TIDBITS 08/23/09

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We encourage you to forward this email to friends and colleagues. ====================================== The Vase

It's the Qi of it all ... the Yin and the Yang ... the Dark and the Light ...the Male and the Female ... the Low and the High ... the Flower and the Vase.

Well ... maybe not the Flower and the Vase ... but if it is not I who takes a little dash of literary liberty ... then who? That said ... shall we segue into the grand ballroom of the inane?

Did you know ....

That should you suddenly smell flowers when none are present ... you will soon die.

That if you take a flower to the dining table ... then swish it lightly across your lips after having drunk some wine ... and then present it--in a most gallant fashion of course--to your lover ... you shall have his or her undying love. This ... to get back to the Qi ... can of course be Boon or Bane ... or Yin or Yang ... or ... well ... you get the idea.

That you should never ... ever ... for as long as you breathe in the sweet substance of life ... give an even number of flowers to your object of desire. This will only bode ill ... bring bad luck ... and most surely dash any hopes you might have had to let her Yang know that your Yin was present and ready for action. This last should not be viewed as a portent for sexual proclivities ... but rather purely as a scientific search for understanding. If we here at Tyler-Adam Corp. are nothing ... we are scientific.

That if placed in a house ... agrimony would produce sleep. Now this is rather interesting for of those plants belonging to the genus Agrimonia ... we have marigold and hemp ... this last being the granddaddy of Mary Jane ... or as some might call it ... Grass ... or Weed ... or even quaintly enough ... Marijuana ... which can ... after a great deal of excesses ... cause weariness. At least this is as rumor would have it for I personally would not know.

That conversely ... Lilies would produce wakefulness ... and Roses would cure fertility (don't ask me how for I have no clue).

That it is said that by selecting one of the various kinds of roses available a lover could express over forty some odd feelings. Anemone would indicate refusal. Re: What? You want to sleep with me? Here ... take this Anemone and shove it. Apricot ... timid love. Azalea ... passion. Straw ... I wanna be your slave. And here I always thought the farmers worked the fields with such gusto due to their enterprising natures. I know someone quite well that has a field of straw that gets harvested yearly. I am going to have to ask her about its true purpose.

So ... with all this knowledge ... with all these flowers ... the question remains to be asked ... into what do we put all these bloody flowers? And the Qi once more rears its head ... and the Yin and Yang yawn into wakefulness ... and the gods smile at the simplicity of the answer. Why ... into a vase of course.

And boy do I ever have a vase to show you. It's a flower holder originating in the second quarter of the 19th century in Vienna. It is silver gilt set with garnets and turquoises and enhanced with finely painted enamel. It is a stunner folks ... the perfect little sheath in which to hold a single rose or azalea whilst making the trek to your loved one's abode.

For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct you to my home page at

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where you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says Current Tidbits ... and you will see represented on our pages an image of a Flower Holder from Vienna as described above. And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark

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