Posted by Richard Brooks on 12/26/38 11:25

Zachariah wrote:
> Alex Buell yammered:
>
>
>>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, bof wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In message <slrndh9e6v.c8.spam@neutron.nukesoft.co.uk>, Marcus Houlden
>>><spam@nukesoft.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>
>>>>What daft warnings have *you* seen recently
>>>
>>>"Not for human consumption", on a pack of daffodil bulbs
>>
>>I seem to remember someone ticking me off for making a joke about a
>>blind man eating daffodil bulbs that he thought were onions a long time
>>ago in this newsgroup.
>
>
> I swear, Alex you're such a whoose! Grow some nads man!

In fact, it was the mark of a great seedsman if 'he knew his onions'
which was the generic name for bulbs. He could lay out the planting
area, drop them where he wanted them to grow and grow the best floral
display the next year, all without the plastic labels.

All this without tv and an X-box!


Richard.

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