# Join me in doing the dance of joy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990 "2006-12-13T18:05:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/41 "2006-12-20T03:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] But what or who is the centerfold? [/QUOTE] Dunno, but he, she, it, or they probably have a _really_ nice… bouquet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/42 "2006-12-20T04:23:38Z")
Thanks to the earlier questions thread, I learned you were a woman, and I remembered that, so that’s a miricle in it’s self. I hope to hear how things are going in the future with your endeavor. I found that my lettuce lived until the temp hit single digits, without my cold frame. This year would have been a good one to raise it in the winter. I would have had it growing until a few weeks ago and be ready to grow and cut again in February I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/43 "2006-12-20T12:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] But seriously, you rock. [/QUOTE] This bears repeating. YOU ROCK! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/44 "2006-12-20T12:53:02Z")
Wait! :::::_Blows whistle::::: TWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!_ What is Fantasy TV? I live under a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/45 "2006-12-20T15:28:45Z")
Ooh! Congrats! Psst…can I interest you, in your new garden-journalist capacity, in yet another feature of my Dutch hometown Maastricht? Rock Garden “Ber Slangen” (named after the former owner). [This English garden site](http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/directory/d-54-page4.html) litsts the garden in the top-100 of interesting collectors- gardens _world-wide_. And within that top-100, this garden might wel be the tiniest one, and the most interesting one visually. Over 400 species of plants are gathered in a space the size of an American living-room. The effect is that of a mountain landscape, perfect in perspective to the last detail. I could make you some copy-right free pictures if you like! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/46 "2006-12-20T15:32:53Z")
Dang, that looks interesting! I actually may be coming to the Netherlands next spring – not clear whether it would be for when the daffodils are in bloom, or the tulips (damn, I have a tough job) – will put that on my list of places to check out. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/47 "2006-12-20T15:47:50Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Dang, that looks interesting! I actually may be coming to the Netherlands next spring – not clear whether it would be for when the daffodils are in bloom, or the tulips (damn, I have a tough job) – will put that on my list of places to check out. [/QUOTE] And while you’re on the way over, you can hit Ottawa for the [Tulip Festival](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_Festival_(Ottawa)). 🙂 **Maastricht** , could you link to a few of those pics in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/48 "2006-12-20T15:54:58Z")
[Here’s](http://www.berslangen.nl/indexuk.html) the garden’s website. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/49 "2006-12-20T16:04:07Z")
You know, I think this is VERY unfair that Dopers like **Twickster** so much just because she’s nice and friendly and helpful and witty and smart and fun. Why can’t we embittered, nasty, disagreeable sumbitch trollish jerks get a little play once in a great while? I’m just saying… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/50 "2006-12-20T16:16:59Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] You know, I think this is VERY unfair that Dopers like **Twickster** so much just because she’s nice and friendly and helpful and witty and smart and fun. Why can’t we embittered, nasty, disagreeable sumbitch trollish jerks get a little play once in a great while? I’m just saying… [/QUOTE] Your hust rubbing us the wrong way. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/51 "2006-12-20T18:51:50Z")
The sound you hear is my paws thumping up and down in a Snoopy dance. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/52 "2006-12-20T20:08:05Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Dang, that looks interesting! I actually may be coming to the Netherlands next spring – not clear whether it would be for when the daffodils are in bloom, or the tulips (damn, I have a tough job) – will put that on my list of places to check out. [/QUOTE] Great idea! Maastricht is a two hour drive away from the major bulbfields around the town of Lisse, and the [Keukenhof](http://www.keukenhof.nl/nm/english.html) , our national bulb-showpiece garden. My e-mail is in my profile if you’d like to get some insiders advice (I’m a botanist myself). Here’s another tip: the [Floriade.](http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floriade_(Nederland)) You could report on the preparations of this big garden-exposition, held every ten years. The next one’s in 2012 in my province Limburg, and they’re curently busy laying the foundataions so they can have flowering gardens to show in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/53 "2006-12-21T00:56:57Z")
That would be really cool! If I do come over, I’ll definitely start a thread to see if people want to get together – I hope you’ll be available! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/54 "2006-12-21T01:46:36Z")
Mazel tov, **twicks**! So, are you going to wait till spring to start a “Ask the garden diva…” thread, or what? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990/55 "2006-12-22T18:49:37Z")
Update: We got the first batch of reader-response cards. Just about every article got mentioned at least once as someone’s favorite. And I honest-to-God did a truly geeky, full-tilt physical version of the dance of joy in the middle of the office. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-doing-the-dance-of-joy/383990.md?page=2)