This was one of my worst April Fools days ever. I got fooled soooooo many times, and Leo's was one of the best ones! Another one was a dear friend who changed his Facebook status from "in a relationship" to "single". That rotten turkey! LOL. Everyone fell for it. A few years ago I pulled a good one. I photoshopped an Iris cristata alba flower from my garden to be golden-yellow. Then I posted it to a couple Iris mailing lists. I explained that this was a seedling from my garden & that I planned to register & introduce it under the name Iris cristata "Fool's Gold". I haven't been clever ever since. :-) Dennis in Cincinnati On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Alani Davis <alanidae@gmail.com> wrote: > I still want a picture of the cactus covered with seedlings even if it is > not a real peyote... I am with Diane on this. Hats off to Leo for a > fantastic laugh. > Alani Davis > On Apr 8, 2013 10:29 AM, "Diana Chapman" <rarebulbs@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > I thought for a long time before sending this message, but I feel I have > > to say something. > > > > I have never seen discussions on the PBS forum degenerate into name > > calling, as has happened recently. Using terms like 'bitter, sour, > > nasty' etc. is totally unacceptable. It is OK to disagree, but > > insulting terms are going far beyond the boundaries of polite > > discourse. This particular disagreement should have been done > > privately, since it didn't even involve bulbs. I deleted many messages > > without reading them, so it may have been even worse than the ones I > > opened. > > > > Leo Martin treated us all to a wonderful joke on April Fool's day. I > > laughed and laughed, and when some people 'bit' I laughed even more (and > > if it had been me, that would have been even better - isn't that the > > point of an April Fool's joke?). I still have images of Leo raking up > > Worsleya seedlings from his driveway, knocking them down from the power > > lines, etc., and it still makes me smile. Thank you Leo!! So, when he > > used the term 'gullible' which means trusting, naive, innocent, and even > > hopeful and optimistic (and you need plenty of all of those attributes > > to grow difficult bulbs), and was also insulted I felt mortally > > offended. I apologize to you Leo on behalf of all of us who got great > > enjoyment out of your joke. Please, don't hold back next year! > > > > Diana > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >