Banana Florist Blog

Our friends at the Teleflora blog posted last week about buying flowers for guys.  The helpful entry outlines which flowers to give a dude, based on his personality. 

Some of the highlights:

Metrosexual / Hipster
• Cufflinks are a must, as are natural fibers

Urban philosopher
• Living room lined with cloth-bound books, no paperbacks allowed

We don't know what hipsters the folks at Teleflora have been hanging out with, but natural fibers?  An ironic preference for PBR and strong opinions on the Pitchfork rating system, sure, but are kids really clammoring for organic cotton when shopping for striped tube socks at American Apparel?

The "urban philosopher" sounds like a nightmare hybrid of Ron Burgundy and Mr. Show's finest moment.

If you know a guy who actually resembles either the "hipster" or "urban philosopher," don't buy him flowers.  Spend the money on something that gets him out of the house for once.

Regardless of how florists spin it, giving a guy flowers -- generally speaking -- is like giving a woman a beard trimmer.  It's a ridiculous idea.  We created the Broquet to have fun with that, to ratchet up the absurdity.  It doesn't matter if orchids are indeed the best choice for a hipster; they're still flowers and his friends will still clown him for getting them.  But, if the guy receives the Prickly Pete, and opens the pristine white banana box to find the solitary piece of fruit inside and reads your message on our card, the back of which contains copy describing our "borderline co-dependent" customer service policy, the whole thing makes more sense.  In that it makes no sense.  But then, we've never really understood ironic juxtaposition.  We'll leave that up to the urban philosophers.