Have they gone completely daffy? No more daffodils

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

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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....

Actually, it implies that your news is out of date:

Note: A previous version of this story said St Blaise Town Council had cut the daffodils which it has denied. We apologise for any distress or confusion caused.

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

'A council cut down and removed 1,000 "poisonous" daffodils from a recreation park (Old Roselyon Play area in St. Blazey, near St. Austell).' Daily Telegraph 6.4.2022. The council was advised , doesn't say by whom, not to have daffodils in the play area as all parts of the flower can be dangerous.

Which implies the action has been taken.

I’d say the same as you Rosie. A child small enough to try to eat a flower would be very young (under 3?) and the parent should be supervising him/her. Anyone over that age would not think about eating a flower and would hopefully also have been told not to pick them.

What about daisies, clover and dandelions? All of my DGC (maybe not so much the 8yo now) arrive with these picked for granny or mummy. They have never tried to eat them - ever! Maybe you can but I wouldn't want to. They also pick the daffodils that have blown over or come off - again never contemplated eating them! We don't allow them to pick the daffodils as they are there for everyone to appreciate although I have even seen adults picking them - maybe for food!! We also have lots of crocuses planted in the public grassy areas - the birds eat them - quick get the vet!

Any child young enough to even think of eating daffodils should surely be supervised by an adult. If a child is old enough to not need adult supervision then they'd not normally start eating daffodils anyway. I've always grown daffodils in my garden, never told my children not to eat them, none ever did.
That council has ivy growing on the walls around that play area, better rip it down quick smart in case children start munching on it.

25Avalon ????

I can think of about a hundred plants ,which are poisonous to humans .
Ban them and we won't have much left in the garden and our florists will go out of business .
They taste nasty anyway .
Let's teach children about flowers if we can .
These are pretty to look at ,but we don't eat them .

I think that a great deal of confusion has been caused by the fashion for edible flowers -lovely as they are .

Just another example of our nanny state. Unbelievable!!

Sssshhh don't tell the council that the daffs will grow again next year.

Volver it so happens I did not read it in the Daily Mail. I read it on Somerset Live, sister to Cornwall Live, as listed by Callistemon. Love the quotes in the Metro - thanks for posting Blossoming.

I remember trying to buy a bag of reduced price daffodil bulbs in the Co-op a few years back. When I got to the till they refused to sell them to me on the grounds I might eat them! Having convinced them I had no intention of so doing they gave them to me for free as they weren’t allowed to sell them.

Story not Tory

(It didn't specify which political party is in charge)

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?

After I read the Tory which I then posted I asked:

Are they going to dig up all the bulbs?

They say will not be planting new bulbs because daffodils are toxic.
Perhaps they don't realise the ones already there will come up again next year and might even spread, even if they cut down the dead ones.

In the "exaggerate a story beyond all concept of reality, to upset middle England" section

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.

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Aveline? Come to my rescue!!

Oh dear, never criticise the saintly SNP!

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I believe this report was just below the one about cutting school doors in half.

In the "exaggerate a story beyond all concept of reality, to upset middle England" section.

(I had actually typed this before Call got indignant, but its still worth posting)

volver

That to Callistemon.

It gets my goat when people say things like "are they going to do this or that" when the answer is in the very article they post a link to...

Her we go, here we go, here we go
Your daily bash at me.
Will you just stop it?

It's rather sad, really, that you have to keep having a go at me every day ever since the SNP thread.

Let it go dearie.

Are you sure that the report wasn't on April 1st?

Some wonderful comments in Metro

metro.co.uk/2022/04/05/cornwall-council-cuts-daffodils-at-play-park-in-case-children-eat-them-16413047/

That to Callistemon.

It gets my goat when people say things like "are they going to do this or that" when the answer is in the very article they post a link to...

..^or maybe they just don't like daffodils^
I've never met anyone who doesn't like daffodils - beside the lake, beneath the trees ..... along the sides of the motorway

I don't think you can be too careful with these holiday homers from London whose children are used to eating edible flowers on their salads

Well why don't you read it to find out?

The item I read said this particular council will not be planting any more in the children's play park.

A bit different to Cornwall council bans planting daffodils. Maybe they had a complaint, or another council did and they are pre-empting costs of complaints/ hearings/ tribunals..or maybe they just don't like daffodils.