Re: [CH] Nuerotic Dozen
ken (kljones@eagnet.com)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 13:13:03 -0400
Valerie wrote:
>
> Would this qualify? This summer, when I left the sun-baked St Louis
> area to frolic in the ocean spray of Massachusetts beaches for three
> weeks, I wondered what to do bout my potted salsa garden. My t'mater
> plants were left to the neighbors next door, whom I knew for all of 2
> months. My habs, serrano, and garden salsa chiles, on the other hand,
> were (seriously!) seatbelted into my car and carefully driven to my
> friend's house where I knew they would be lovingly tended to, watered
> and shaded from the intense afternoon Misery (um Missouri I mean!) sun.
> Sure thing... when I came back to dead and brown tomato plants sitting
> on my deck I knew I made the right decision. When I picked up my
> peppers,
> there were so many ripe peppers on the plants I'm surprised the branches
> didn't break! I had to pick a huge bucketful just to get them safely
> back into their seatbelts for the journey back home. The worst part of
> this? I left her instructions, some soap/water/cayenne mix for aphids
> if necessary, and I actually called her to make see if everything was
> ok. (no leaf drop, blossom-drop, or fruit problems). Tonite they're
> sitting in my kitchen (going down to 45 tonite) getting used to their
> winter home.
> So would this fall under ABNORMAL ANXIETIES or OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR?
> NOT AMONG THIS GROUP!!
>
> Valerie
>
> Calvin Donaghey wrote:
> > Nuerotic n. ....2. (of a person)~ subject to ABNORMAL ANXIETIES or
> > OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR.
> > Can you say "OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR"? Sure you can.
>
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Valerie,
Osessive behavior? I think anything less would have been criminal
neglect!
- Ken