Long ago, when I was young and stupid(er) we received a few trays of these. Only one of them was tagged, and it was barely legible. So I rewrote the tags and in a fit of whimsey, I called them 'Shelley's Parade'. Shelley being the product manager with whom I was trying to curry favour. A few weeks later I attended the SOOS orchid show and was mightily amused to see that one of my 'Shelley's Parade' had won an award. Moral of the story: Tags are nice and all, but they could very well be complete bullshit.
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Long ago, when I was young and stupid(er) we received a few trays of these. Only one of them was tagged, and it was barely legible. So I rewrote the tags and in a fit of whimsey, I called them 'Shelley's Parade'. Shelley being the product manager with whom I was trying to curry favour. A few weeks later I attended the SOOS orchid show and was mightily amused to see that one of my 'Shelley's Parade' had won an award.
Moral of the story: Tags are nice and all, but they could very well be complete bullshit.
Jenny
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