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25 Feb 10 - 10:51 AM (#2849833) Subject: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: PHJim "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. |
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25 Feb 10 - 10:55 AM (#2849839) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: catspaw49 LMAO Spaw |
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25 Feb 10 - 10:58 AM (#2849843) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: Nancy King 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!) |
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25 Feb 10 - 12:08 PM (#2849917) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: CarolC 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. |
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25 Feb 10 - 02:37 PM (#2850065) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: Q (Frank Staplin) 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. |
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25 Feb 10 - 08:35 PM (#2850383) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: GUEST,999 Canuck gals just won gold in hockey. FANTASTIC, Way ta go, gals. |
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04 Mar 10 - 03:06 PM (#2856122) Subject: RE: BS: Olympic Bouquets From: ragdall 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. |