey, and that didn't help, and so forth for several other creatures, and gave up. Then the horse said foo had probably makiing bar and asked the apple tree for advice. Then she told the apple tree she had an idea about apples and repeated the advice back, and it worked.

It was a children's book I used to have, but I'm not sure what now, or even if I dreamt it, and the animal/plant types might be wrong. Something satanicsocks said made me think of it. It doesn't sound familiar to anyone, does it? Mum?

The moral is that someone often has the best idea of what to do in a situation, but can't admit it, so explaining to someone else can make it clear, even just writing it down in a diary, and everyone can advise other people better than themselves. Recognising this is very useful.

It also reminds me of an asimov story, where someone often had good hunches. He had a -- hunch -- that why it was was veyr slight telepathy, and he picked up ideas from the people who asked for suggestions, but that they hadn't fully worked out, or that combined ideas from different poeple.

Old game nostalgia III - Monkey Island again

I got monkey island working (Thanks Jennie!) though without music. And finished it last night. It's amazing how short it is, when you know how to do everything. But it was great.

And I left guybrush underwater for ten minutes and he *did* die.

But I had a break in the middle when I cycled to the carlton (hi guys!) and *didn't* die.