Bravo...Bravo...

My two favorites of those would have to be "Fever Blister" and "Hussein
Asylum"! Sure, why not? And while we're at it, how bout somethiung like
"Thrip's Buffet" ....
JimS.
Seattle


"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 02:56:59 GMT, "Mark. Gooley"
wrote:

[Excuse my lack of correct French...]
Souvenir de Vlad Tepes (blood-red, thorny of course)
General Powell
Victor Frankenstein
Spike Milligan
Graham Chapman
Hugh the Manatee
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Mother Teresa
Unjust Joey
Old Dusk (and other parody names)
Have A Tequila
Toilet Tissue
Lance Armstrong (yellow and very hardy)
Souvenir de Graceland
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Souvenir de Branson (or Dollywood, Monde de Disney,
Rock City, Wall Drug, etc.)
Prozac (also Effexor, Wellbutrin, and other antidepressants,
with permission from manufacturers)
Viagra (genetic engineering to make it little and blue?)
Morticia Addams (bred from R. sericea pteracantha: showy
thorns, insignificant flowers, once-blooming)
Go Away
Pee Wee Herman (miniature, pale)
Jesse Ventura (very large, very showy, very winter-hardy)
Jack Daniels (not quite a Bourbon rose, but perhaps related)
Isaac Hayes (as suggested in this forum already)
Murquess of Queensbury
Marquis de Sade
Duke of Earl
Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway
Louis Armstrong

Mark., and many many more I can't think of just now


Looks like a kindred spirit!

Here's a post that I made here back on the 11th of November last year.
But before I reproduce it, I'd like to go on record as saying that I
particularly like the name Isaac Hayes (I think I'm already on record
for that). Also, at the end of the post, just a few more gentle
suggestions for Jackson and Perkins and Meilland.

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On 09 Nov 2002 13:08:26 GMT, in rec.gardens.roses you wrote:

This new Kordes variety has turned out to be a real surprise hit, after
I bought in on impulse last year. The bush is leaping up with big basal
breaks, blooms galore and some of the largest foliage I've seen on a
rose bush.

It's pretty photogenic too. I have a pic of it in this month's diary
page:

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/d...diary1102.html

Why all of the poncy names for roses? Why not have cool names like
"Barbed Wire" or "Pomposity", or normal names like "Fred"?

Instead of naming roses after mainstream celebrities like Barbara
Streisand or Reba McIntire, how about a "Johnny Rotten" rose? Instead
of a Rosie O'Donnell, how about "Jerry Springer"? It would have to be
thorny with ugly blooms, but wouldn't that be a cooler name than FJ
Grootendorst?

I'd like to see a rose named "I Don't Love You But Here's a Rose
Anyway". Or we could have a rose called "Cheater's Bouquet" that you'd
give to a paramour, while you give "Cuckold's Delight" to your
significant other.

Maybe we could have a rose named "Enron". It would introduce nematodes
to your garden and would cost you a fortune in daily spraying.

If you named a rose "Black Spot", at least you'd know what you were
getting. Same with "Shipping Charges Not Included".

I'm tired of all of these Dukes and Dames getting all of the roses.
How about "Homeless Person's Delight"? Or "Vince McMahon"?

Here are some other names for your consideration:

Adultery
Fever Blister
Prenuptual
Martha Stewart's Big Ass Rose
Longneck Bud
Michael Stipe's Dictionary
Trailer Park
Insanely Expensive
Overcast Skies
Judge Judy
Nostril Stud
Overdrawn Credit
Rose McGowan
Mosh Pit
Creeping Terror
Stuffy Nose
Putrid Yellow Pillow
Cannon Fodder
Barry
Ugly Baby
Unchanged Litter Box
Batteries Not Needed
Blasted Buds
Shotgun Shack

Just think of all of the new people that would be attracted to our
hobby. Wouldn't *that* be great?
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And now a few more for your consideration:

Hussein Asylum
Richard Petty's Seatcover
Dick Clark's Facelift
Berlin Airlift
Afternoon Delight
Anne Rice's Bodice
Daisy Dukes
Corian Delight
Andre Agassi's Wristband
Martha Philpot (might as well name one after my aunt)
Kate Moss Rose
John Rennon (Japanese Beatle - get it?)
Warm Beer and Pizza
Not A Black Rose
Biscuit Done Rose
Chicken Pox (for botulism-prone plants)
Charlie Rose
P. rose
Jack Kerouac's Fuzzy Dice
Compound Fracture
Binding Arbitration
Neopolitan
Empty Wallet

I think I'll stop now and go to bed...

You're welcome.

chuckle