Tuesday, March 04, 2008

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Petal Pusher Has To Buy 124,000 Red Roses

Will they have enough vases at home? An Iranian man has been ordered by a court to buy his wife 124,000 red roses. The woman decided to claim her mahr, or dowry, after ten years of marriage, saying: ``He even refused to pay for my coffee if we went to a cafe or restaurant". A long-stemmed rose in the Islamic Republic costs a little over $2, so the order will cost him more than $250,000. The husband says he can only afford five roses a day and complains "her billionaire friends put such ideas in her head."

FOOTNOTE: Flower (em)power.

25 comments:

Digital Flower Pictures said...

She probably deserves the roses and a whole lot more!

Coal Miner's Granddaughter said...

Oh, she probably so deserves every single one!

Sorry I haven't been around much, hon. I'm working on it! :-)

katydidnot said...

i have so many reactions to this, i'm not sure where to start. so suffice it to say...are you effing kidding me??

good choice.

SandyCarlson said...

David,
This challenges notions of women not having any rights in Iran, anyway! I would have opted for chocolate, myself.

Mrs Mac said...

HA! Serves him right! And vases???? Nah! She should make him EAT them! HAHAHA!

Anonymous said...

A court with a sense of humor and justice!

Moosekahl said...

A single rose from the right person would make me happy.

Mom Knows Everything said...

Maybe I should show my husband this post...I might get some flowers out it. LOL!

Misty DawnS said...

And to think - I'd be over the moon if my husband would just pick me a wildflower.

Merisi said...

125.000 roses have a lot of thorns.

Anonymous said...

I'd much rather have the cash!!!!!!!

Roses die...unless you dip them in gold.

Maybe she ought to consider having him do that too.

Anonymous said...

He sounds like a real asshole to me lol

Shrinky said...

Call me a cynic, but I think I'd rather have the money myself (as a down payment to help me get away from him)!

meggie said...

Thankyou for visiting mine, & leaving comments. Have had some laughs here, & enjoy you wonderful eye for photography, David.
Hope you have had some rain! We have had plenty.

mrsnesbitt said...

Hmmmmmmmmm!
I ADORE flowers and love to receive them. On Valentine's Day I was in our village and the florist van pulled up, looking for a cottage....I was trying to make out I had changed my name and infact our house was the cottage being sought!
Sadly, the driver didn't believe me...! LOL!

David...the batteries, we think we have sorted it! LOL!

Thanks to hubby's mathematical calculation.

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

I'm surprised at this ruling in Iran. It's good he's having to pay after allegedly being mean, but i bet she'd have preferred a few roses and the rest cash!

i beati said...

Wonders never cease- a pretty outcome

Maggie May said...

The roses won't last but the cash would be really helpful to her, I bet. Glad I'm not living there! I wouldn't last long!

Dave Coulter said...

If I were her I'd take the money and run. She can buy all the roses she wants later! ;)

Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said...

He never promised her a rose garden....

Charles Gramlich said...

At least we have some creative sentencing.

Craver Vii said...

I am grateful that my wife does not ask for such things, but if she did, she would deserve every single petal!

none said...

She should take the cash instead!

Lia Hollander said...

That's a lot of roses!

Kimberly Vanderhorst said...

Flower empower...hee hee...your punning ability never ceases to amaze.