[hollywood]

And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave.

[hollywood]

Love is a series of 'darlings' and 'dearies,'
Of 'honeys,' and 'sweeties' and sugared entreaties.
Of moonings, and swoonings, and cooings and billings
All tempered, of course, by occasional killings.

E. Y. Harburg

[Squeat Mungry]

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Rumania.
--Dorothy Parker

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So what's a concerned shopper to do? Whenever possible, buy organically grown flowers. And, says author Amy Stewart, make sure to clearly communicate to the florist why organic is important to you. "People should ask where flowers were grown and how they were grown," Stewart said. "Florists are under the impression that these issues don't matter."

Even better, says Ronnie Cummins, go a step further and seek out flowers grown close to your home. "Buy organic, buy fair trade, and if at all possible, buy local and buy regional."

Either way, the key is send signals to the marketplace that reflect your broader values.

"If retailers get this message from enough consumers, they will eventually make changes and demand eco-flowers from their vendors," Prolman wrote. "The product is available today, and there is no justifiable reason for them to not do it. They just need to hear it from enough people, and when they act, millions [fewer] pounds of toxic chemicals will be used in floral production."

[flyfish]

Love is a cylindrical piano.

[bloviatrix]

By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he swears his passion is
Infinite, undying --
Lady, make note of this:
One of you is lying

Dorothy Parker

[hollywood]

Happy Valentine's Day! Sluurp.

[tanabutler]

hollywood, on Feb 15 2007, 03:31 PM, said:

Happy Valentine's Day! Sluurp.

Someone write Joe Bob Briggs, quick.