[PW] Re: New Phrase?

[Bye, Dan J]

I have an earlier use of the phrase from Usenet, a posting in
comp.sys.mac.programmer by Murat N. Konar, dated 12 Sept 1988.  Right at
the end of the message, Konar says: "Many thanks and a garland of 
Martian Fire Flowers in advance."

See: http://qurl.com/c6mv6

Dan

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> The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
>    
>   "It's alive!" protested the Martian, laughing more now. 
> "Oh, you're quite wrong. See all the carnival lights? There 
> are beautiful boats as slim as women, beautiful women as slim 
> as boats, women the color of sand, women with fire flowers in 
> their hands." 
>    
>   The earliest I can find of the use of "garlands of Martian 
> fire flowers" comes from a posting on brain-salad.com's ELP 
> Digest 29 September 1999 by Ed Macan
>   
> http://www.brain-salad.com/Digest/back-issues/1999/elp-digest-
> 09-08.txt
>