Well it seems the recession did not affect Valentine's Day business for florists. According to ScanSafe, web traffic to popular online flower store Interflora this Valentine's Day was 300% higher than last year.
Downtime thinks people would be better off spending their money on cereal crops and setting aside a bit of land. Mind you, somebody has to get their hands dirty and do the hard labour, so a bunch of flowers could be just enough to soften the blow.