Diamonds Are No Longer A Girl's Best Friend

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-7-2006 | Chris Hastings - Stephanie Plentl - Beth Jones

[Jaysun]

Diamonds may not be a crazy Hollywood b*tch's best friend, but they're still a girl's best friend.

[groanup]

It has yet to be shown to me that diamonds are anything but a value. Worn on the neck, finger or tooth they have no value. Bartered, they do.

After all, you can't eat them. I would think a big diamond is worth much less than a nice lake boat that your whole family can enjoy.

[donmeaker]

Diamonds are a girls best friend, if the girl is a prostitute.

For the rest, love, honor, committment, faithfullness, and honesty. A sense of humor helps too.


If you know what I mean, you know who I mean.

[D.P.Roberts]

Kooks. Kooks manipulated by special interests. Follow the money.

[The Noodle]

I guess that goes for the dollar bills in your wallet and your bank account then too? After all, you can't eat them, either - well, you could, but they won't provide much sustenance.

[scott7278]

"Big Diamond" ping.

[spectre]

Oh sure, they are not conflict diamonds, wink, wink.

How the heck do we know for sure? They all pass thru Amsterdam or Brussels..

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[socal_parrot]

This should make the 1 carat each per ear diamonds I'm buying for my wife for our 30th anniversary more affordable.

Less than 10% of diamonds on the US retail market are from a "war torn" area. And that number is falling daily.

[arizonarachel]

I have to admit, I miss my diamond wedding ring. My fingers are swollen (due to pregnancy) and can't wear it. I don't thnk they are conflict diamonds, though.

[wireman]

I don't give a rat's ass where they come from. Just give me a good deal.

[weegee]

It's a promotional stunt for a film. A film that puts those who worked on it onto a virtual "list" of "good people who care". Maybe they'll even see Oscar nominations for their efforts.

Meanwhile is Hollywood's cocaine narcoterrorist free?

[socal_parrot]

Diamonds are a girls best friend, if the girl is a prostitute.

You're don't buy your wife/girlfriend gifts? Or is does nothing say love like the gift of a vacuum cleaner?

[wireman]

Huh???

[doc1019]

*** Diamonds Are No Longer A Girl's Best Friend ***

Tell that to my wife!

PLEASE!!!!!

[kenth]

Big Hollywood... off-topic, but that's how we should refer to them anymore.

[lndrvr1972]

I saw a program about the conflict diamonds on History channel. It showed that diamonds are not rare but how the Debeers Co held all of its ownership to raise the price.
Very interesting..

[Global2010]

I have never been a big fan of jewelry due to the nature of work I do, its rugged physical shift work that I love with a passion.

However the last 6 months I had been perusing the idea of a small bracelet yet nothing caught my eye.

Well now I am the owner of a Blue Diamond set in white Gold bracelet and have decided when I look at my blue diamonds it represents the diet and lifestyle changes I made to put Diabetes in remission (2yrs now).

I am now like ohhhhh my diamonds are a girls best friend.
I appreciate the beauty and years I have went without personal pleasures and the gift to myself.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the ping.

[Alouette]

Tanzanite gems are almost all from conflict areas.