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22-03-2006, 08:11 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

writes:

This change in subject reminds me of a story given by Margaret Truman in
her
biography of her presidential father Harry.

Bill
-- Ferme le Bush

Then there is the story about the farmer speaking to the ladies' group.
After the presentation, one of the women complained to the organizer about
the speaker's frequent use of the word "manure" instead of fertilizer.
The organizer told her to be thankful, that it took them years to get him
to say manure.