LONG MARROW, NO, IT'S A LONG GOURD

HI TO ALL LIST MEMBERS.
Well, I have just read an article in one of our weekly Gardening Magazines 
that made me cry with laughter whilst i was reading it and looking at the 
accompanying picture. I will type word for word the article and then describe 
the picture.
Here goes, Have the kleenex ready.
TITLE
BIG MARROW MAY SNATCH NEW RECORD
STORY
A retired chef may have bitten off more than he could chew after growing what 
he believes may be the longest MARROW ever.
The gentleman was stunned when he saw one of his greenhouse MARROWS had 
reached a staggering 5.5 ft.
He wants to keep growing it until it stops, so he can harvest seed for 
growing next year. The Marrow was sown in may and became so large that The 
Gentleman and his wife had to cut the huge stalk back, to stop it growing 
through the roof.
The record for the HEAVIEST MARROW is held by John Handbury from Temple 
Normanton, who scooped the award in 1998 with a 135Lb whopper.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records said there was not a world record for 
length, but urged The Gentleman to send in the details of his enormous MARROW.
END OF STORY.
The only part of the above story that is correct is about John and his 135 Lb 
MARROW. What is so funny about the article you may be asking? Well, to the 
left of the story there is a very nice picture of The Gentleman holding a, 
wait for it....................SCROLL








LONG GOURD.
Admittedly it is a great, LONG GOURD, nice and straight'ish, nice marbling 
and yes, it looks 5.5 ft long. What i just do not understand is how can 
anyone confuse a LONG GOURD with a GIANT MARROW especially a Chef. It may 
just be that i have a weird sense of humour but one has to see the article to 
see the funny side.

I have not mentioned the name of the grower but replaced his name by saying 
the gentleman instead as i do not want to get in the dog house with anyone at 
the Magazine or anyone else. I am going to post an e mail to the Magazine and 
inform them that The Gentleman's "LONG MARROW" is in fact a "LONG GOURD". I 
will post what ever response i get on the lists as i think it may be of 
interest to the "LONG GOURD" Growers.


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