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slofox
29th November 2010, 10:11
Had to laugh this morning. I was waiting to get my neck stretched (physio, not gallows) and picked up a NZ Gardener with an article about roses in it...

They quoted Eleanor Roosevelt talking about the rose named after her...as follows:

"When they named a rose after me, I was really flattered...until I read the description of it in the book...It said 'No good in a bed and great up against a wall...'"