Stop picking daffodils from GG and Peckham Rye Park!!

[Louisa]

It brings me to tears thinking of those innocent little daffs, and they have been brought to life by your grade A poetry. It is almost like watching Alice In Wonderland talk to the flowers.

Louisa.

[Ladymuck]

Louisa, I totally agree with you - I was incensed when I saw the same thing happening. Were the park wardens able to do anything about it?

[ruffers]

ffs - someone goes to park and picks a few daffs which their council tax has probably paid for. Possibly a bit selfish to deny others the pleasure of the daffs but how much agitation is this worth.....?

Perspective.....?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

ruffers Wrote:

Perspective.....?

Perspective? This is EXACTLY how the last World War started!:X...something deemed relatively trivial by some, in that case "invading Poland", suddenly degenerates into somethimg far more unpleasant.

Napoleon 1 said "L'Angleterre est une nation de Boutiquiers", now within 250 years we have become a Nation of Daffodil-nickers.

Its absolutely disgraceful.

Adam Smith won't be amused either.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

ruffers Wrote:

Perspective.....?

Perspective? This is EXACTLY how the last World War started!:X.

Napoleon 1 said "L'Angleterre est une Nation de Boutiquiers", now within 250 years we have becpme a Nation of Daffodil-nickers.

Take 2.

[dukesdenver]

lenk Wrote:

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> I regularly see ?well to do? folk sifting through

> bags left outside Charity Shops in ED, presumably

> filtering out anything of value to stick on eBay

> before the charity shops get hold of it ? there?s

> probably some inverse graph you could draw of

> affluence versus likelihood of taking things left

> out in public.

I suppose that's how you become affluent in the first place - there's a fine line between thrift and theft!

[Administrator]

Please stay on topic

[boosboss]

How long do Daf bulbs last? Are these the same dafs that Southwark Council planted in 2004? 250,000 of them, 1 for each resident apparently.

[Louisa]

I have daffs in my garden which have come up every year for at least 15 so I presume they hang around for quite a while if they arnt constantly disturbed.

Louisa.

[Keef]

Can't be bothered reading the whole thread, but basically I am with Louisa's original point.

Oh, and Louisa, keep up the good work, as despite himself, I just don't think Sean can help himself but get wound up by you, and it is a constant source of entertainment to me (much as I luv ya Seany).

[180176]

erm, i'm a mum, and i have a 3 wheeled pram, and yet i think it's wrong for people to pick daffs, wouldn't do it myself or let my children do it. so how does this fit with the fairly awful generalising going on on this thread? or should i simply not rise to the bait??

[annaj]

180176, click on Louisa's name in blue and read a few of her old posts before you decide if you should rise to it or not. I'd generally say no, you won't get anywhere, but it's very tempting and we all give in sometimes.

[bigbadwolf]

Oh Louisa's not that bad really. A bit mad but she certainly gives us something to laugh about when it's a quiet day on the forum.

[Administrator]

Please, please stay on topic.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

There's a natural Beauty about a Host Of Golden Daffodils, a carpet of Bluebells or a plexegon of Primroses.

Please leave them all alone for everyone to enjoy.

Its unimaginable, for example, that someone would dig up wild Primroses, which would probably die in the travelling anyway.

[Louisa]

I dont think I said every single bugaboo owning yummy was responsible for the cutting of these daffs, but out of all the people I have seen doing it, they are all ladies and gents of a certain persuasion in my opinion.

Louisa.

[Ted Max]

Have you put your posters up yet, Lou?

[bigbadwolf]

Do they follow the wild west trend of 'wanted dead or alive' or are they more like 'Our cats gone missing'.

[Louisa]

Ted I have not yet but I have them made and will display them at some point this weekend, preferably when lots of men and women are off work walking around the parks with their kids. I plan on displaying some at Dulwich and Belair parks too (slightly off territory but does no harm).

Louisa.

[Louisa]

bbw, they will probably be a cross between the dead or alive style but may contain a few downloaded friendly daff pictures just to warn people off.

Louisa.

[clux]

i'll look forward to seeing your notices as i wander round the park with my kids and my bugaboo

[Ted Max]

No no no. You've made them already, remember? (I have them made) Do try and keep up with yourself.

[Louisa]

I already said above I have them made, I have just not displayed them yet. Ted do keep up ;-)

Louisa.

[Louisa]

(and yes they do contain daffodil images amongst other things although i'd rather keep some of it under a hat for now otherwise it spoils the surprise)

Louisa.

[Ted Max]

Poor effort, Lou.

"I have them made"

then...

"they will probably be a cross between the dead or alive style but may contain a few..."

You've made them but you don't know what they might look like? I think you're fighting on too many fronts, here and your work's getting sloppy.