Flower killing 101
1. Pick flower, thus condemning it to slow death.
2. Present dying flower to someone special.
3. Someone special places flower in water, displaying its slow death for all to see, in similar fashion to roman crucifixion.
4. Flower, once dead, is discarded and forgotten.
Shops exist specifically for the purpose of trafficking dying flowers for human pleasure.
On February 14th each year, flower traffickers worldwide take advantage of sadistic tradition by doubling price of dying flowers.
Humans, are now so de-sensitised and depraved that the practise of flower giving (torture, display and death) is seen as an expression of love. Marriage, mankind’s ultimate ceremony of love, is celebrated with women holding clusters of dying flowers, and men displaying them proudly pinned to their chests.
Interesting way of looking at it Symon, I dont really know what to think. If you consider it that way what about fruit and giving that as a gift?
Posted by Rhys | February 4, 2009, 3:19 pmI hope you realise it is all in jest :), but in response to your comment… we eat fruit. It’s morally acceptable and isn’t a tragic waste.
Posted by Symon Burton | February 4, 2009, 3:31 pmhahaha your post seems more cynical than mine tehe i hope it provides a lot of controversial conversation :)
Posted by Rachel Kate | February 4, 2009, 4:29 pmHaha well to be honest I thought the sun had finally got to ya.
(ill be keeping a close eye on proceedings from now on)
Posted by Rhys | February 4, 2009, 4:53 pmSymon you legend! Did you make the whole thing up? I would dip my stetson if I was wearing one.
Posted by Jon Dylan | February 4, 2009, 5:12 pmJon… Yeah mate, 100% Burton made. I would say “Nice stetson” if I saw you with one.
Posted by Symon Burton | February 4, 2009, 6:22 pmawesome! and you say im cynical :D
Posted by Love is a Blindfolded Marathon | February 4, 2009, 6:56 pm:) I think that Mr Sew-Funky sees flowers the same way you do… Hence I never get any!
Posted by sewfunky | February 4, 2009, 7:40 pmSewfunky… I prefer to give chocolates. Paisley usually shares them with me, and it’s a win-win ;-)
Posted by Symon Burton | February 4, 2009, 7:47 pmIts a good thing you’ve got a bunch of trees in your back yard for some good old tree hugging :)Flowers do die anyway…its the sad circle of life.
Posted by jacksta | February 4, 2009, 8:41 pmMore romantic than giving dead flowers is giving a potted flower I reckon ;-)
Posted by Symon Burton | February 4, 2009, 9:23 pmHaha you’re a flower activist now. You should get a shirt: “Stop destroying our world, save the flowers.”
Posted by Jon Dylan | February 4, 2009, 11:35 pmhay potted plants are kewl :) and that’s a win-win situation too!
Posted by Rachel Kate | February 5, 2009, 8:43 amespecially if your boyfriend’s a horticulturalist ;-)
Posted by Symon Burton | February 5, 2009, 9:52 amand offers to help pot stuff :)
Posted by Rachel Kate | February 5, 2009, 5:01 pmWhat’s a Steston?
Posted by Neen | February 5, 2009, 7:41 pmA Steston, for the uneducated, is similar to the typical Stetson, only the middle portion of the hat is sewn in an irregular opposite fashion to the Stetson. Worn only by society’s elite.
Posted by Symon Burton | February 5, 2009, 11:26 pmChocolates don’t happen either for Mrs Sew Funky:
http://my-faith.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.html
Posted by Jonathan | February 6, 2009, 1:08 pmOkay so I take it that a Stetson is some sort of hat then Symon?
Posted by Neen | February 8, 2009, 4:13 pmElementary my dear Nina.
Posted by Symon Burton | February 8, 2009, 4:36 pmYou are all wierd……..In a good way
Hahahahaha Thats wat she said
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2009, 4:50 am