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Are people really that stupid?

Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
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Just read something on msn (yeah, completely reliable...not) - & here's part of it:

A botanist and renowned BBC presenter has warned against "poisoning" after being alerted that M&S were selling daffodils next to vegetables. James Wong called on the store to train its staff after seeing a photo of the flowers being sold in the vegetable aisle.

He wrote on Twittrer: "Gosh, my mum sent me this…Daffodils are the single most common cause of plant-based poisoning as people mistake their bulbs (even cut flower buds) for crops in the onion family."

On top of that, the rees-mogg is getting a tv series - please tell me that ain't so?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    folk were stupid enough to vote for rees mogg. That should answer your question.
    Devon.
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    I know, but I just can't believe it!
    I mean ---WHAT?
    Btw, if anyone on M&S staff tells me not to eat daffodils, I think a headbut is probably in order.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've eaten daff flowers
    Devon.
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    This evening, or a long time ago?  ( :|
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited February 2023
    It's not the first time - eg this from 2015
    Apparently there's an oriental vegetable that looks a lot like daffodils in tight bud, so if someone was familiar with that but not with the bunches of cut daffs that we get in the shops in spring here, they could make the mistake without being stupid.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • NoSlugsPleaseNoSlugsPlease Posts: 120
    I remember reading something about this in the news years ago and managed to dig up this article:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-17233766

    And this in 2015:
    https://thedaffodilsociety.com/2015/03/daffodil-danger/
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    Ok, I have to concede defeat here - but I'm still horrified that humans don't know not to eat them.  We apparently don't learn, do we?
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    people still take up smoking. 
    Devon.
  • Xen.Xen. Posts: 81
    I don't think that's a fair comparison.  It's a choice, based on lunacy, I grant you that, but not based on ignorance.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    If you start smoking knowing it might kill you, you're pretty stupid. IMHO
    More so than accidentally eating something you didn't know was toxic
    Devon.
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