To think that a cactus is a LOADED gift

[Itchyandscratchy]

... When you've had a difficult work placement and you haven't really liked your mentors, so on the day you leave, you give them a cactus each?

Hmmm?

I have an idea it is a very big insult in norway.

Ha ha - and I thought the language of flowers was a Victorian thing..

My dad gave my mum a cactus on their wedding day... enough said (by the way, they are still married 51 years later)

Many years ago, there was an early evening TV programme (name eludes me) that used to give a cactus as its "Prickle of the Week" award - presumably because they couldn't say 'prick' pre-watershed).

So with fond memories of that, I think it would be a very good idea.

They are a bit

But then some people are fond of them and might think other people are too?

I've passed through my cactus phase thankfully, spindly, spiny, ugly fuckers that they are.

Took me a while to recognise this was their sum value - actually, it was about the time it took for me to kill them with underwatering

Depends how subtle you want to be. If I received a cactus I would also expect a card saying "you bastard". Perhaps an ivy?

LMAO - I told my then BF I HATED cut flowers, he bought me a cactus - I was a bit - 20 years happily married down the line... he's right, I killed it, like every other potted plant I ever owned!

I once bought a boyfriend a venus fly trap. Several weeks later I dumped him. At the time I wasn't even aware of the significance myself

No, I think it's definitely a pisstake. It's just the sort of thing he'd think was really quite clever and we wouldn't get the 'joke'. Dh thought I was reading too much into it but I'm sure I'm not and I wanted the MN jury's view...

Cheeeeeeeky fecker!

DH got given a cactus by someone at work years ago. He brought it home and over the years it grew into a four foot phallic symbol with a sort of withered brown bit at the bottom.

I threw it away.

I got given a cactus as a birthday present from SIL. I haven't ever quite got over it, I mean, why on earth did she think that was a suitable present?! The only thing I can put it down to is that she was skint...it didn't even come in a nice pot

I did buy a friend a succulent once, but it was a nice soft one nicely wrapped etc!

It means they have too many cacti, one of their parents has offloaded the large number that were in their house and the other is threatening to do the same, and their OH is starting to complain at getting pricked whenever she tries to open a window... projecting, moi?