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Nugget 1
Lilacs are my all time favorite flower in the whole wide world!!!
Posted by Nugget http://hillebrity.com on May 21, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
Ours bloomed a month ago; they're long gone by now. But I agree, they're the best.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM
3
I think I accidentally voted for Nader
Posted by Stephendotexe on May 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM
samktg 4
Lavender is, by far, the superior purple flower.
Posted by samktg on May 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Gern Blanston 5
Slow news day.
Posted by Gern Blanston on May 21, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Fnarf 6
Lilacs are terrific, if you're eighty.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on May 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Sargon Bighorn 7
Fnarf, when you hit 90, they're orgasmic.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn on May 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM
8
I PROTEST this poll! I demand a REAL choice! Fight the power! Fight the power!
Posted by I have always been... east coaster on May 21, 2011 at 12:39 PM
9
I'll allow it!
Posted by Bush V. Gore on May 21, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 10
Fnarf, you're far more crotchety than most 80-year-olds I know, so they should be right up your alley.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Fnarf 11
I don't keep flowers up my alley, Fift. It just smells like I do.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on May 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Matt from Denver 12
@ 5280, what are you talking about? They're past their peak but they're still in bloom.
Posted by Matt from Denver on May 21, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Banna 13
Hydrangea.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on May 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 14
And there's a classic example of a microclimate for you, Matt. Thanks to all the asphalt and steel, Capitol Hill is typically 5-10 degrees warmer than the surrounding burbs. Spring gets here sooner. They really are all gone in my neighborhood.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM
OuterCow 15
HA! "Indeed!" is owning, bitches.
Posted by OuterCow on May 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM
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The only bad thing about them is that they don't bloom for longer
Posted by bigdman on May 21, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Simone 17
Lupins!
Posted by Simone on May 21, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Banna 18
@17: It's not lupins.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on May 21, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Zebes 19
Lilacs are a big deal in Spokane. Shouldn't that make them contemptible by association?
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on May 21, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Catalina Vel-DuRay 20
I love lilacs. The back part of the backyard at The Home Place back in Iowa (you know - right before the woods start?) has a row of lilacs, and their scent makes me want to move back home. That's why I'm careful never to go there in the Spring,

And lilacs are the flower of May crownings! C'mon, everybody, sing it with me...

Mary we crown you with roses today,
Queen of the roses, and queen of the May

(forgive me for getting all Catholic on you. I just spent ten hours at The Hippy Homeshow, being all gracious. That takes a toll as you get older)
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay http://www.danlangdon.com on May 21, 2011 at 8:51 PM
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Matt and 5280--what the fuck? I haven't seen any lilacs, I figured I left such things behind in MN along with standing bodies of water and rivers that actually contain water.
Posted by catballou on May 22, 2011 at 7:42 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 22
You don't get out much, do you, Cat? (Three kids? I can understand that.) Yeah, there are lilacs here in the spring. We've even got rivers and standing water, too, but you've got to get into the mountains to see the best ones.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 22, 2011 at 9:13 AM
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OK, I'm a believer. I got lost coming back from the airport, meandered through Confluence Park and saw a river with water (tiny rapids, even), and ended up in Cherry Creek (when I get lost, I really get lost) where I saw a fencerow of full bloom lilacs. Would have been a trifecta if I'd come across a real lake--resevoirs don't count.
Posted by catballou on May 22, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 24
Confluence Park? That would be the mighty South Fork of the South Platte. Big-assed river until they dammed it back in the '60s (that's Cherry Creek Reservoir now).
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM
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Yeah, I was surprised to find that the little stream that I go past every day after work is another fork of the mighty Platte, post Chatfield. And why in the hell do people get to boat and swim in my drinking water source?
Posted by catballou on May 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 26
They piss in it too.;-)
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on May 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM
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oh, you fucker. Why did you have to tell me that?!?

Boil order in effect at my house...

Ick

Ick

Ick
Posted by catballou on May 22, 2011 at 8:38 PM
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