theyarecoming?

[rch]

I decided to take a break from casework to walk up Lordship Lane in the sunshine and buy bread and ice cream only to see these posters announcing 'theyarecoming' fly posted everywhere... this one I've attached is in front of William Rose's.

Does anybody know what this is about? Is this a May Day joke? Are aliens finally going to land in East Dulwich??

I hope whoever comes brings scissors with them, as one of my pet peeves is posters strangling our beloved trees with string!

[Loz]

Twitter based ad campaign. I'm guessing something terribly outrageously artsy.

Get someone to slap a littering fine on them, Robin.

[*Bob*]

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200477/london_life/3006/they_are_coming/1

[Alan Medic]

So the council can do this but it's illegal to do similar if you've lost a cat for example.That makes sense doesn't it.

[rch]

Ah, that explains why Members Enquiries just laughed at me...! But no one will tell me what's going on... if you see anything interesting, can you let me know?

[Annette Curtain]

>Down in the south of the borough, something is stirring... bits and pieces, odds and ends, flotsam and jetsam, the offshoots and outcasts are coming together, a ragtag rabble, a motley collection of misfits, a gathering!

From the margins and fringes they come, with one purpose, one destination, they represent a myriad of tribes, a cornucopia of clans, a stream of weathered rainbow threads woven together.

A flowing, ebbing, pulsating river of life, of stories, myths and legends; follow their paths as they stalk through Southwark, tracing the routes of their ancestors.

What are they? They are a mirror Southwark, a mirror...

Who are they? They are you Southwark, they are you...

They are coming!<

Sounds like that "Non bonfire night" thing of wishy washyness

ANYONE who says "cornucopia of clans" needs a frikkin front wedgie

I ask you !

[Ted Max]

I FOR ONE AM DISGUSTED

although I'm not sure what about.

Imma drop my kerb I'm so angry.

[woodrot]

I so yearn for the good old days of clowns, gang warfare, dogs from pubs shitting on the street and needle exchange furore.Now allw e have to look forward to is a blitzkreig arrival of unemployed Goldsmtihs drama and performance art graduates keeping it real for tuh boden kidz kru and their yummy mummies

[woodrot]

aaaaaaargh...my EYES!

http://womad.org/artists/sometime-soon-arts/

[ianr]

Unity, unity. We are one. We are different. We are vibrant. We are differently vibrant. We are togetherly different. We are vital. We are fruitful. We are aimed. We belong. We are beautiful. We are saved.

[*Bob*]

woodrot Wrote:

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> aaaaaaargh...my EYES!

>

> http://womad.org/artists/sometime-soon-arts/

Very funny. Well I suppose if something's worth saying..

[Annette Curtain]

Graham Shackell of Sometime Soon Arts

http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/19578_319179414697_5400197_n.jpg

Come up and take a bow

[computedshorty]

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa

from: Dr. Demento's Delights

Warner Bros. 1975 BS 2855 0698

Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to

leave because I'd go berserk?? Well...

You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see

I've gone completely out of my mind.. And..

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!

They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa

To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be

happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're

coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said

that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT???

I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and

laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad... And..

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa,

They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.

To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket

weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're

coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back

for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh??

Well you just wait, they'll find you yet and when they do they'll put you

in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! And...

They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa.

They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.

To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy

to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming

to take me away, ha-haaa!!!

To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket

weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're

coming to take me away, ha-haa!!!

To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time... (fade out)

Hey, buddy!

Yes officer..

You a head?

No, but I'm catching up, ha ha ha....

original recording by Napoleon XIV

[maxxi]

They are coming...

[Annette Curtain]

Oh lorks

I've come early

*red face here*

[Salsaboy]

Happens frequently to people of your age Nettie.

[uncleglen]

You can bet your life 'they' are being paid for out of the council tax. Typical.

[Ruffler]

Could they be connected to the Dulwich Festval by any chance? http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/node/786

[UncleBen]

Taking a break from casework pahahaha

[Burbage]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> You can bet your life 'they' are being paid for

> out of the council tax. Typical.

Not this again. It has been repeatedly proven that paying good money into the Arts, even the futile and derivative nonsense in question, is cheaper than any other relevant form of provision. Even in a democracy we have a collective responsibility to those less advantaged that ourselves, whether we like it or not.

There are, of course, limits. Having added my tuppence-worth of enlightenment, I'll leave it to someone else to enlighten the good Councillor on the doubtful merits of string as a means of arboricide.

[edhistory]

No public money then?

John K

[intexasatthe moment]

I opened this thread hoping it was going to tell us that the savaged lime trees in Barry Rd were soon to cloaked in lovely pale green leaves .

But I was wrong .

[Annette Curtain]

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> I opened this thread hoping it was going to tell

> us that the savaged lime trees in Barry Rd were

> soon to cloaked in lovely pale green leaves .

>

> But I was wrong .

Are they not Platanus Acerifolia ?

Many trees have been cut back hard due to the wet season previous.

They'll recover.

[intexasatthe moment]

They're not Plane trees ,they're limes .

I expect they will recover but I'm upset that they were pollarded so severely ( so that people can no longer even tell what kind of tree they are ) and in AUGUST while they were in full leaf .

So we've had no autumn colours or leaves and no sign yet of any leaves .

[Annette Curtain]

OKAY

Limes they are then.

I'd ask for a cut in your council tax, I mean come on "leaves" are part of the tree deal.

I blame the Tories/UKIP