Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Arabs do not mess around when they send flowers

These are the arrangements sent to a colleague the other day. They were, as you can see, massive. And no, they were not intended to mark the passing of a dignitary or the birth of another of Sheikh Zayed's grandchild. I'm told they were sent, as so many bouquets before them the world over have been, intended to say "I'm sorry".

This was the view from my desk:



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