Have they gone completely daffy? No more daffodils

I just found it when I googled

Oh, interesting!

Callistemon21

www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/st-blaise-town-council-cuts-6902983

Are they going to dig up all the bulbs?
How many children have been poisoned by ingesting daffodils?

Sorry, but Cornwall Live exist entirely to stir up pointless outrage! I haven't read this particular gem but there'll be at least 3 comments on the thread blaming 2nd hone owners or tourists for this and for everything else!

Callistemon21

^What about daisies, clover and dandelions?^

We used to suck clover flowers when we were at school, Elaine, they are sweet.

If any children are on GN ? DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Daisies are for making daisy chains and dandelions are known as pis-en-lit because the leaves are a diuretic.

I used to eat clover as well, and had a go at making dandelion honey during lockdown. It didn’t set, so we poured it over our ice cream. No beds were peed (peeed?) in during the course of this experiment. DH was a bit dubious though, pointing out that the dandelions might have been peed on by the local dog population.

I might try crystallising a few daisies next.

What do you call it when a report gets published that isn't true, then everybody believes it, then everybody gets really angry about it, then starts calling other people names?

Oh yes. I remember.

These council officials get more daft year on year I think they want everyone to stay at home wrapped in cotton wool talk about begin in a nanny state

brrilliant!

I’ve got to say my ‘supervised’ granddaughter managed to nibble a daffodil and was very sick! She’s just two and can move like lightning when it suits her! I don’t think that she’ll do it again…….

Grantanow

Daft is the word. If people waste time on this kind of nannying they haven't got enough to do and could be dispensed with. It undermines teaching personal responsibility. If these idiots had their way we wouldn't have Wordsworth's famous poem.

Daffadown Dillies
My mother always called them dillies.

Wallflowers were gillies.

When did parental responsibility end!

Daft is the word. If people waste time on this kind of nannying they haven't got enough to do and could be dispensed with. It undermines teaching personal responsibility. If these idiots had their way we wouldn't have Wordsworth's famous poem.

25 Avalon, I grew up eating "bread and cheese", it never did me any harm. Also used to suck the nectar from clover petals, ate elderberries, and chewed on the crunchy part of grass stems till someone pointed out that dogs had probably wee`d on it!

My grandson who’s 7 is currently nibbling our grape hyacinth! Bit of a panic but googled it and they are edible. Phew!!

I remember eating hawthorn leaves which were called bread and cheese. Didn’t taste a bit like it! Presumably not poisonous as survived childhood!

I never actually knew daffodils were poisonous. I love them, but it wouldn't occur to me to eat them.

The trouble is that these days we live in a compensation culture society so anyone in charge of places where people congregate have to cover themselves for the most ridiculous and unlikely scenario in case they get taken to court and fined a huge amount of money which could be better spent elsewhere. Crazy but true.

What about daisies, clover and dandelions?

We used to suck clover flowers when we were at school, Elaine, they are sweet.

If any children are on GN ? DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Daisies are for making daisy chains and dandelions are known as pis-en-lit because the leaves are a diuretic.

The classroom door cutting in Scotland was an absolute classic!
In fact maybe it should go under the Classics heading on here so we can re-read and enjoy anytime we need a good chuckle!

I will look out for another ‘you couldn’t make it up’ gem. There are bound to be some aren’t there?!

ShazzaKanazza

Just another example of our nanny state. Unbelievable!!

I think when councils do things like this, it's not so much the "nanny state" as fear of being sued.

Picture the scenario; mother with kids in the play area absorbed by the contents of her iPhone (not picking on any demographic, most people have iPhones)... her youngest digs out a bulb and eats it and is taken to hospital. Said mother doesn't say to the media, "it was my fault, I wasn't watching her / him", instead she blames the council for putting poisonous plants in a children's play area - and is encouraged to sue them by a family member.

It happens. If we are being 'nannied', it's because of the irresponsible behaviour of some sections of the population. I'm sure the council would rather plant the bulbs and just let them spread.

eazybee

As 'cut down and removed' is the past tense I think it is a reasonable assumption on the part of the reader that the deed has been done.

So we don't believe the unimpeachable Cornwall Live when they say they got that bit wrong?

As 'cut down and removed' is the past tense I think it is a reasonable assumption on the part of the reader that the deed has been done.

Cornwall live news says the Council will not dig them up but they were instructed after an inspection not to plant any more.

Clearly not. Rehashing an old thread.

Urmstongran

^Bit of a misunderstanding there, I think about the true story of door chopping^
There was only one person upset, the rest found the story very funny indeed.
It was a source of much hilarity

???

I certainly did! And so must loads of other posters. Boy - did it run!

Ah yes the SNP.
I think the wheels are coming off that particular bus....

Oh I did love that thread. One of my favourites! So funny! ??

Is this thread about daffodils still ?