Ravalli Republic, 04 Oct 2012 – Let us assume for a moment that I have discovered, while studying dandelion plants and how they regenerate, that if one collects and crushes enough of these seeds amounting to a 16th ounce of dandelion powder and further discovers that ingesting at least this much daily, I am relieved of an excruciating pain that I experience frequently from a spinal arthritic inflammation. Now suppose that I have discontinued the use of the expensive prescription drug issued by my rheumatologist after I have discovered that there seemed to be no adverse affects from the ingestion of this dandelion powder and I have decided that though the collection and grinding of these seeds is time consuming and labor intensive that it is worth it to save a few thousand dollars via self-medication. Now, let us assume the probable. The neighbors, after watching how I deal with my infestation of dandelions (letting them go to seed, then picking the heads off and placing them in a bag), begin asking questions. "Why not just spray the damn things?" "Every time I come by, you’re on your hands and knees plucking the heads off dandelions, are you nuts?" Finally I confide in an acquaintance that I trust of what I have discovered. Of course, he laughs at the idea and eventually tells his family about my mission in life as a humorous thing about a neighbor of his. I become the "dandelion man" and the butt of jokes as word spreads throughout the neighborhood. In a good year I can accumulate about 10 to 20 pounds of dandelion dust from my three acres to satisfy my medical needs so there are at times several pounds of dandelion dust on hand.
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