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Wild! I bet they were livid.
< apologies to NTNOCN >
Wasn't that The Seret Policeman's Ball with Rowan Atkinson doing the school register? (ie 'Mad? I was furious').
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CaptainFlashheart - Memberin this case the consequence isn't a big deal but it seems a bit sad when we simply accept the destruction of something beautiful, that could be shared, because one group of people don't have any appreciation that others might like to enjoy it
Like fox hunting, perhaps.
No, we all know everyone agrees that fox hunting was jolly good fun and a spiffing traditional lark and that the sight of an animal being ripped apart as nature intended was as good as it got, it is very sad the impact that the ban has had on the UK economy - we were warned!
@ Paul - I couldn't tell them apart anyway.
They had armfuls. They were children. They have little arms.
Thank Tard they weren't MMA trained cage fighters.
Not everyone likes, picks, takes notice or even cares about daffs. They won't vanish from the British countryside (I don't have any interwebz sources to back this up btw).
And I thought AirgunBBS was full of mentals with nothing better to do 🙄
One point not yet raised is that by allowing ones' little darlings to pick huge armfulls of pretty flowers, you are giving them carte blanche to help themselves to other, perhaps much rarer plants in the future.
That's right they go out and as adults to pick bee orchards, it's well known fact and it's encouraged by video games like Plants Vs Zombies. It makes me sad to be British, won't somebody think of the children etc.
I kind of thought it was accepted wisdom (amongst those with half a civilised brain) not to go around picking wild flowers,
I have a fully civilised brain so therefore realise there isn't any real harm from kids picking a few odd flowers. I'm pretty sure it's gone on for generations and the impact it's had is tiny, we probably damage more rare plants riding our bikes.
Fine - you are not depriving anyone else of the beauty of seeing them.
Pffft, TJ's shallow - the ugly plants have less rights than the pretty ones in his world! 😛
I was always discouraged from picking wildflowers. My dad would show them to me, tell me what they were and what cultivated plants they were related to, and any interesting features like whether they were horribly poisonous. I kept a flower diary in the spring and summer, drawing pictures of wild flowers and plants I'd spotted. Yeah, I was a cool kid. 😆
I was allowed to pick (non-poisonous) flowers from our garden though, and was taught how to press them. I also used to make 'perfume' from rose petals and water in milk bottles.
I don't think I'd get het up about a child picking a couple of common wild flowers and making a posey, but stripping an area of flowers is a bit out of order.
EDIT: Also, top points for having a thread arguing about daffodils! 😆
You want middle(-ish...only one car now) class rant? I think I have missed Sienna Miller's norks in Layer Cake.
it is very sad the impact that the ban has had on the UK economy - we were warned!
I am pretty sure the UK economy was harmed by something to do with banking.
yossarian - Member Nail 'em up
Nail some sense into 'em.
Brilliant. Nearly choked on my badger and swan sandwich.
Fascinating! A number of you seem to think " my dad told me so" is good enough a reason to not pick daffodils.
Your dad mght have been clueless and just making it up.
No - its that the countryside code and good practice is " take nothing but photos. leave nothing but footprints"
Who decided it is good practice? How was that decision made?
Do you really have to ask?
If people pick wild flowers then only they get the pleasure - if they leave them everyone does.
To pick them is selfish. Ok an odd one does not great harm but as in the OP here?
Its so simple and obvious I am astonished it is even questioned.
FWIW, the Scottish Outdoor Access Code says not to intentionally damage or disturb plants.
OTOH, daffodils are appearing in all sorts of weird and [i]un-natural[/i] places and as far as I am concerned are a often no better than a weed - in the same way as Rhododendrons.
Oh biggity-bell-ends. Can't really bring myself to take this thread seriously anymore, but; this doesn't sound to me like a cute six year old picking "the odd flower" to take home for her cute cot-side table. It sounds like a couple of brats ("9 and 10 year old") senselessly ruining a nice patch of daffodils whilst their mum tells anyone who'll listen to F off.
Never mind the whole lightfooted-in-nature ethos; something which was pleasant to look at is now gone - not hard to get yer head round really...
But seeing happy children picking flowers gives pleasure to me and many others. Stopping children from doing this is selfish as it stops us from enjoying nature. This basic joy of seeing kids enjoying themselves is so obvious i'm surprised people are questioning it.
*sends kids round to SamC's house to enjoy themselves wiping bogies on the rims of his coffee cups* They do so love that game 🙂
If the council spent thousands giving out bulbs for people to plant - were they wild? The daffodils existential existence probably means they were put out of their misery.
I struggle with long sentences (well I did read some of it) but I was always taught not to pick wild flowers, because by picking them you are killing them. The flowers put all that work in for nothing, and the bees/insects go hungry (or hungrier). And they are there for everyone to see, not for you to help yourself to.
Ask yourself what would happen if everyone did it.
Friut is different because it (mostly) isn't admired for its beauty, and the plants have made them specifically for the purposes of eating. However I wouldn't encourage going on a picking spree taking everything you can reach because a lot of animals depend on this stuff, and the plants want their seeds spread further than the sewage plant. Plus in the case of blackberries there are more than the birds can eat, at least round our way - half of them wither on the bramble.
i agree with tj, albeit that he's wrong on one key point.
that is that these kids were obviously into their plants and could therefore distinguish narcissus pseudonarcissus from the more common and introduced cultivars. they would know then that the native stock had indeed been in decline due to a combo of changing argricultural practice, change in environment and people generally just taking them.
tj's implication that these expert children will go on to wreak havoc on rare species (bunch of fritillary guvnor?) is churlish and any attempt by him to make parallel with any other 'gathering' such as butterfly collecting is entirely spurious.
No, we all know everyone agrees that fox hunting was jolly good fun and a spiffing traditional lark and that the sight of an animal being ripped apart as nature intended was as good as it got, it is very sad the impact that the ban has had on the UK economy - we were warned!
Sad indeed. You only have to look at the correlation that exists between the banning of fox hunting and the global financial criss, the rise of Muslamic Rayguns and the burgeoning careers of Akon and Pitbull to know that not having dogs tearing up foxes is a terrible mistake.
Ask yourself what would happen if everyone did it.
I wouldn't encourage going on a picking spree
Have you bee possessed by TJ?
I'm not sure anyone is actually encouraging anyone else to go on a picking spree. As the whole world is following the sage advice regarding fruit rather than the scare tactics and unlikely scenario first suggested, I think we're OK with the status quo.
Well I did my phd on wildflowers and spent years doing research on hay meadow and chalk grassland restoration and I'm not in anway outraged by kids picking daffs.
I love to kick the heads off flowers this time of year as I ride past. Those kids have no respect for other trail users.
Anyway, what about foraging? that seems to be accepted.
what about foraging? that seems to be accepted.
tbh, and it's just my opinion, but that sort of intimate activity needs to be done starkers for it to be any fun, otherwise you just end up with friction burns.
Beware of the flowers, cause I'm sure they're going to get you. Yeah!
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TandemJeremy - MemberIts so simple and obvious I am astonished it is even questioned.
I'd be astonished if you weren't astonished that someone actually had the temerity to question your opinion
If people pick wild flowers then only they get the pleasure - if they leave them everyone does.
No, if people pick wild flowers only the subset of the population who happen to see them on display get the pleasure. If left in the ground only the subset of the population who happen to pass that patch of ground gets to see them. You are upset because you presume you are more likely to be in the latter group than the former.
Personally I don't think I have ever seen daffs growing wild in the countryside (must be pesky kids) but have seen them in plenty of places I wouldn't consider to be countryside and therefore don't consider the countryside code applies...
therefore don't consider the countryside code applies...
i just checked the urban code and that says its ok to pick flowers but [i]ONLY[/i] on strict conditions - town living is complicated
1/. you leave an empty fag packet and soft drink bottle in exchange
2/. you must tell any righteous kn0bbers to f off
3/. to ensure all subsets* with interest are covered post a video of the kids waving the flowers and holding a dead puppy on youtube
*refer STW if need help on this
Does this mean I'm not allowed to make Daisy-chains any more 😕
Its so simple and obvious I am astonished it is even questioned.
I can't believe it's not buttercup.
I agree with TJ FWIW!
Anyway carry on..........
What about the grass. Is it OK to ride on that?
Yeah but don't skid!
This ultimately comes down to people being selfish. They're depriving other people of the enjoyment of something.
If it were one or two flowers (or a handful of berries etc), then fine, it's a blanket clearance of an area, there's pure selfishness. As it was children doing the clearing, then it's up to the adults to provide guidance as to what is acceptable. The world would be a much nicer a place if people weren't selfish and ignorant of other people.
I'm glad the OP had a word, and I think it's a shame that she got a mouthful for her trouble.
Don Simon - they were both released in 1979 it appears...
Mad? I was furious...
Hahahahahaha hahahaha hahaha, there is no way to determine the reasons or motives for picking the flowers, so therefore there is no logical way to determine if the actions of those involved are justifiable or not!
Carry on though, it's not like you lot have anything better to do 😆
I'm particularly enjoying the mad scientist style laugh kaesae! However, I would like (I think) to join you in inviting some of the subscribers to this thread to get a life.
I would like (I think) to join you in inviting some of the subscribers to this thread to get a life
What life did the daffodils have FFS.
they are taking the flowers away so no one else can enjoy them
By picking these daffodils we have been able to enjoy them through the amusement provided in this thread.
If they had been left growing in the field they would have been enjoyed by a far smaller audience.
It's what they'd have wanted Dobbo, I'm pretty sure of that. Personally, I blame that Morrisey, whipping people up into a frenzy with all that gladeoli nonsense.