28 March 2012

Speed planting for the singles?

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Well it’s got to be better than slamming cheap sparkling white at Uni Pub.

ACT Landcare have sent in a marvellous flyer with this note:

Landcare Singles – Speed Planting, organised by ACT Landcare and Greening Australia on 22 April.

Landcare for Singles is a great opportunity to get out and meet new people while doing something positive for the Environment and having a great time.

It is a morning of tree planting out at Bullock Paddock Rd, Uriarra Forest followed by a free tasty lunch on-site.

Registrations are essential.

To re-iterate, it’s free, but you do need to register.

Let’s get cracking with the root jokes commenters!

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AsparagusSyndrome said :

milkman said :

emmsy77 said :

Come on guys here’s ‘A chance to plant your seeds in some recently untouched bare or bushy lands’

Quality control…?

Is that an Echinopsis lageniformis in your pocket, or are you just pleased to be here?

Touche.

AsparagusSyndrome10:39 pm 17 Apr 12

milkman said :

emmsy77 said :

Come on guys here’s ‘A chance to plant your seeds in some recently untouched bare or bushy lands’

Quality control…?

Is that an Echinopsis lageniformis in your pocket, or are you just pleased to be here?

Velveteen Rabbit9:35 pm 17 Apr 12

Well, a weekend of forking isn’t the worst idea ever. I’d be Maiden of the Hoe. Just think of the pickup lines “Nice hose!”, “Would you like to see my flowering buds?” or “What are you doing later? My undergrowth needs some attention”. However, the 60/40 split is not working in my favour.

emmsy77 said :

Come on guys here’s ‘A chance to plant your seeds in some recently untouched bare or bushy lands’

Quality control…?

angrymotorist17:21 pm 17 Apr 12

emmsy77 said :

Hoping to remind everyone about Landcare for Singles

At the moment there is a 60/40 split of women to men and many more women on a waiting list.

In addition to getting out and meeting new people the planting day will contribute to rehabilitating the Lower Cotter Catchment after the January 2003 bushfires. Since the fires, volunteers from the community have undertaken a massive effort to plant more than 230,000 seedlings. This work has improved the water quality for Canberra’s drinking water supply, created habitat for native animals and improved the moonscape that it was after the 2001 and 2003 fires.

Come on guys here’s ‘A chance to plant your seeds in some recently untouched bare or bushy lands’

Sounds reputable.

Hoping to remind everyone about Landcare for Singles

At the moment there is a 60/40 split of women to men and many more women on a waiting list.

In addition to getting out and meeting new people the planting day will contribute to rehabilitating the Lower Cotter Catchment after the January 2003 bushfires. Since the fires, volunteers from the community have undertaken a massive effort to plant more than 230,000 seedlings. This work has improved the water quality for Canberra’s drinking water supply, created habitat for native animals and improved the moonscape that it was after the 2001 and 2003 fires.

Come on guys here’s ‘A chance to plant your seeds in some recently untouched bare or bushy lands’

poetix said :

Jim Jones said :

Heh – it’s always funny when he tries to explain things that he has no idea about.

I always thought he was a she: am I in fact a misogynist?

I’d just read the posts in the past about confirming driving speeds based on at least three different measurement devices in the car, and assumed anally retentive man.

The singles scene is full of seedy types are only in it for the plowing.

poetix said :

I always thought he was a she: am I in fact a misogynist?

Students have no gender.

poetix said :

Jim Jones said :

Heh – it’s always funny when he tries to explain things that he has no idea about.

I always thought he was a she: am I in fact a misogynist?

There are no girls on the internets.

Jim Jones said :

Heh – it’s always funny when he tries to explain things that he has no idea about.

I always thought he was a she: am I in fact a misogynist?

poetix said :

Jivrashia said :

It all comes down to whether you can sow your seeds at the end of it all…

Pseudo modest cough: Is there an echo in here? (See #1.)

Ben_Dover said :

pajs said :

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

Yep, I definitely think only hippies plant trees. I’m also thinking of running for the legislative assembly on a “Prevent Hippies Breeding” ticket, with the intent of introducing anti-hippy-breeding legislation into ACT law as soon as possible. The rest of my platform will include banning pushbikes, outlawing vegetarianism, drilling for oil in Tidbinbilla, and making it compulsory to club baby seals each day.

Either that or I’ll run on a “help a hippy, teach them how to understand sarcasm” ticket.

Which of those works for you?

Please, don’t, or we’ll have ThatUniStudent explaining what sarcasm is again, and I just had a very nice lunch.

Heh – it’s always funny when he tries to explain things that he has no idea about.

Jivrashia said :

It all comes down to whether you can sow your seeds at the end of it all…

Pseudo modest cough: Is there an echo in here? (See #1.)

Ben_Dover said :

pajs said :

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

Yep, I definitely think only hippies plant trees. I’m also thinking of running for the legislative assembly on a “Prevent Hippies Breeding” ticket, with the intent of introducing anti-hippy-breeding legislation into ACT law as soon as possible. The rest of my platform will include banning pushbikes, outlawing vegetarianism, drilling for oil in Tidbinbilla, and making it compulsory to club baby seals each day.

Either that or I’ll run on a “help a hippy, teach them how to understand sarcasm” ticket.

Which of those works for you?

Please, don’t, or we’ll have ThatUniStudent explaining what sarcasm is again, and I just had a very nice lunch.

pajs said :

I believe this rhetorical device is now known as a ‘Clive Palmer retraction’.

I believe it’s not a retraction, it’s just cranking up the sarcasm level to 11.

pajs said :

Ben_Dover said :

pajs said :

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

Yep, I definitely think only hippies plant trees. I’m also thinking of running for the legislative assembly on a “Prevent Hippies Breeding” ticket, with the intent of introducing anti-hippy-breeding legislation into ACT law as soon as possible. The rest of my platform will include banning pushbikes, outlawing vegetarianism, drilling for oil in Tidbinbilla, and making it compulsory to club baby seals each day.

Either that or I’ll run on a “help a hippy, teach them how to understand sarcasm” ticket.

Which of those works for you?

I believe this rhetorical device is now known as a ‘Clive Palmer retraction’.

And I’m pretty sure he’s a member of the Motorist Party anyway.

Ben_Dover said :

pajs said :

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

Yep, I definitely think only hippies plant trees. I’m also thinking of running for the legislative assembly on a “Prevent Hippies Breeding” ticket, with the intent of introducing anti-hippy-breeding legislation into ACT law as soon as possible. The rest of my platform will include banning pushbikes, outlawing vegetarianism, drilling for oil in Tidbinbilla, and making it compulsory to club baby seals each day.

Either that or I’ll run on a “help a hippy, teach them how to understand sarcasm” ticket.

Which of those works for you?

I believe this rhetorical device is now known as a ‘Clive Palmer retraction’.

pajs said :

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

Yep, I definitely think only hippies plant trees. I’m also thinking of running for the legislative assembly on a “Prevent Hippies Breeding” ticket, with the intent of introducing anti-hippy-breeding legislation into ACT law as soon as possible. The rest of my platform will include banning pushbikes, outlawing vegetarianism, drilling for oil in Tidbinbilla, and making it compulsory to club baby seals each day.

Either that or I’ll run on a “help a hippy, teach them how to understand sarcasm” ticket.

Which of those works for you?

It all comes down to whether you can sow your seeds at the end of it all…

What a great idea to get some free labour.

I might organise a singles gardening event for my back yard.

devils_advocate12:14 pm 28 Mar 12

Ben_Dover said :

Encouraging hippies to mate? There should be a law against it.

Weren’t the original “flower power” hippies known as the “free love generation”? Maybe it had something to do with the contraception revolution. Regardless, it would appear they require little encouragement.

Ben_Dover said :

Encouraging hippies to mate? There should be a law against it.

Because you’d have to be a hippy to plant a tree? I feel sorry for you if that’s what you really think.

This sounds like a great idea. Good on them.

Encouraging hippies to mate? There should be a law against it.

VYBerlinaV8_is_back11:15 am 28 Mar 12

So let’s get this straight – free food?

Don’t let your speed fall on barren ground.

And what could be more romantic than Bullock Paddock Road?

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