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hey, did you order your plants yet?

i guess so.

what do you mean, guess?

did you look at the order sheet?

no, it didn't make it to my block of cubicles yet. why?

it's not much of a choice. you can get a little philodendron in a little cup, or ivy, or african violets.

those are nice, right? especially african violets. and i think they can all live with only flourescent light.

that's the thing, they don't "live" at all. they chose all shade plants, which makes sense, but they're all fake!

no, no, they're supposed to be live. they said they chose ones that could live in office conditions.

i know that's what they said, but on the order form it says they're "incredibly life-like." so they specifically chose fake versions of the kind of plants that would work if they were real.

maybe that's because if they got fake ones that wouldn't live if they were real, they'd look really fake. but if they're fake ones that could be real, then it looks like they're live.

but if they're all ones that could live, why didn't they just let us get real ones like they said?

well i don't know. i'm sure they had a good reason. maybe they were afraid they'd die.