BS: Olympic Bouquets

Subject: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: PHJim
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 10:51 AM

"After every Olympic event, rather than receiving their medals, athletes are given a bouquet of flowers. At the Beijing Olympics, roses dominated the bouquets. In Turin, it was rhododendrons, azaleas, and camellias. This year, it's green mums and hypericum berries."

I just googled the above information. I had been wondering why each medal winner was presented with a head of brocolli.

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: catspaw49
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 10:55 AM

LMAO

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: Nancy King
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 10:58 AM

First, why is this -- properly tagged as BS -- above the line?

Second, the bouquets are not presented instead of the medals, but in addition to them. Why, I don't know -- maybe it's some sort of distant allusion to laurels... (but you're right -- they do look like broccoli!)

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: CarolC
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 12:08 PM

I made essentially the same broccoli comment on another Olympic thread yesterday. Looks like I'm not the only one who thought they look like broccoli flowers.

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 02:37 PM

The complete formula was given in thread 127404, Winter Olympics.

Green spider chrysanthemums (from B. C. nursery)
Hypericum berries (imported, Ecuador)
Aspidistra leaves (")
Monkey grass (")

Long-lasting, and need no water during long waits.

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: GUEST,999
Date: 25 Feb 10 - 08:35 PM

Canuck gals just won gold in hockey. FANTASTIC, Way ta go, gals.

Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets
From: ragdall
Date: 04 Mar 10 - 03:06 PM

Is it the same Hypericum that is St John's wort? Maybe they included that because of it's calming effect? ;-) After a big win they need it.