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- From: bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps)
- Subject: Re: Poinsettias
- Message-ID: <C01Fvw.7A7@agora.rain.com>
- Organization: Open Communications Forum
- References: <BzzM7I.D2I@agora.rain.com> <1992Dec29.003613.13284@bsu-ucs>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:35:55 GMT
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- d000dlphi@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (David Speakman) writes:
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- >At first I thought that this posting didn't belong on MOTSS, then I remembered:
- >All gay men are florists at heart (interior designers, too!)
-
- I forgot the ObMotss: Truman Capote hated poinsettias too.
-
- >Treat them at cut flowers. They will ALWAYS die back - all of the leaves will
- >fall off. Unless you live in a tropical climate or are a seasoned green thumb,
- >these holoday herbal horrors are imossible to keep alive beyond mid-January.
-
- When living in San Francisco I once parked one on the breezeway landing.
- It lived for three months without watering.
-
- Well, OK, I watered it a little. I just can't stand to watch a living
- thing suffer. But they look *so* dumpy when they lose their color.
-
- >Throw them out (or compost them) when you get sick of them.
-
- I'm too much of a softie. I need to find them a home.
-
- >P.S. Brent, I think it is sweet that your husband wanted to brighten up your
- >home for the holidays.
-
- Yep, he's a sweetie all right. :)
-
- But now you've given my husband Barry a golden opportunity to demuffin.
- He finds UNIX a little intimidating. Send him mail at bburns@agora.rain.com
- if you want to encourage him to post. Come on, honey, I know you're reading
- this...
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