Dead flowers for sale in supermarkets

[Borlotti]

Can someone please answer my question.  Why do supermarkets sell dead flowers at reduced prices.  I can understand cheap plants as they can be revived.  Do people buy these flowers for ex-girl friends, mothers-in-law or perhaps for funerals.  I have asked the assistants but they look at me as if I am mad.  Morrisons put their dead flowers on the reduced veg. table.  Veg is OK for soup etc as it is not really stale, just out of date, but dead flowers.  For a really good bargain you can get dead roses at half price.  Is it just me or has common sense gone out the window.

[Borlotti]

[silverbirch]

Barnum and Bailey made a fortune from the fact that there's a sucker born every minute!

[Tin Shed]

Perhaps they are selling them for composting ;D

[Carol]

Well, I bought cut price Gladioli yesterday and they make a very colourful vase.  So if I get a few days pleasure from them, there's nowt wrong with cut price flowers.   They were 1.99

[Borlotti]

I did think of that.  But have never seen anyone buy them.  Perhaps if you buy one dead bunch you get one another one free.  I really feel a letter coming on to the manager.  Wrote to Waitrose to compliment their staff as I felt I had entered another world, they were so helpful and polite.  I didn't even mind paying more, I bet they don't sell dead flowers.  Morrisons are good for reduced slug pellets, Growmore etc. and my apple tree from there is brilliant.  Anyone know if Homebase have reduced their seeds yet, normally put them in a big bucket and they are very cheap.

[Borlotti]

Cut price flowers are brilliant, but I really, really mean dead flowers.