[dljordan]

So the evil Kudzu monster is finally invading the North! Divine retribution! You can hear it growing at night. I swear! I always imagined a kind of 'Day of the Triffids' scenario where it finally just got up and started walking. Copperheads LOVE it! Kind of a Copperhead condo thing.

[archy]

So the evil Kudzu monster is finally invading the North! Divine Retribution! You can hear it growing at night. I swear!

Naw, 'twern't *Divine* retribution, but cuttings of kudzu vines picked up on axles and railcar fittings on overgrown railroad trackage in the South, then transported on northbound trains to Chicago's railyards. They had Sherman's March to the Sea, we had the Illinois Central and CSX freight drags taking our little *goodwill offering* presents to them....

And once kudzu gets a good start in the well-fertilized and cultivated downstate Illinois prarie cornfields and beanfields....

It's the *gift that keeps on giving....*

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