What do alimony, Stanley Ho and landlords have in common? It must be love ...

A gimmicky award to promote the day of lovers by Guru, the Indian restaurant in Soho, has turned up some gems.

The idea was for everyone to drop a line about what love meant to them. The winning couple will get a pair of round-trip tickets to India and the result will be announced on February 28. But honestly, who cares about those corny lines, unless you want to regurgitate your (curry) lunch?

It's now way past Valentine's Day so I thought I could reveal those that probably didn't make it, even though they are nevertheless full of wisdom, wit and/or just amusingly crass.

'Love means having the bitch get remarried so I can stop paying alimony.'

'Love means being adopted by Stanley Ho so I can inherit all his money.'

'Love means all Hong Kong's landlords giving one year rent free to all tenants.'