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No, Suzi, my conspiracy theory is goofy. But, hey, I like it! <chuckling> DaBear thinks it's insane.

I loved your spider lily! Some plants seem more alien than anything on a science-fiction show ...

The Queen Mum had guts. Lots of her funny quotes are listed in Wikipedia. Apparently, her staff was almost completely homosexual, and, after her gin and tonic was continuously delayed by backstairs bickering, "When one of you young queens has finished, can you bring this old Queen a drink?"

She was, apparently, quite the wit.