Roses are red
Analysis by Geoff Goodwin
Staff Reporter
Hemingway (Do I have to say Ernest
Hemingway? Did you really think I was
talking about Mariel?) once said, "When
two people fall in love it can only end in
tragedy."
He probably knew enough about it to
know what he was talking about. After
all, he fell in and out of Jove more often
than Kareem goes up for a sky hook.
But of course he was making an obvious
point, i.e. the couple either stops lov-
and expensive bufl worth if for love
ing or one of them meets an untimely
end. Either way heartbreak follows.
But there is another way, one that
Hemingway couldn't have forseen when
he blew his brains out in 1961.
There's Valentine's Day. Oh, I don't
mean Valentine's Day proper. No, I'm
talking about the financial ruin that
Valentine's Day can bring to the guy y
gal who decides to splurge and bu
their mate flowers for the day.
It is expensive, folks. A random sur
vey of florists around Lincoln shows
that the cheapest you can buy a dozen
roses for is $35. That's at Dittmer's
Plantation in the Centrum. The most
expensive I found is $60 at University
Floral, 118 N. 14th and House of Flow
ers, 226 S. 1 1th. Both prices are without
delivery. Delivery is $2 in most of Lin
coln, $1.50 if it's downtown.
But don't despair. You needn't spend
that much. A half dozen roses can be
purchased for $30 at University Floral
and $32.50 at Danielson Floral, 127 S.
13th.
FTD specials at both stores are even
less, starting at $25.
Also available are bud vases, which
start at $15.50. They have either roses
or carnations.
And why do roses cost so much?
Simple, says Linda Wilson, a designer
for University Floral. "The reason roses
are so high is because it takes twice
the time to grow .them for Valentine's
Day as it does if you bought them dur
ing the summer," Wilson said. "The
growers have to hire extra people to
pick and to deliver. Then the wholes
aler has to hire extra people. We have
to hire extra people to deliver. (Ten
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A Modern Love Story!
SEASCAPE WITH SHARKS
AND DANCER
By Don Nigro
Studio Theatre 8 p.m.
February 13, 14, 15 & 17 through 22, 1986
(Play contains strong language.)
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All Other 5.00 550
Theatre Bo Office
FIRST FLOOR - Temple Bldg.
12th & R, Lincoln
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compared with one in a normal week.)
"We're not getting rich on roses,"
she said. "With our expenses we really
should be charging about seven dollars
for a rose, instead of five."
Well, whatever side you're on in the
great rose debate it is, after all, Valen
tine's Day. It only comes once a year.
Come on, folks. If you can't pony up that
money on this day what's the point of
going through all that you've gone
through to reach this day? Do it. Do it
for yourself. Do it for himher. Do it for
Aphrodite. Do it for me!
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