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/ >