One V Day many years ago I looked up the meanings of rose colors and it was quite interesting. Let’s see, red is for romance, yellow is for friendship, orange is for infatuation, white is for innocence (like, you’d send one to a young kid on a special occasion). Then apparently there are black roses, which I’ve never seen but symbolize mourning, and blue roses, which I’ve also never seen and can’t remember what they were for.
Occasionally I give yellow roses if I really want to express how much I value a friend. Because most people don’t know what they symbolize I explain the meaning preemptively. Even so it’s gotten me some weird looks, because people are used to thinking that roses mean romantic desire. Thus, I’ve given this gift less and less often over the years.
Lucy fails again and again to accept ignoring her by Schroeder. Maybe Schroeder should lock his front door (and the back one too) before playting his piano. That could solve the problem.
Templo S.U.D. almost 2 years ago
who knew you were quite the florist, Lucy
su43dipta almost 2 years ago
“Norose” suggests you have skin inflammation, itch, or rash.
https://www.tabletwise.net/hongkong/norose-tablet
Wilde Bill almost 2 years ago
She is obviously reading the wrong book.
ronaldspence almost 2 years ago
maybe it’s time you rose up and left Lucy!
GROG Premium Member almost 2 years ago
But it is in the cards.
knutdl almost 2 years ago
“I beg your pardon. I never promised you a rose garden.” (Lynn Anderson)
knutdl almost 2 years ago
“Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses” (Ringo Starr)
A Common 'tator almost 2 years ago
I found out, much to my chagrin, a yellow rose, in France, is offered to a mistress…
littlejohn Premium Member almost 2 years ago
You could try the Addams family style. Cut off the flower and just give the stem, with the thorns still attached.
therese_callahan2002 almost 2 years ago
If you want a flower from Austria, Lucy, would you settle for an edelweiss?
Troglodyte almost 2 years ago
No rose doesn’t give Lucy a rise!
Strider Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” – William Shakespeare
Blu Bunny almost 2 years ago
What if he gives her a thorny stem
GerryRoss almost 2 years ago
Looks like Schroeder revamped Captain Beefheart’s song title-No Red Rose That I Mean.
PaulAbbott2 almost 2 years ago
How about Pete Rose?
Neo Stryder almost 2 years ago
What book is that?
Decepticomic almost 2 years ago
How about a bucket of dirt dumped on your head?
Darryl Heine almost 2 years ago
I know this strip was rerun twice before: First in 2001 when it replaced a 1973 strip and again in 2005 when it replaced a 1969 strip.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation almost 2 years ago
in ancient Rome, the rose was a funeral flower.
A.Ficionada almost 2 years ago
Lucy had a good comeback this time, for a change
gantech almost 2 years ago
If they lived in Elizabethan times, and Lucy were an ‘orange wench’…No, I’m not going to go there…
Ellis97 almost 2 years ago
Lucy, if you’re trying to seduce Schroeder with poems, it ain’t gonna happen.
Mediatech almost 2 years ago
I think this is how the War of the Roses started.
mindjob almost 2 years ago
She ain’t no Roseanne Roseannadanna
this is summerdog almost 2 years ago
Give her a rose with the head cut off. That may say something.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
Welcome to the mine field Schroeder.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 2 years ago
“The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel
The opposite of a rose isn’t a rotting gingko berry (notoriously foul-smelling), it is simply “no rose.”
John Jorgensen almost 2 years ago
One V Day many years ago I looked up the meanings of rose colors and it was quite interesting. Let’s see, red is for romance, yellow is for friendship, orange is for infatuation, white is for innocence (like, you’d send one to a young kid on a special occasion). Then apparently there are black roses, which I’ve never seen but symbolize mourning, and blue roses, which I’ve also never seen and can’t remember what they were for.
Occasionally I give yellow roses if I really want to express how much I value a friend. Because most people don’t know what they symbolize I explain the meaning preemptively. Even so it’s gotten me some weird looks, because people are used to thinking that roses mean romantic desire. Thus, I’ve given this gift less and less often over the years.
jbruins84341 almost 2 years ago
You have to admire her tenaciousness.
198.23.5.11 almost 2 years ago
What do dandelions say?
I❤️Peanuts almost 2 years ago
Never fall in love with a musician.
ah-hee almost 2 years ago
Lucy fails again and again to accept ignoring her by Schroeder. Maybe Schroeder should lock his front door (and the back one too) before playting his piano. That could solve the problem.
knight1192a almost 2 years ago
No roses says “I’m saving my roses to lay at the grave of the Immortal Beloved December 16th in honor of Beethoven’s love of her.”
Betrayral In The Common Room almost 2 years ago
A rose by other name
Teto85 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I saw some beautiful Austrian roses in Melbourne several years ago. Wait…what?