I find a hefty spraying takes care of that problem.

Im not sure an itchy rash is the best thing to give your valentines on feb 15th....some how i cant see it leaving the "right" impression....unless you WANT them to hate you forever.

pps-dotn forget that picking sum/most wild flowers is frowned on and you can end up facing a bigger fine than goign to a florist. Tho if you have some healthy breads in your garden....

we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

Don't worry, I am very sensitive to my local environment, and I therefore pick most flowers from my NEIGHBOURs garden.

Bearing in mind what sort of grumpy person I am, I think that it is entirely appropriate for me to give a loved one a bouquet of poison ivy, stinging nettles, bindweed, wild foxgloves and thistles.

After all, if she is put off by a few stings and a spot of poison, she is hardly likely to be able to cope with a lifetime of being married to me.

And don't get me started on May Day traditions such as the Oxford University bridge jump and the symbolism of May Poles.

or mothers day for that matter! scince when was it abotu spending huge amounts of money on chocolates, and flowers, and pampering trips at local spas?....there the ones who HAD us, we didnt ask to be born you know! lol!

we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

A highly sensible and enlightened attitude towards Mother's Day. If we don't make a stand now, where will it end? Will we be expected to shell out on cards wishing people a happy holocaust day? Far better to be honest with the world and take pride in the fact that you are a miser than to boost the profits of Hallmark and Thorntons!

Accounting Troll: A highly sensible and enlightened attitude towards Mother's Day. If we don't make a stand now, where will it end? Will we be expected to shell out on cards wishing people a happy holocaust day? Far better to be honest with the world and take pride in the fact that you are a miser than to boost the profits of Hallmark and Thorntons!

So I won't be getting a 'Happy Third Tuesday of the Month' card then?

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

"So, Jill, what are you doing to celebrate Ethnic Cleansing Day?"

"Well, Barry, I'll be luring some Jews into my oven, and then afterwards, if I can scrape together any anthrax, infecting some Kurds."

im not being mean or tight, but surely going to visit your mam for a cuppa and a chat is better than sending £50 worth of guilt gifts and a card saying sorry i cant make it im....busy(?)

we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

That depends on how much it costs you to visit your mother. Train fares and petrol costs are ridiculous these days.

.....i know but still im lucky i live near mine...too near t be fare *not to self MOVE NOW!*

we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

Fifty quid? On my mother? I think an old copy of the Motorcycle News is about right.

I think you're right though Ivory, not only that you can borrow a few quid whilst you drink her tea. If she remembers who you are.

Trust me, I'm a doctor.

At least you lot can get in the door. Mine stands on the doorstep screaming "I have no son!" while pulling at her hair.

you live at number 14 NOT 15...how many times do we have to tell you that!!! lol

we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars

Oh. That'd be why, then.

Don't be surprised if the family at number 14 don't recognise you either. I know several people who went home from university only to find out that their family had moved house without mentioning it to them