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On the way into work today there was a stall on Borough High Street selling roses for £5 each!

Do people really pay that much for them on valentines day?

Date: 2007-02-14 01:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com
That's about what interflora charge if you buy them in bulk, with higher charges if you only buy a few; and then delivery is extra.

M&S were selling daffs at £1 a bunch, though.

Date: 2007-02-14 01:35 pm (UTC)
mair_in_grenderich: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mair_in_grenderich
People pay double that

Date: 2007-02-14 04:32 pm (UTC)
ext_57795: (Default)
From: [identity profile] hmmm-tea.livejournal.com
£10 for a single flower?!

Date: 2007-02-14 04:43 pm (UTC)
mair_in_grenderich: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mair_in_grenderich
I /thought/ it was £12 last time I was worrying about such things (a few years ago)

Date: 2007-02-14 06:11 pm (UTC)
ext_57795: (Default)
From: [identity profile] hmmm-tea.livejournal.com
But surely by the time you're talking that much, you could get them something far more interesting than a single rose?

Date: 2007-02-14 06:46 pm (UTC)
mair_in_grenderich: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mair_in_grenderich
*shrug* expensive roses get some people horny, i guess.

Date: 2007-02-14 01:36 pm (UTC)
morganmuffle: (Default)
From: [personal profile] morganmuffle
Never buy flowers on Valentines or Mothers Day...

Date: 2007-02-14 04:33 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] hmmm-tea.livejournal.com
Wasn't planning on it. They'd be a little worse for wear by the time I see [livejournal.com profile] thethirdvoice on Friday.

It just made my jaw drop when I saw the sign next to the stall...

Date: 2007-02-14 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feanelwa.livejournal.com
You can buy a whole bush in Homebase for about a tenner. Admittedly they are future-roses and conditional on adding water and horse shit at regular intervals.

Date: 2007-02-14 04:34 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] hmmm-tea.livejournal.com
But they do last longer (assuming you do the whole water/horse shit stuff that is)...

Date: 2007-02-14 03:46 pm (UTC)
chainmailmaiden: (Default)
From: [personal profile] chainmailmaiden
Do people really pay that much for them on valentines day?

Only foolish people, or those desperately trying to get into someones knickers ;-) It was Borough Market though, so they're going to be very expensive there anyway. Everything seems to be expensive in Borough, nice, but expensive.

That said I now recall Bacchus did actually buy me a single red rose last year. I sincerely hope he didn't pay that much for it!

Date: 2007-02-14 04:35 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] hmmm-tea.livejournal.com
Was outside the post office rather than on the market itself, but same thing really...

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