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June 01, 2005
Diamonds, Emeralds, Golden Fleece?
I was reading this story today about the English couple who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary today and I wondered, what is the traditional 80th anniversary gift?
The Chicago Public Library has a pretty comprehensive list of both traditional and modern anniversary gifts. The modern 80th gift is diamond and pearl. The traditional list tops out at 75 with diamonds, diamond like stones and gold.
Diamond and pearl seems like a cop out. Shouldn't the 80th anniversary gift be something more rare than the title of a Prince album? How about a gram of Francium (there is only 20-30 g of the element present in the earth's crust at any one time) a piece of the Holy Prepuce or The Eternity Stone?
Posted by Half-Cocked at June 1, 2005 06:27 PM