He kicked me out of the FB group for giving him the laugh emoji. He took over some of my ISO post on FB last year. When I was looking for Black Celeste. He hyped up quite a few figs and never released some ( Cajun Honey) or they did not live up to the hype. He did promote smith which is a good fig. This fig may be great for him but I know if I were him I would share it and get other peoples opinion on it before charging big bucks. If it is that good why not let other people taste it and let them speak for you. I think LSU really needs to step in and decide what figs should be in the LSU collection. He did tell me last year he was going to get intouch with me after his much needed eye surgery that never never happened.
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His page came up in my Facebook feed and I was reading it before I realized who it was from.
It makes me feel sullied to read. It screams charlatan. And the comments of praise that follow his post… makes me think that the saying that there’s a sucker born every minute hasn’t kept up with the population.
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I’m amazed by the amount of patience and benefit of the doubt granted to this guy. He sounds like a 90s movie villain monologuing. Maybe there’s some substance to his claims, but my god the ego.
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But Wait, There’s MORE!
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almost verbatim…
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Incorrect, at least in my case.
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I think he left, but happy to hear your thoughts on the extent of his knowledge 
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My mind always goes…somewhere when I see pictures of fig eyes. I think I’m suffering from post-chestnut-shelling delirium. I realized half way through the pile that I was pulling out giant, kind of greasy cotyledons. It kind of makes you think.
There is a Fig Doctor and Ross is the Fig Boss…
Suggestions for future titles? (For those with extensive fig knowledge ONLY)!!
I like Fig-Lord alot. (Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy)
Darth Fig
Captain Fig
Fig M.D.
Requirements to be at this level-
1)You must have done lots and lots and lots of research.
2)You must claim to have tasted 1000’s of figs.
3)You must have a social media page or channel.
4)You must have something that nobody else has, or at least change the name of one to make that so.
5)Tell everyone that your fig will grow anywhere in the world.
6)ALL CAPS is nice… but how about highlighting the important words? Or maybe change the color of the words?
7)Certificate of Authenticity is nice… along with a wax seal. But how about an autograph? Like a picture of yourself with the fig signed?
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Can I be Spider-Fig?
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How about:
Fig Lord
Fig Master
Fig Wizard
The best of the bestest could use “Ultimate” before their title.
Also, their legitimacy should only be recognised if they synthesise their seal from real fig sap. And not just from any fig…
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WOOOO Fig coming soon! for those of you that are rolex wearing, jet flying, limousine ridin’, wheelin dealin’ sons of guns.
Ive spent more money on spilt’ liqour than those fig scammers have tasted figs.
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Figomancer. Or perhaps we use the latin to sound even more official…Ficomancer
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I think you need to google “Slovak prime minster” to really appreciate what you’ve thrown my way… 
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In the context of this thread, I really like
It has the vibe of someone, who can re-animate apparently dead (discarded) breeding projects…
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Insert very inappropriate “my leader is better at dodging bullets than your leader” joke here.
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Jokes aside, I see Richard posted above. Good to see you Richard.
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Ditto, nice to see Richard back.
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If you’re well known in the fig world, you’d be a “Public Fig-ure.”
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