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Title: Re: Anybody get Chinese seeds ?
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 28, 2020, 10:01:56 pm

None here yet , but I would go ahead & ingest any unsolicited seed/foodstuff the Friendly Chinese would send me , they have my best interest at heart ❤ ;)

Title: Anybody get Chinese seeds ?
Post by: J.Jackson on July 28, 2020, 03:52:01 pm

There is currently a mysterious bout of Chinese seeds arriving upon unsuspecting US postal customers. A leading theory has something to do with “brushing”  {i.e. a bogus foreign padding of positive reviews on a site like Amazon]

My limited working theory is that they could be an ancient Chinese herbal remedy to fix the common “quality control” failures in toy engines. Add a few seeds to the fuel tank , or squeeze some seeds for lubricating oil that was absent. Jam some seed in the screw holes to keep the screws from backing out.  Could be they are just a generous offer to achieve customer satisfaction?

Anybody got the seeds yet?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/us/seeds-from-china-mail.html

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