From: dave.metz@ix.netcom.com   
      
   In article <8-SdnVaSnteZlqfKnZ2dnUU7-QmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>   
   David DeLaney  wrote:   
   >   
   > On 2016-05-16, Drew Lawson  wrote:   
   > > 	Lee Ayrton  writes:   
   > >>No, not Seven Wright's Twinkie-fed dog. Or Walking Dead's zombies.   
   > >>   
   > >>It comes from a conversation at work on Friday, one participant (with a   
   > >>soap box permanently attached to his feet) offering that life had   
   > >>returned to the exclusion zone around Chernobyl; wildlife, plants,   
   > >>everything.  Except that when the leaves fall they /never rot/, they   
   > >>just pile up.  Punch line: Authorities are worried that eventually all   
   > >>the forest floor litter will catch fine and release more radiation than   
   > >>the initial meltdown did.   
   > >   
   > > If they won't rot, what makes him think that they'd burn?   
   >   
   > Rotting requires living bacteria to do the rotting. The leaves are   
   radioactive,   
   > and the implication is that that's killing off the bacteria. Fire burns   
   > regardless.   
      
   What's going to set them on fire?  They don't have any negroes   
   rioting and burning things down in those areas.   
      
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