Where did all the flowers go!

I can’t believe it’s not butter.

ugh, butter is always better – the less flora the better in that case!

and, h, i said “a lesser floral display might work.” which was a reformulation of a correction, not trying to simply restate the previous attempt, which was flawed! [groan, grabs hat and heads for exit…]

heinous said :

Perhaps then you could say there is less flora on display.

… but then I’d be thinking of margarine!

ta crabb – hurt mine eyes, too… and ‘a lesser floral display’ might work (though ‘floral on display’ doesn’t, as ‘floral’ is an adjectival form of flora and requires ‘floral something)

Perhaps then you could say there is less flora on display.

astrojax, gardencanberra did not use the word ‘lesser’ so ‘a lesser floral display’ would not be an appropriate rebuttal to astrojax’s comment.

Anymore takers whos eyes are still hurting?

my partner and i went to nightfest last night, we just bought our tickets at the gate on the night but when we left hours later we noted that last night ended up selling out, as well as tonight and sunday night.

i thought it was bloody great – i don’t get what you are all complaining about!! we sat down for about an hour and watched a series of short animations which the massive crowd of children and adults alike clearly enjoyed, followed by the performance art which i thought was pretty impressive too. we took our own beers and food so i can’t comment on food or drink prices. i enjoyed wandering around the stalls, chatting to stall owners who had come from victoria (soaps) and queensland (tea). yes this is a commercial element to floriade but judging by the number of people in the night markets, it’s a positive and popular part of the event. lastly the flowers of course which i thought were well lit in some places, others not – the lighting of trees and the water were great features as well i thought.

i thought it was worth the entry fee and we will definitely be going again next year if it’s on.

ta crabb – hurt mine eyes, too… and ‘a lesser floral display’ might work (though ‘floral on display’ doesn’t, as ‘floral’ is an adjectival form of flora and requires ‘floral something)

here endeth the lesson…

FEWER flowers people, not less. (I’m sorry, I can’t help myself, it hurts my eyes).

Alternatively you could say there is less floral on display.

People liked it too much?

I haven’t bothered going in past years, to be honest. All the hoopla and nonsense and sculpture things are annoying. Why can’t we have a decent town council flower display? The first ones were great. And they could have the Great Canberra Bulb Grab again, and set up seating and sell tickets to watch THAT.

Massed gardens of flowers. I cannot fathom why they had to stuff around with that.

Wide Boy Jake said :

Granny said :

Oh, I love that song!! Especially when Peter, Paul and Mary sing it.

: )

Also sung by The Kingston Trio who had a number one hit with Tom Dooley.

Uh huh!

: )

Also grew up with The Kingston Trio and The Brothers Four … that Tom Dooley was a bad man, but!