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<big>Hi, gang.<br>
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I have Carol's permission to share this anecdote with you.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Yesterday I got a call from a colleague of
Ken's in the British Virgin Islands who had his client, unknown to me,
on the line also. He was calling on a Skype phone and they are
notoriously BAD. Ken has one. He asked me what I was doing when he
called. I told him planting Amaryllis bulbs. He asked where I got
them. I told him I ordered them on-line. He said I can't believe you
actually paid for them and that they even sell them. Now I was
confused. He asked how many I got and how much they cost. I told him
I ordered nearly $300.00 worth and I was keeping 20 and giving the
others away as Christmas presents. He asked what I was going to do
with them and I told him I was going to use them as models in my new
series of paintings. By then he was about choking. I was even more
confused.
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Well, when he hung up he called Ken in Rio and told him how much he
enjoyed talking to me and how entertaining I was and that is certainly
some interesting art I was doing. Poor Ken had to call to find out what
was going on. Bill didn't hear Amaryllis Bulbs, he heard Armadillo
Balls.
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