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From: taylor@sdccsu3.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Interesting perspective on flowers as the ideal gift....
Message-ID: <2148@sdccsu3.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Aug-84 13:58:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  5 13:58:24 1984
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	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.

	Cheapwise, hey, why spend lots of money, when the very IDEA of
giving someone something is what is significant?  In fact, the best type
of flowers to give are those that you have gotten yourself!  Try giving
someone a bunch of wildflowers and a stolen rose or two from someones
garden (ha ha)....pretty cheerful thing to do for zero dollars!

	Chocolates, on the other hand, suck.  :-) 
	Life savers REALLY suck! :-)

			Just a thought.

					Dave Taylor