told by a paper manufacturer they carried four hundred and seventy two shades of "white" paper.

No wonder they have to "reach" for names.

One of the reasons for lack of plums in US is that the ones they ship are generally hard as rocks and about as tasty. Unless you have a friend with a tree, they're worthless. I've only found the purple skinned ones and an occasional red. I've been looking around nurseries a bit ever since a friend cut down hers due to black knot. (virus/fungus which attacks plums). Made good jam, pardon the expression, plum good jam!

Best blooper I had was spanish - my teacher in high school was telling this one - beware of words "sounding like English" - she couldn't understand fast enough and was saying "estoy muy embarassado" meaning unfortunately, that she was not embarassed but expecting.