Re: CAT: An Obsession Progression
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- Subject: Re: CAT: An Obsession Progression
- From: m*@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:25:24 -0700 (MST)
WAYNE JOBE wrote:
>
> > to go golfing so I can strip sod and run the tiller and he won't suspect a
> > thing.
> >
> > scroll forward to October and start from the top.
> >
> > Kathy Guest,
> >
> Kathy,
> Boy, does that sound like me or what!! My husband and I wrote (with a
> nod to Jeff Foxworthy)some ways to tell if your an irisarian.
> 1. If a freeze is predicted and there are no blankets left on your bed
> because they are covering your iris bed...
> 2. If you've ever missed your house payment so you would'nt miss the AIS
> convention...
> 3. If you've ever missed your kid's graduation because you weren't back
> from the Ais convention...
> 4. If you've ever bid $40 on an iris that sells for $25 in the
> catalogue...
> 5 If you've ever paid $35-$40 for an iris you knew would probably die
> within the first 30 days...
> 6 If your family has had to fix their own meals because your busy
> feeding the iris...
> 7 If you've ever stayed up half the night breathing on an iris blossom
> so it would open for tomorrows show...
> 8 If you've ever driven 5 MPH and completely ignored the stop signs on
> the way to enter the iris show...
> 9 If you know the names: HORNI LORI,AFTERNOON DELIGHT,WITCH OF ENDOR AND
> STREETWALKER do not refer to soap operas...
> 10. If you've had to remove the kids pictures from the walls to make
> room for more Iris plates...
> 11. If you've ever maxed out your credit card to Schreiners or
> cooleys...
> 12. If you've ever had to rent a U-Haul to get your purchases home from
> the rhizome sale...
> 13. If you've ever removed grass,trees or buildings from your property
> to make room for more iris...
> If you can say yes to any or all of these "situations"-- "you might be
> an irisarian"
> Leslie Jobe' IN OMAHA. Cold but no snow(yet)
This is absolutely PRECIOUS!! I'm definitely a true blue irisarian then
since all to these apply easily to me! I have a feeling not too many of
us cannot say the same.
Diana Winship
Richardson, Tx. - Where we will be dipping down into the low,low 30's or
high 20's this weekend, & may even get some snow flurries tonight! Usual
weather for this time of year is mid to high 40's, & as a result, I've
already caught a cold!
