More fun and games from the Rose Forums!

21 years ago

These are several fun stories, proffered by various rose forumers, and each is hysterical in it's own way. However, they ARE addicting, so the following is suggested:

Follow the links (if I get them to work), and then just copy & paste the whole thread(s) to your Word document, save it w/ a name you'll remember, and then, next winter, during the first good snow or ice storm, make a cuppa, print these out, and enjoy! If you just bookmark them from here (your computer & the garden web), you'll likely return to them later and find those magical words: Can't Find the File You Requested!

But DO read "A Typical Day on the Rose Forum" first. Like right now! It is just TOO funny! Make sure you read the folowups, too! And then read about the Adventures with Compost Tea. They're both recent. The Suicidal Gardenia is L-O-N-G, goes over SIX years, it's 2, 100 post threads joined together and ARCHIVED, for goodness sakes. Maybe Cathy's post about Cut Your Own Flowers will reach that status one day! And one of the ALL TIME FAVS is the Dogs in the Carcass, saved by a guy named Cactus Joe.

Enjoy!

Http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg061846275594.html?69

(Should be: A Day on the Rose Forum, currently 67 responses, but they read fast!)

Http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg060249188036.html?100

(A big stinking mess! Help! --the Compost Tea story, 100 responses, they also read fairly fast)

Http://www.jackiefrench.com/feb04.html

(a link to a funny Austrailian woman who "talks" to wildlife and is also a children's book author. If it appears on your screen as it did mine, the font size is small, you may have to squint)

Http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/calif/2004035908004767.html

(Should be the "infamous Suicidal Gardenia" thread)

http://members.gardenweb.com/members/Cactus_joe

(this is his "Member's Page". The story is at the bottom of the page, scroll down til you find it. It's the Dogs in the Carcass story!)

Again I say, "Enjoy"!

And I wonder why I'm not getting enough sleep, or enough done around the house or garden! LOL!

Susi.

Here is a link that might be useful: A Day on the Rose Forum

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Comments (4)

Poochella
21 years ago
OH Susie- that dog in the carcass thread is too much! Such a funny find, along with Cactus Joe's dog in rose bush story.
I've said it before and I hope to say it a thousand more times before my time's up: I LOVE Gardenweb!
Thanks for taking the time to post these jewels- everyone can use a laugh now and then.
susiq
Original Author
21 years ago
Pooch, (and any others), glad you enjoyed!

I found another one! Someone else added this to the general discussion of funny threads. This one was so funny I laughed at it as I was going to sleep last night! The person who provided the link said it was appropo re all the alfalfa tea stories going around!

It's called "The Famous Squirrel Story". Horse & Horse Feed afficianados might also get a "kick" out of this!

Follow the link to: Beet Pulp Safety Warning (aka the famous squirrel story)

Susi

Here is a link that might be useful: Beet Pulp Safety Warning (aka the famous squirrel story)
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Jeanne_in_Idaho
21 years ago
Great stuff! I read all but the one by/of (?) the funny Australian woman. I'd read the Dogs in the Carcass story before, but it's funny enough to bring tears to my eyes the second time around. It's got to be made up - you find the things that just don't pan out when you read it closely - but who cares? The squirrel story is great. The gardenia post is hilarious. Wish I'd read it BEFORE killing several gardenias in my cool, foggy California coast garden. Did anybody besides me notice that ALL the responders who grew gardenias easily were in hot, humid climates? Gardenia plants shouldn't even be sold in other climates, but as long as people will buy them, they will be for sale. I wonder if there's a similar post about Daphne odora anywhere. That's another famously suicidal plant. I couldn't prevent two out of three of those from committing suicide (also in California), with the one surviving plant deliriously happy, and absolutely thriving. Same location, same treatment for all three, all three the same variety. It's enough to drive a gardener nuts. I haven't tried those here, and don't intend to. Plants have to be very tough to survive here. Just the idea of planting a daphne or gardenia here is enough to make me snicker.

Thanks for the laughs!

Jeanne
Miss EFF
21 years ago
Oh Susi --- I needed a laugh today!! How funny is "A day on the Rose Forum"!!!! I was on the floor!

OK --I'm back to the weed patch I call my garden.

Cathy