Re: your mail

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Wed, 6 Oct 1993 09:55:31 +0800

>>This is true of our local group. There actually are some female members,
>>but they never show up to meetings. Cacti seem to attract equal numbers
>>of each gender, but many of the men I know seem to say things like "cacti
>>growing is a manly hobby" (gag!). They are usually quick to contrast
>>themselves with the Orchid and Begonia Societies which seem to attract a
>>larger number of gay men. I am not implying anything personally for
>>anyone on either side of the orientation fence, so hold the flames. :)
>>But at the last sale by the Volunteer Park Conservatory, which is in a
>>predominantly gay part of town, the orchid table was empty within about 3
>>minutes. :) African Violets were similar, but with a larger contingent
>>of elderly women. Sweeping generalizations, mind you.

A girl I knew in high school once told me that she felt the
reason men became involved with plants is that it was the
closest they could come to carrying a child. Of course other
advantages also suggest themselves: if your plant dies you
don't go to jail. Disads are: kids don't get aphids :-).