Great Joke, I too read the same thing but I also have seen a female plant but it had no foul odour!! Tanay
On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > :) > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Pankaj ji > > Why should I mind? I am not from Bihar. > > Just another joke!!! > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Rajendra Shinde <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> I had taken these pictures in Berkeley, USA. The structure seen in the > >> axils - are they male cones/ flowers? > >> Shinde > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> Date: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:04 PM > >> Subject: [efloraofindia:43705] Re: Ginkgo biloba from Kashmir > >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> That reminds me of one joke where a competition is held on who can get > >> more milk from the cow tied inside each stable. Standing outside are > >> all politicians, who enter one by one and come back with buckets > >> filled at different levels. When Laloo goes in, he takes a lot of time > >> and after few days when he comes out it shouts, "THIS IS CHEATING, > >> THEY GAVE ME A BULL"..... > >> > >> So the bottom line is, may be fruits were not fertilized there in El > >> Camino Road as all 20 plants were female.... > >> > >> My apologies, but my intention was not to hurt you. Hope you will take > >> this as a joke only. > >> Regards > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Aug 7, 8:15 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Yes Pankaj ji > >> > I have also heard about it but there is a long avenue of nearly twenty > >> > or so > >> > female trees on El Camino Road, and I never felt any stink, nor > >> > residents in > >> > the area reported about it. I even tried to crush one, but nothing > >> > significant. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> > Retired Associate Professor > >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > Thanks for sharing. They say that the fruit on female tree stinks a > >> > > lot and at one point it was banned from plantation in US. We have > one > >> > > small one in our campus. > >> > > Regards > >> > > Pankaj > >> > > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
