Do I owe Chris Council an apology?

Every body:
I am having the best time learning from all of you and enjoying
the different personalities. Oxalis is my flower of choice and
curiosity. however I have discovered that our topics tend to vary.
Hopefully all of you will keep your sense of humor and not become
stuffy. I can't imagine why I would need an apology, after all
some of you read the yarn I tried to spin. You have probably figured out
that I am a frustrated writer (not a comedy writer) though I try to be a
comic at times.
Chris is not owed an apology, I know because I am Chris.
Bye for now and if you find what ever escaped from my peanut shell you nay
keep
it for I am living in fear; what if it returns with a vengeance and spins a
web
around all of my Oxalis, Yike!
Chris

[Original Message]
From: John Bryan <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net>
To: <scamp@earthlink.net>; Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: Jim McKenney <JimMcKenny@starpower.net>
Date: 7/12/2004 4:00:41 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Do I owe Chris Council an apology?

Dear Chris:

Just keep learning and do not take life too seriously, even after 50+
years there is still so much I have to learn. Do not be afraid to make
mistakes, we all do. BUT do learn from them, not doing so is a mistake.
Humor is great and makes life much more enjoyable. Cheers, John E. Bryan

Christine Council wrote:

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

[Original Message]
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

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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