Silliness Friday's question of the day 15 Oct 10

pshrynk · 10-15-2010, 07:36 AM

Where have all the flowers gone?

LazyScot · 10-15-2010, 07:50 AM

They got drunk.

That or they are visiting our garden -- we've got asters, rudbeckia, verbena bonariesis, Tagetes (french marigolds), sedums, echinacia (cone flowers, though they are ending), last of the sweet peas, clematis, penstemon, tobacco plants, vincas, roses, and several others that I can't remember the name of....

kindlekitten · 10-15-2010, 07:59 AM

so now we have a question of the day instead of question of the week?

montsnmags · 10-15-2010, 08:15 AM

The downunderverse...our many palms are starting to flower, which seems to happen every couple of years (and drop some of their large leaves, and spike new ones, as they do start doing every spring). Our lillypillies are in flower, attracting all the birds. The dracaena trees have already had their brief modest flowering. The baby Tahitian and Kaffir Lime trees have small buds on them too.

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 10-15-2010, 08:18 AM

what's a flower . ?

montsnmags · 10-15-2010, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

what's a flower . ?

The opposite of an ebber.

poohbear_nc · 10-15-2010, 08:24 AM

The dragons ate them!

montsnmags · 10-15-2010, 08:28 AM

Snap dragons?

LazyScot · 10-15-2010, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Snap dragons?

Aunty Rhinum, is that you?

GeoffC · 10-15-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

The opposite of an ebber.

so why is everyone assuming the question is about them colourful things at the top of green stalks and not the rivers that once flowed across what is now the Sahara Desert (fer instance) ...

poohbear_nc · 10-15-2010, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Snap dragons?

montsnmags · 10-15-2010, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

so why is everyone assuming the question is about them colourful things at the top of green stalks and not the rivers that once flowed across what is now the Sahara Desert (fer instance) ...

Occam's Secateurs?

LazyScot · 10-15-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Occam's Secateurs?

Have you got stuck in the "two words only" thread again?

Pookeysgirl · 10-15-2010, 09:43 AM

I forgot to water them....sorry

pshrynk · 10-15-2010, 09:55 AM

Well, that explains it, then.

10-15-2010, 07:36 AM	#1
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Friday's question of the day 15 Oct 10 Where have all the flowers gone?

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10-15-2010, 07:50 AM	#2
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	They got drunk. That or they are visiting our garden -- we've got asters, rudbeckia, verbena bonariesis, Tagetes (french marigolds), sedums, echinacia (cone flowers, though they are ending), last of the sweet peas, clematis, penstemon, tobacco plants, vincas, roses, and several others that I can't remember the name of....

10-15-2010, 07:59 AM	#3
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	so now we have a question of the day instead of question of the week?

10-15-2010, 08:15 AM	#4
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	The downunderverse...our many palms are starting to flower, which seems to happen every couple of years (and drop some of their large leaves, and spike new ones, as they do start doing every spring). Our lillypillies are in flower, attracting all the birds. The dracaena trees have already had their brief modest flowering. The baby Tahitian and Kaffir Lime trees have small buds on them too. Cheers, Marc

10-15-2010, 08:18 AM	#5
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	what's a flower . ?

10-15-2010, 08:24 AM	#7
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,895 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The dragons ate them!

10-15-2010, 08:28 AM	#8
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Snap dragons?

10-15-2010, 09:43 AM	#14
Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K3, Kobo Mini	I forgot to water them....sorry

10-15-2010, 09:55 AM	#15
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Well, that explains it, then.

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