I was searching around and came up with some sites that put a smile on my face. In the wake of snipers, bombers and plane crashes, I could use a smile.
If you have come across something funny and bonsai related. Put a link to it here. What ever it might be....
http://www.main.org/bonsai/articles.htm#exhibit
above is the link where I found this...
Exhibit Visitors Say the Darndest Things!
by Herb Gustafson (with his permission)
Just finished a one-man show in a mid-sized town. I had to laugh at some of the remarks I overheard while “babysitting” the trees. I was able to engage many of the people but some were lost due to busyness on my part or not wanting to be engaged on their part.
OVERHEARD
“Are these banzais or Ming trees?”
“This banzai is a fake. The branches are just wired on.”
“Look at the cute pine cones on this fir tree!”
“I wonder if these pine cones are glued on?”
“Oh, no! These pine cones are on upside down!”
“Look! This maple tree has little fruits on it!”
“Three hundred years old. I bet he didn’t grow that himself.”
“Nuthin’ to growin’ dese tinks. Ju’ plant da seed in a orange peel!”
“I wonder if you have to water them?”
“These aren’t banzais. A banzai is a different kind of tree.”
“Are you John Naka?”
“Don’t touch that! That’s poison oak!”
“Acer Campest...something. Must be the scientific name for poison oak.”
“That almost looks like a real tree!”
“Look! A forest that has a whole bunch of trees in it!”
“This one’s even got dwarf bugs on it.”
“How much for this one?”
“Doesn’t it hurt them to be outside here?”
“Can you do this with American trees too?”
“What kind of tree is this?”
Just like the sign says. Larch.
“What kind of tre is that?”
It is a deciduous conifer.
“Oh, I can read the scientific name! I meant what KIND
of tree is it?”
It is a tree that turns color in the fall like a maple, but has cones like a pine tree.
“These aren’t your trees are they?”
Reprinted from Nov./Dec. 1999 Golden Statements
Paul