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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

There was a famous case of a Soviet spy who got caught by the FBI because of the way he carried his flowers.

In the US, if someone buys flowers, then while walking with them, the person normally carries them with the flowers up, stems down. The 'normal' way.

In Russia, to protect the flower tops from rain, snow, cold, and wind, the average person carries the bunch of flowers with the stems facing up/forward, flowers pointing down/back.

This spy bought flowers for some reason, and an FBI agent noticed he carried them the Russian way.

If you ever get a chance to read any of Joe Navarro's books, he's a very good writer. I highly recommend "3 Minutes to Midnight"

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

TIL I'm Russian.

You carry them upside down because flowers are heavy and catch wind. If you let them dangle, they'll sway instead of snap.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago

TIL I may be a Russian spy

[–] philipsdirk@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought one carries flowers upside down so the water in the stems stays with the flowers instead of dripping out. It keeps them from drying out

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

That actually makes good sense. Especially if you're dealing with the same climate. Next time I buy flowers I'm cosplaying a bit.