Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!houxe!drutx!druxv!cdash From: cdash@druxv.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Interesting perspective on flowers as the ideal gift.... Message-ID: <1608@druxv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 13:04:06 EDT Article-I.D.: druxv.1608 Posted: Wed Aug 8 13:04:06 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 04:14:39 EDT References: <2148@sdccsu3.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 19 > I often give friends (read female friends) flowers as they are > ideal as a gift - they are beautiful, they bring a piece of the outdoors > indoor, they have instrinsic 'life' for a while, they die (more in a sec) > and they are 'cheap'.... > > Dying is actually an advantage, as how many times have you been > given some stupid thing or the other, and had to have it HANG around > forever? > > | Flowers have a natural life span of a few days to a week, and > | then, without any guilt, they become composte. > The last sentence is NOT TRUE my wife (no flames on why i'm submitting to net.singles) still has the dozen roses and box that were delivered the evening we decided to get married. That was fifteen years ago. ...!druxv!cdash {charlie shub AT&T-IS Denver (303) 538-3922}