Fiction Authors Get It Wrong
Adam Fikso (Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:14:46 PDT)

Ohmigosh. Jim. You're right! your pointing it out enabled my memory to
surface with the potted plants and you could sometimes see the pots.. But
at age 14 when I started growing orchids that's still the one that sticks
with me, along with the Indian elephants in Africa. Never saw the fake ear
prostheses, though

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From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Fiction Authors Get It Wrong

Is anything in the movies true?
The old Tarzan movies are a hoot. Alberto has already mentioned the tigers.
Even as a kid I spotted the Asian elephants which were the only ones used in