Jim Mckenney
Christine Council (Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:56:03 PDT)
Jim and everybody:
resending this e-mail.
Chris
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To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: "Jim McKenney" <JimMcKenny@starpower.net>
Subject: RE: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology?
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:30:04 -0400
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Hi Jim and everybody:
I found your answer humorous but was still wondering if unlike
blossoms actually could make weird baby flowers? I have seen some very
strange
things in my little garden;I have no idea what they are but I know what
some of them were.
Please continue to be yourself because the world is to serious.
I was joking and serious about my giant peanut but nobody thought it was
funny.
I did get some serious responses.
Imagine my surprise when I dug down into the dirt and thought some one had
dropped a peanut shell into the pot until I found a few more peanut shells
of different
sizes in other flower pots. I forget who set me straight but discovered
that
the peanut with the hole in it was just a seed pod as were the others.
Still I wonder if I should worry about the little thing which escaped out
of that little hole in the shell. Where did it go? what did it do? how
was
I supposed to
know it was a seed pod? Now I am serious, what does a newbie know? and
how
does a newbie
know these things? Ha.
Keep us smiling,
Chris
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From: Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net>
To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: 7/9/2004 9:36:09 AM
Subject: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology?
Dear Chris,
When I read your recent posting to Dell, I realized that I may owe you
an
apology. You said:
as you know I am new to plants but Oxalis drew me in;
Several weeks ago you posted to PBS and asked a question about what
would
happen if a strawberry crossed with your oxalis. I replied with a piece
which might be read as humourous (that was my intention) or sarcastic
(definitely not my intention).
The postings to the list at that time included threads which touched on
hybrids, the proper nomenclature of hybrids and related topics. When
your
posting asking about the strawberry and oxalis appeared, I assumed it
was
meant as a joke - and I replied in kind.
But now I realize that you are a newbie, and maybe you meant the
question
seriously.
If so, my response was a real faux pas, and you have good reason to
think
I'm a total jerk.
If you're question was meant seriously, please accept my apologies for a
response which probably gave the (inaccurate) impression that I was
blowing
you off and ridiculing your query.
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net
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