VillageIdiot Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Knives have many uses, guns are banned. Chinese lanterns are not very useful, and if knives fell out of the sky onto our heads (and sheds) they would be banned pretty quickly. PMSL... Post of the day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I think people act terribly irresponsibly when launching these things, people pay no thought or attention! I always wait for the prevailing wind to be blowing in the direction of t'Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I've found these on the Longshaw estate amongst the trees, and as far afield as Kinder Scout. I see launching these as no better than dropping a crisp packet in the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I've found these on the Longshaw estate amongst the trees, and as far afield as Kinder Scout. I see launching these as no better than dropping a crisp packet in the street. Is that cheese and onion or salt and vinegar flavoured Chinese lanterns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I started a thread some time ago asking whether they should be banned - they're a complete nuisance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Countryfile covered them a fortnight ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012xyfh I was in Devon last year and these drunk women were trying to launch one off a pier. The wind caught it and it landed on a boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Of course they are for the reasons outlined by several posters. We've had them land in the fields (one close to a barn full of hay) and in the apple trees. I suspect those who launch them would not be impressed if people turned up to their house and started draping dangerous wire traps covered in canvas round their garden, then setting fire to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karis Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We've started selling totally organic biodegradable ones that don't have any metal parts at all. They're a lot safer for the environment. But all that metal on the cheap ones that's landing anywhere in the wild, must be awful for the wildlife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 But knives are dangerous too, gun even more so. Perhaps we should just ban everything to be on the safe side. Knives and guns do have uses. Chinese lanterns are nothing but dangerous litter. Or UFOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 We've started selling totally organic biodegradable ones that don't have any metal parts at all. They're a lot safer for the environment. But all that metal on the cheap ones that's landing anywhere in the wild, must be awful for the wildlife. I tend to agree with you on most things but could you just not sell them at all. Do we need to be buying more junk to throw away? Even if it is biodegradable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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