Thursday, January 26, 2012

My son picked some daffodils from the park?

i took my son to the park today and on the way back he picked around 5 daffidils and asked if we could put them in water at home, but as we were walking home this woman said we shouldnt have taken them from the park and said i could be fined up to £1000, shouldn't there be signs to say not to pick flowers?

My son picked some daffodils from the park?
oh god people please lighten up, its a few sodding daffs, it was her SON that picked them, who no doubt doesn't know the law of flower picking!! It was a cute little gesture!



don't worry about it, daffodils are as common as council estates now adays....i would understand if he had picked some rare British treasure or something!!! Ignore the moaning woman and enjoy your sons innocence whilst it lasts!



There probably are signs somewhere but im sure your son wasn't really thinking 'ooo must look out for the signs telling me I cant pick flowers for mummy'



£1000 for 5 daffs, jesus christ.



Enjoy your daffs!!
Reply:Look at it this way. If every 5-year-old picked 5 flowers, there'd be no more flowers. And the reason every 5-year-old did not pick flowers is that their mother already knew this. Just chalk it up as a lesson learned. Don't punish him, but let him know you made a mistake by allowing it, and the flowers need to stay there for all to enjoy.
Reply:he is only a child, I wouldnt bother what she said,enjoy your daffs,what a thoughtful wee boy you have,that women was just jealous,lol
Reply:it is technicaly a crime but a stupid one at the same time i realy wouldn t worry to much about it though the old woman just sounds like she went out wanting to moan at someone and i doubt very much you would recieve a fine for 5 flowers don t worry about it mate and yes there should be signs warning you not to do it and telling you the max penalty for doing it 2
Reply:dont worry , you only took a few not a hundred
Reply:i know one thing... just reading the remarks most of the people here posted, really ticks me off... and the lady who said that to you, well I'm not even going to say what i think.

someone my have spent a day or two out there planting the bulbs, but you know what... God made them grow... and who so gives the right to Gods creation anyway... your son is of pure innocence, and if he wants to pick some flowers then so be it. he is not hurting anything....if it were a wildflower that is very rare then it would be a different matter. but it's a daffodil. they are everywhere. i have about 50 in my back yard alone. the flowers he picked in the first place would be wilted by the next day or two anyway, that is if a frost didn't kill them tonight. i love seeing flowers too, but I'm not going to get upset because someone picked them... there are more things in this world to be concerned with.... let him love what he did for you.
Reply:I'm sure your son meant well, no age stated but I guess only a young one. He only wanted to give them to you because your his mum and he loves you. Thought they would make you happy, not knowing anything about the park rules/laws.

Don't loose no sleep over it, your son won't be the first and I'm sure he won't be the last. Hope they were nice.
Reply:It's only natural for a child to want to pick them but i'm afraid yes, you can get into trouble for it. Just explain to him that the flowers are for all to enjoy and they will last longer if left alone. x
Reply:stealing dafs today mugging old people for drug money tomorrow. you need to punish him before his stealing gets out of hand
Reply:If you were watching your 5 year old all the time as you should have been, indirectly you picked the flowers, by allowing him to do so, therefore you have committed the offence and you should know better...Don't blame the child,at five he is not to know, that is untill his mum tells him otherwise...

Like others are saying, if we all picked one or two............
Reply:Damn right you should get done ! Leave nature alone and if you have no respect for it at least don't create a brat that is as bad ! You shouldn't need signs if you weren't such a sad urbanised idiot !
Reply:A lot of people spend a lot of time planting bulb for others to see.

If you put your son's coat on a park bench so what would you and your son do if someone was to come along and walk off with it?
Reply:OMG thats so cute, i wudnt worry about the lady who told you not to take them, shes just a bore!!!
Reply:think about this: If EVERYONE took "a couple" of flowers, what would be left? That is, as they say, the logic!
Reply:should there be signs at the grocery store telling you not to take food that you haven't paid for as well?
Reply:any plant or flower in english park or countryside is forbidden to pick or remove,common sense should tell u this.if everybody took flowers or plants the areas of blooming uk would look rather dull.
Reply:You shouldn't really pick flowers from the park. There is probably a bye-law about it with some sort of penalty. Park flowers are not like wildflowers in fields and woods. However I can't see anybody making too much of a fuss about a kiddie picking a few. The flowers are for everybody to enjoy so leave them be.
Reply:technically, you shouldnt take anything from a public park or anything like that, even beaches, were nott supposed to take sand or pebbles or shells or anything from beaches..... but to be honest, i think this woman was just being stuck up!!! your wee boy isnt really doing any harm, theyd die or be trampled on in the park anyway!!! its a terribe state of affairs when you have to be scared of picking flowers!!!!! as for the police and things like that, i think they are too busy solving crimes than to bother about a few missing flowers!!!! if not, then they should be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Reply:There is a notice somewhere thats for sure , anyway , i'd have thought it was common sense !!
Reply:I agree, there should be signs to say not to pick them and anyway some people just like to moan for the sake of it. I think it's sweet your son picked his mummy some flowers, enjoy.
Reply:I really dont know, my daughter would pick daff for me and I would be so pleased that I never did tell her since they were not mine or hers that was stealing, however she is nineteen now , a credit to her dad and I, a criminology student at university, not a thug or a nusisance to society
Reply:My daughter has done the same but you don't punish your child for caring for his mum, just explain nicely to him that they are there for everybody to see them and i would go and buy him a pot with daffodils and plant them in your own garden so he can take care of them himself
Reply:yes it is an offence but at that young age I think its sweet I think he wanted to gve his mum a present here in wales they are planted on the side of the roads

I f I was the parkeeper I would look the other way
Reply:Take no notice of her, as long as she don't know you or your address.!! Your son loves you and picked you some flowers tell her to go get stuffed. there's plenty of vandals doin the same, and trampling them down. I bet she dare'nt approach them.
Reply:no the great majority of people know this. The flowers are for ALL people going to the park to enjoy. Not for the first ones there to pick and run.


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