Posted by andrew.upton4 on 09/07/05 23:23

On a hair dryer in a hotel - " Not to be used in the shower "
"Richard Brooks" <richardbrooks@kdbanglia.com> wrote in message
news:4314e3dc$0$18641$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> 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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