Re: OT: Showing irises
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Showing irises
- From: J* C*
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:37:38 PDT
Griff wrote:
>Just think, all you have to do when you bring your iris to the show is give
>it a little modest grooming, set it on the bench, wish it well and go off
>and have coffee or hit the shopping mall. You don’t have to lead it around
>a ring, hold its tail up, make it jump through hoops or keep it from making
>mischief with the other entries. You don’t have to test the hardness or the
>temperature of its water – just whether there’s enough in the vase. If your
>iris has leaf spot, you just artfully trim off that portion of the leaf.
>Fish get "ick", which is spotty, filmy stuff on their fins. But if you trim
>off a portion of its fin, your fish looks odd and it swims funny. And if
>your iris gives off a fragrance like cat urine, no need to panic. You’re
>not going to have to clean up after it. Which reminds me of another good
>thing about the iris. You can feed it right up to the time of the show and
>it won’t do anything nasty on the bench. But best of all, I think, is that
>no matter how grossly you may mishandle it, your iris won’t bite you –
>which is more than you can say for a poodle or a piranha.
And if it doesn't win a prize at the show, you can discard it in the nearest
bin!
Jan
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