Last year there was a fatal car accident near here and someone decided to set up the usual roadside tribute to remember the victims via the manky dead flowers and slowly degrading plastic that is custom these days. It looks like on the anniversary of the accident they decided to enhance the display by adding about twenty stuffed bears because nothing says 'we miss you' like grimy, sodden soft toys crucified on a fence right? Anyway the recent high winds seem to have set the bears free and thrown them all over the road like an explosion in the Build a Bear factory proving fun obstacles for cars to swerve around until they finally washed into a gully on the central reservation where they blocked the drainage and caused the road to flood. One lone bear is left dangling from the fence by a sellotape noose around his neck which about sums up the whole debacle.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I hate it when people put tributes on someone's favourite bench. I feel uncomfortable using it. I certainly don't want to sit there and eat my sandwiches.
I always feel sorry for people living near those sort of road accident sites. They will be reminded on a daily basis of something horrible that happened right outside their house. I think there should be some sort of time limit put on them.
If they banned the use of unnatural materials for them then that would solve the problem.
My other gripe for the day is that there's a brand new house down the road that was sold a few months ago. The new owners are now ripping out all the brand new unused fittings and throwing them into a skip.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Out in the car today so couldn't stop. A skip in someone's garden with a topping of perfectly good shrubs. Was I annoyed! On the other hand, pre-COVID, I happened to be passing a pub when a contractor was changing the bedding plants. Happily I always carry spare plastic carriers so lugged home 2 full bags plus the shopping.
To a large extent that is true @B3 but there are other considerations, like the temperature and (I imagine you are referring to some form of extreme gardening) the elderly gentlemen who overlook my garden. Either way I can foresee sirens and blue flashing lights for somebody.
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On the other hand, pre-COVID, I happened to be passing a pub when a contractor was changing the bedding plants. Happily I always carry spare plastic carriers so lugged home 2 full bags plus the shopping.