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I may lose all my plants

  • #261
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Was the "notice" you got that you posted in your first message completely made up? Or did you get your hands on a real notice and just added "or plants" to it?
I found one on the internet and added some of my own laws to it.
 
  • #262
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Quote[/b] (Barry-Rice @ April 01 2005,12:22)]I'm not considered a "prankster" so much as an "instigator", but I must bow to Ozzie on this one. Man, did I ever get suckered this time.

Barry
I got caught hook line and sinker as well... I even emailed Barry to get him involved before I knew the whole story. After Ozzy filed me in, I figured I would jump in with both feet and "write a letter"...

My wife’s birthday is today, so I Love a good April fool!

Steve
 
  • #263
Very, very nice!  I love it.  I unwittingly contributed with my story of the couple fearful that flytraps could hurt their kid's fingers. BUT...I did not make that up.  I think we all should send our spare U. subulata and D. capensis as a reward.

Another Joe
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  • #264
Hmmmm...I wonder if "Barry-Rice" is really....SUNDEW MATT in disguise!

Hawhawhaw!!  
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errr...sorry Barry.  
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  • #265
Ha, told you guys! Ozzy had me scared last year though, about his cp bog catching all the neibors pets!
 
  • #266
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Steve L @ April 01 2005,12:46)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Barry-Rice @ April 01 2005,12:22)]I'm not considered a "prankster" so much as an "instigator", but I must bow to Ozzie on this one. Man, did I ever get suckered this time.

Barry
I got caught hook line and sinker as well... I even emailed Barry to get him involved before I knew the whole story. After Ozzy filed me in, I figured I would jump in with both feet and "write a letter"...

My wife’s birthday is today, so I Love a good April fool!

Steve
I emailed Barry AND Charles Clarke. He is probably in the field, so I hope he reads all his email and see's my retraction...
 
  • #267
I have to admit I am fooled
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. I was a believer until you told me not to post on CPUK which kinda gave me some doupts. Zongyi
 
  • #268
lol... willing contributor here, though I must admit, I came in late. though I can't figure out how, this topic escaped my view for weeks!

Nice!
 
  • #269
lol. I knew it! that part about you being so hurt if they really thought so was just too obvious.
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Quote[/b] ] I don't think it's fair to set up April Fool's jokes two weeks ahead of schedule. I'll give you a day, but two weeks?
true... it's april fools not march fools :p
 
  • #270
well i felt that the polite thing to do just incase was offer advice- but i dont trust ozzy anyway.
 
  • #272
You know something Finch, let's not be too harsh in judging him and separate the behavior from the "boy" so to speak. I see no ill will here. There was no intent to degrade or humiliate anyone and I have to admit I got taken too. I hear people's stories all the time and it is often difficult separating fact from fiction because when it happens to them... they tend to manufacture reality. I don't believe for one instant 0zzy has a malicious bone in his body and I certainly don't believe him to be unworthy of anyone's trust.
 
  • #273
My girlfriend hates my obsession with my CPs and she was even wrapped up in this thread!
Well done Ozzy!!
 
  • #274
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Quote[/b] ]I certainly don't believe him to be unworthy of anyone's trust.
Except for around this time of year.


Hey don't be tough on Finch, I don't even trust me half the time.
 
  • #275
Ozzy is entirely trustworthy.  If you end up not trusting every person who pulls an April Fool's joke on April 1st, then you're going to end up not trusting a lot of people.  lol

Certainly Ozzy wasn't expecting the tidal wave of support he got for the "situation."  So its not like he intended to get people upset or anything.

I think it was a masterfully planned and well executed joke that managed to catch almost everybody in its net.  
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We all need to be able to laugh at ourselves sometimes when we feel a little foolish.  
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  • #276
crap and i was ready to go to ohio and rip new ones! o well! next?
 
  • #277
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Quote[/b] ]Ozzy had me scared last year though, about his cp bog catching all the neibors pets!

Oh yeah, I remember that one.. that was freaky as hell.

I was skeptical from the beginning with this one, really... I half-believed him and half-didn't, but to play it safe, I more or less kept to the Innocent Bystander status and just watched. I had no doubt that this country would do BS like this, but Ozzy's cheesy "I'm hurt you doubt me" guilt trips made me skeptical ^_^ It's amazing how you get to know people on the Internet so well to the point where you know how they normally talk, and when they say something in a way they don't normally say it, you know something's up.
 
  • #278
i want offended... nor do i not really trust ozzy...
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i guess the tone was misinturperted. i should have had a
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at the end
 
  • #279
Yeah, I've been in that situation many times.
 
  • #280
I know Finch, I wasn't offened at all, other people was offend more by your comment then I was. I hope you really believe me.
 
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