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   eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:27:40 JST eclectech

   If you blow on a dandelion seed head in just the right way, you get to meet one of these cuties. Nice.

   #sillyScribbles #photography #nature #silly #nonsense #drawing

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:27:39 JST morph

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     @eclectech Why "clock" ? 🤔

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:37:17 JST morph

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     @eclectech Ah ok. Honestly I don't remember if there were rules like this. I just blew them around a lot and liked to put cuttings of the stems into a glass of water to watch them building spirals.

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     eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:37:18 JST eclectech

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     @morph You would blow on it, and the number of times it took to blow away all the seeds was the time!

     I fear it was not a hugely reliable method of timekeeping.

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:48:41 JST morph

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     @eclectech Not every dandelion variety works well a clock I'd guess. So that might be the reason why the fact is unknown in some regions.

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     eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:48:42 JST eclectech

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     @morph I'm wondering if it's very geographically targeted. I'm glad in the original post I edited my original "blow on a dandelion clock" to seed head, as I would definitely have made even less sense than normal to quite a few people.

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     morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:54:40 JST morph

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     @eclectech It's a good excuse for being late.

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     eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 05:54:41 JST eclectech

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     @morph That's an interesting point, if some varieties are easier to disperse it would always be 1 o'clock, and what use is that?!