Tale of an iris newbie

        Don't let some of us who have been around just long enough to
memorize a few confusing terms, intimidate you! Let me tell you about a
brash, know-nothing guy who survived and even grew up to be a, perhaps,
acceptable iris guy.
        It was my first iris society meeting and they were having an
auction. I had hung back till I thought I had the hang of it and had
figured what was an acceptable price.  When my wife said, "That's a nice
one!" I figured, "OK, Mike me boy, here's where we show these potato
farmers what I know!" I'm sure now that the auctioneer mentioned 'SDB' at
the start of his chant but hey, who listens to all that techy iris
gobbledy-gook anyway?
        Two formidable matrons were bidding, and I thought they were being
real chintzy=8A the price was a third of what had gone down on previous iris=
..
        I hung back in the bushes like a sly ol' hound dog and when it
looked as if  the two ladies had topped out I popped what I figured would
be a killer bid. There was a smattering of half suppressed tittering and a
lot of people turned around to see the purchaser as the auctioneer knocked
it down to me. The donator of the iris I had just bought was sitting at the
table with me. His face turned white then red and he growled, sotto voce,
"People who don't know what there're doing should keep their mouths shut
till they learn!!" Good grief! MDB -- MTB; SDB -- SIB; BB -- IB, OG -- OGB,
SPU -- species=8A I just put the silly things in the ground and enjoyed them
when they bloomed!
        I'm wiser now but probably no smarter. There was another, brash,
opinionated, relative newcomer at that meeting who had all the old
irisarians shaking their heads. He is now the first vice-president of AIS.
Just goes to show you that you should suffer apparent fools with as much
grace as possible -- they may make something of themselves, someday, with a
little bit o' help!

Best regards,

Mike
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