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| MushroomGirl |
on Mon 21 Mar 11, 7:21 PM to MushroomGirl's blog.
I appreciate the need for people to place flowers in rememberance at the scene of fatal road accidents.
However I can't help but think that tying them to the central reservation of a duel carriageway is tempting fate to double the tragedy.
That is all.
Edited Mon 21 Mar 11, 7:41 PM by MushroomGirl
| 21 Mar 11, 7:42 PM bohnanza UK(FK), 12 yrs  |
I keep meaning to attach some flowers to a tree beside the main road near my house, with a note like "Missing our wee angel, now with Jesus forever", just to see how people react to an event which didn't happen. Rohypnol means never having to say "Would you like another coffee?". | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 7:47 PM Rhoobarb UK(FK), 12 yrs |
I always think it is weird to celebrate where someone died. Wouldn't it be better to place flowers somewhere that they lived, somewhere they enjoyed going or being? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 8:42 PM MushroomGirl UK, 6 yrs |
I completely agree! And placing them somewhere where the placee isn't likely to become another fatal road accident victim would also be a boon. "Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 8:44 PM just_tope 6 yrs |
Me too, thats why I'm being cremated and scattered. But hopefully not soon. As to the original blog. I think when it comes to fatal accidents, it's not just people close that leave the flowers, its others affected by the sadness of it. When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey. | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 8:47 PM JennyM UK, 4 yrs |
I just wish they'd take them out the paper if they really want to leave a floral tribute. Who wants to see a sea of flapping, faded ribbon and cellophane filled with rotting stalks tied to a lampost for months after the sad event?
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| 21 Mar 11, 8:57 PM littlenic 5 yrs |
Near where I used to live, they went one further. Every anniversary they had some wreaths made up of his name. Jack or John or some such. Busy flyover, triple carriageway, 50mph zone, slip road from the local Tesco just before so already plenty to look at and watch out for from a driver's perspective - and then yay! A floral reading test. Edited 21 Mar 11, 8:58 PM by littlenic | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 9:20 PM OllieVW 3 yrs |
It brings someone or a family some form of peace. I go to my dads grave and I never new him, can't remember him or what he looks like, why should I bother? Because I want to. And that's where they want to leave flowers. HULL CITY is the only British football team with letters you cant colour in with a Biro | ||
| 21 Mar 11, 9:39 PM hollythedolly UK(NN), 2 yrs  |
My Cousin was splattered by a lorry over a flyover we can't attach flowers you are entitled to your opinion and bits of my cousin live in others but if my auntie and uncle want to climb 50 foot to attach flowers on the spot where he died that is their right to do so. Do you think people want to go around putting flowers in places to watch them rot or like me would i like to see my cousin as a man with family of his own and not remember him as the poor 7 year old splattered by a lorry.
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| 23 Mar 11, 6:42 AM Sojmner UK, 15 mths |
Its called leaving litter and they should be prosecuted. It's a sick practice, started when diana and dodo (or whatever his name was) got pissed splattered themselves over a Paris underpass. |
