Lawyers, donkeys, romance and flowers

Today in the Uber ride, after exchanging the usual lamentations on state of the Arab world, the Uber driver had some interesting observations upon learning that he was in the company of two lawyers: “Lawyers ? Ahhhh ! I like lawyers ! Literary and romantic people you are! I myself I am a mathematician! I’m not romantic at all! For my wife’s birthday, I give her cash and told her to go buy what she wants ! I never bought her flowers! I don’t understand flowers. I mean flowers have no value and even a donkey knows that . If you give a donkey a flower, he wouldn’t even eat it ! However, if I were a lawyer, I would surely buy my wife flowers because then I’d be an idealist, just like you!”