And lo on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:11:29 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> I just opened my window. [Due to the temparature at my desk exceeding  


It's been trying to snow here too.

> As I held my head out of the window, I noticed a thin layer of green  
> slime on the PVC windowsil.
>
> There's a small puddle of water there, and presumably an abundance of  
> light, and this powers simple photosynthetic organisms. Algae, I would  
> think. [Heaven only knows where it gets nutrients from...]
>
> I wonder... would it be safe to eat this stuff? Is it nutritious? Mmm,  
> interesting...

Ummm if in doubt, no. To put it another way think of the conversation at  
the hospital...

"So sir, you seem to have a mild case of food poisoning. Can you think of  
something you've eaten recently that could have caused that?"
"I'm not sure. There was this green slime that had formed outside my  
window at work; I did had a quick taste of that"

-- 
Phil Cook

--
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