"Years ago I gave a friend of mine some tulip bulbs. I wanted her to be surprised so I snuck them into her overnight bag. A few days had passed and I gave her a call. I asked if she had found her tulips. Her reply was "Oh, I though those were onions, I put them in my onion drawer." We both cracked up, laughing about how she was going to make French onion soup with tulips from Holland (and about her poor husband). As we hung up, I reminded her jokingly, 

"Don't forget, the green end goes up!"

-Robin Robinette Di Iorio