“Grandpa, like most of the fun-loving gang who built the Plants, just wanted to die or have his brain turn to oatmeal before it becomes too apparent exactly what a nightmare he and his buddies have saddled their descendants with.”

— Douglas Coupland , book Shampoo Planet

Shampoo Planet (1992)

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