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Cards, flowers and gifts of chocolate on St. Valentines Day?

Saint Valentine's day

Stop right there!

Happy Valentine's day indeed? Oh what a load of old rubbish it is. It's just another excuse to flex the plastic in the shops buying cards, gifts and flowers because you really don't want to stand out from the rest of the sheep.



Valentine’s Day is here again and the shops are going crazy just falling over each other to ram those stupid romantic gifts down your throat at every opportunity. Why do people go in for all this tacky rubbish?

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27-2-2008I am really looking forward to it like I do every year. My wife will be in her usual spot in front of the 'telly' and I will be on the PC with twenty smokes and twelve Stella. Happy Valentines day love!Northern Lad
27-2-2008Next Sunday? You all know what the day is, don't you? Step-Mother's DayTimeless
27-2-2008Goofed again? Forgot to send your love a Valentine's card in time. Send her instead a St. Valentine's + 1 card on the 15th Feb Dear Valentine, This is a "sorry I forgot to remind you to take your anti-depressant pills yesterday" card Your dearest and closest.Pillau Talk
14-1-2008end the conspiracy to make single people feel lonely. visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8997703687 and join in the anti funGraham
17-2-2007St. Valentine should be made the patron saint of divorces. More relationships than ever are breaking down. Perhaps it all stems from all the promises that one cannot possibly keep, that one made on one sunny St Valentine's day. All the investement you have to make: expensive cards, a bigger b...moreIt doesn't work
17-2-2007It's bollo etc. At least Christmas is: a holiday, a time for families to get together, and the children like it. Valentines is a rip-off. If you're in love with someone don't you want to show it when you feel like, not on some day invented to all intents and purposes by greeting cards co...moreChris
14-2-2007Well I bought not one tree, but TWO - side by side - in the Caledonian forest with Treetwist.co.uk - and I don't need to dig it up because I got a LoveTwist to prove i'd done it - covered in hearts -all hand made in Scotland - for all you anti romantics it happens to be very warm and beautif...moreHepsibah
21-12-2006HOLIDAY!! Valentines has never been a day off work or a public holiday, I'ts just comercial bullshit, luckily my wife thinks the same (a rare breed of woman)I hate the way it belittles singles as well!!Get Real
05-8-2006Well, I like Valentine's Day. I think it's cool that a romantic saint is still being rememebered after hundreds and hundreds of years. It's not his fault if you're all going out and feeling pissed off about "feeling pressured." I also hate how people hate Valentine's Da...morePrincess Kim
15-3-2006I hate Valentine's day sure it is nice to get adored and huged and kissed all day but personnal I think Valentine day is just made by the card companys for extra money! The amount of money that goes in to the card the flowers the cocolates the dinner the drinks afterwords and the whole holiday i...moreLaur
28-2-2006Bah !!,st valentines day,what a rip,I bought the missus a dozen red roses plus assorted other crap and did I get anything (you know,nudge nudge wink wink) NO I b****y well did not,not a nibble bah !!.Revan
22-2-2006What!! eco, a tree, a bloody tree. My the Woodland trust must love you. Can you dig it up and take it home?, or is it like 40ft tall and well rooted. I'll bet the trust flogs the same tree a million times over. Can you carve your name on it or is that not allowed?.clive



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