At the famous Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco some years ago, a strange phenomenon was occurring. It seemed that at the end of some of the elaborate and colorful piers, a type of hairy fungus was growing and the tourists were complaining.
Every time the cleaners shaved off the moss with their chisels, the hair would be back in a couple of days. It was pretty puzzling, as the moss would only grow back at their original spots and never attack other areas.
Needless to say, the tourist board was alarmed as this area was the number one tourist dollar earner in SF. Marine biologists were called in from the University of San Francisco to analyze the situation.
After a couple of months and a few million dollars of research and experimentation later, they finally solved the mystery. The fungus grew on white paint only at the end of the pier and not on other color paints that was used. Basically, their recommendation was
"So no white end the shaven wharves"
(snow white and the seven dwarfs)
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Wrote this feghoot to commemorate my daughter Shazeen’s School - USF
Every time the cleaners shaved off the moss with their chisels, the hair would be back in a couple of days. It was pretty puzzling, as the moss would only grow back at their original spots and never attack other areas.
Needless to say, the tourist board was alarmed as this area was the number one tourist dollar earner in SF. Marine biologists were called in from the University of San Francisco to analyze the situation.
After a couple of months and a few million dollars of research and experimentation later, they finally solved the mystery. The fungus grew on white paint only at the end of the pier and not on other color paints that was used. Basically, their recommendation was
"So no white end the shaven wharves"
(snow white and the seven dwarfs)
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Wrote this feghoot to commemorate my daughter Shazeen’s School - USF
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