Given the question "Mark thinks that he might have _________________." and the answer "killed the plant(s) with deadly chemicals", write a conversation that might have happened.


Susan: Hi. Welcome back to Susan's Gardening Show. I'm Susan, and we're ready to take our next caller. We have Mark from Seattle. Are you still there, Mark?

Mark: Uh. Yeah, but maybe not for long.

Susan: So, how can we help you today?

Mark: Okay. Uh, my wife is really into gardening, and about five years ago, she received a beautiful climbing rose bush ... I think an Agatha Christie [That's a nice one.] from her mother who has passed away. Anyway, the rose plant seems to be on its last leg.

Susan: Really? Nomally, that rose is really quite hardy [I know.], and it's very disease-resistant, too. [I know.]

Mark: Yeah. Well, this situation ISN'T normal. You see about a week ago, I was doing some yard work, and I was using some weed killer [UH-oh.], yeah, to try to get rid of some terrible weeds and ...

Susan: Did you spray the roses?

Mark: Uh, well, not exactly. I set the spray container down near the roses while I was trimming a bush, and the container must have gotten knocked over, and the weed killer soaked into the ground near the roses.

Susan: How much weed killer are you talking about?

Mark: Uh, about six or seven quarts (about six liters or 1.6 gallons), I think. [Oh, that's a lot.] You know, I mean when you put ...

Susan: And the roses? What do they look like now?

Mark: Oh, Dead, real dead. Dead as a doornail dead, but my wife hasn't seen them yet.

Susan: Really? What have you done? Blindfolded her?

Mark: Well, I've kept her away from that side of the house where the roses are, but she is bound to see them at some point.

Susan: Yeah, yeah. You've got a problem.

Mark: I mean, is there anything I can do to revive them?

Susan: Not unless you're a magician.

Mark: Well, can you recommend a quick-growing variety that can take its place?

Susan: Marc. I'm sorry. You've made a mistake ... A big mistake.

Mark: ... except that my wife warned me this could happen ... Oh, man.

Susan: Oh, shoot. Listen. You made a blunder. A big mistake. A really big mistake. But unless your wife goes on vacation...