Re: Tale of an iris newbie

Mike since I am, at least, if not more a newbie to irises would you explain
what you did wrong at the auction. I'm lost :(

>        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

At the start of the North Fork of Long Island.

John Packard                            High School Teacher
Calverton, NY                            Social Studies

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