torvald Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 as traffic was blocked at kirby and 59 while some fella bought a rosefrom intersection, i remembered wanting to ask you HAIFers this.do you know who i mean? the random interchangeable guy with ayellow vest selling the single stem flowers in a thin plastic cone?i've seen them at intersections, at hermann park and at the transco fountain. who are they? i thought i saw something on television like an expose sort of thing which said that these folks sell things things all day with out pay for some sort of cult thing? it was years ago... so i'm not sure, 60 minutes? anyhow, who buysthose damn flowers? and are they silk or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 as traffic was blocked at kirby and 59 while some fella bought a rosefrom intersection, i remembered wanting to ask you HAIFers this.do you know who i mean? the random interchangeable guy with ayellow vest selling the single stem flowers in a thin plastic cone?i've seen them at intersections, at hermann park and at the transco fountain. who are they? i thought i saw something on television like an expose sort of thing which said that these folks sell things things all day with out pay for some sort of cult thing? it was years ago... so i'm not sure, 60 minutes? anyhow, who buysthose damn flowers? and are they silk or what?Dont know, but i dont find them as annoying as the jackasses attempting to wash my windshield at stop lights.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Dont know, but i dont find them as annoying as the jackasses attempting to wash my windshield at stop lights..................ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted June 3, 2006 Author Share Posted June 3, 2006 the problem is that when someone decides to buy a flowersometimes the folks behind them get to miss the light totally.when i am on my bike i can steal an opportunity like that tomosey on by... but if not all the cars get pissy and swirvy and it's not so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 ...but if not all the cars get pissy and swirvy and it's not so great.Jeez. I'd hate to be on a bike under those conditions--especially one trying to "mosey on by". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 the rose-man stumbles in to the bennigan's once in a while, too, and interrupted my trivia once i don't know if it is the same guy, but there was a rose-man that used to hang around half price books, kroger, and the old guava lamp location. he was sort of nice - someone i know used to give him odd jobs and let him sleep in the bed of his truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Back in the late 70s and early 80s (oil boom days), there used to be a number of flower sellers at many of the bars and clubs around Houston. The news reports back then connected many of these vendors to religious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 When I was at the flower store, I was purchasing 3 dozen roses for a client. The girl behind the counter asked me if I was going to sell them. I guess more people sell them then we know about. the problem is that when someone decides to buy a flowersometimes the folks behind them get to miss the light totally. Ohwell, too bad, so sad. Wait one more light. there are worse fates in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted June 3, 2006 Author Share Posted June 3, 2006 it's my view that blocking the intersection for some non-emergency random thing is not acceptable. i have never seen a group of cars act as if its not a problem. how can you judge the quality of the roses like that anyhow? baking in a plastic tube in the sun is probably the worst thing for a cut flower. has anyone here ever bought or received one? i can't imagine that are they impressive enough to get a ticket for blocking the intersection. my coworker suggested that they are a cover for selling crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 my coworker suggested that they are a cover for selling crack. I've heard that before as well. Although the person that I heard it from was referring to all those flower shops on Fannin, San Jacinto, and Holcombe, on the far peripheries of the TMC. He cited incredibly cheap flowers as the cause for concern... That said, this person was also completely full of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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