How not to buy bulbs
Sep. 18th, 2011 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litlover12If you somehow happened to be inside my head while I've been planning out and preparing next spring's garden, you might have heard something like this:
"No, idiot, you are NOT buying the Scarlet Pimpernel tulips just because they're named after the Scarlet Pimpernel. You don't even like the things. They're weird-looking."
"Okay, as long as I can buy the Fidelio tulips."
"They're just yellow and red tulips. You can buy yellow and red tulips anywhere that are cheaper than that."
"Yeah, but are they named after Beethoven's only opera?"
"All right. Fine. You can buy the Fidelio tulips. As long as you don't buy the Jimmy tulips just because they're called Jimmy. They're orangey-red, and you wanted plain red. And no, they're not named after Jimmy Stewart."
"Are you sure?"
"SHUT UP AND BUY THE PLAIN RED TULIPS ALREADY."
And that was even before I found the Pickwick crocuses.
"No, idiot, you are NOT buying the Scarlet Pimpernel tulips just because they're named after the Scarlet Pimpernel. You don't even like the things. They're weird-looking."
"Okay, as long as I can buy the Fidelio tulips."
"They're just yellow and red tulips. You can buy yellow and red tulips anywhere that are cheaper than that."
"Yeah, but are they named after Beethoven's only opera?"
"All right. Fine. You can buy the Fidelio tulips. As long as you don't buy the Jimmy tulips just because they're called Jimmy. They're orangey-red, and you wanted plain red. And no, they're not named after Jimmy Stewart."
"Are you sure?"
"SHUT UP AND BUY THE PLAIN RED TULIPS ALREADY."
And that was even before I found the Pickwick crocuses.
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Date: 2011-09-18 07:31 pm (UTC)I actually did get the Fidelio tulips. But not the Jimmy, or the Scarlet Pimpernel. But I got the Pickwick crocuses. I can see how it would be confusing . . .
(Oh, and I got Rembrandt tulips too! Not for the name this time, but because they were pretty. Man, I've got SO MANY bulbs this year. When I ask my dad and sister to help me plant, they're going to throw things at me.)