Big Things on the Beach 2007 - WONDER

by **Black Mamba** » 22 Apr 2007, 19:39

I knew you would find out arachnid. Were you're spider senses tingling?

If you behave maybe we could have a wee Porty run in the car again!! [-o<

How's the rollerblading coming on? :lol:

by **arachnid** » 22 Apr 2007, 19:49

by **wangi** » 15 May 2007, 23:44

by **nads** » 16 May 2007, 14:15

by **Nelson Hatstand** » 16 May 2007, 14:39

by **ecm** » 16 May 2007, 15:02

and I liked this

A sand bag is a bag filled with sand

I could understand that bit.

What does this bit mean?

Having come from being a desolate place in the past Portobello must look beyond the sand and the horizon and raise their sights to the sky, pushing the edge to the infinite.

by **Dadaist** » 16 May 2007, 15:12

by **Nelson Hatstand** » 16 May 2007, 15:30

by **Dadaist** » 16 May 2007, 15:48

by **ali** » 16 May 2007, 16:45

by **Dadaist** » 16 May 2007, 17:57

Yes.

Lawrence goes inside in a chamber. If you open it you release the curse of Tony Blair.

A Stephen Hawkins sphinx looks on, with lovely flowing shoulder-length hair.

by **ecm** » 16 May 2007, 18:25

by **Dadaist** » 16 May 2007, 18:43

by **seashell** » 16 May 2007, 19:23

by **rapunzell** » 16 May 2007, 20:09

by **wangi** » 16 May 2007, 20:40

by **seashell** » 16 May 2007, 21:24

by **rapunzell** » 16 May 2007, 21:54

by **Dadaist** » 16 May 2007, 22:06

by **seashell** » 16 May 2007, 22:08

by **wangi** » 16 May 2007, 22:10

by **Bob Jefferson** » 16 May 2007, 22:26

I feel that the conceptualists behind the emperor's new pyramid have missed out on a major theme. Sandbags hold back water and as a coastal community we are very much at the mercy of global warming and rising water levels. The whole project could be seen as the folly of mankind, the self-absorbed ME generation's futile attempt, too little too late, to hold back the inevitable demise of a species, unwittingly, about to confront its own endgame.

Seriously though, I appreciate that you have to dress these things up in pretentious language, particularly if you are hoping to attract grant funding, but wouldn't it be refreshingly honest if someone was to say:

"I thought we could just make a giant pyramid out of sandbags. It should look pretty cool and kids will love it."

by **rapunzell** » 16 May 2007, 22:32

The 14 people were who I meant, particularly the touchy ones...

Seriously though, I do want this to work and the points raised are valid. In fact, the basics are essential, and it should be perfectly acceptable for anyone interested to check reasonable safety. Rejecting other people's useful experience is as constraining as worrying about it all too much and forgetting the fun!

by **seashell** » 16 May 2007, 22:36

by **rapunzell** » 16 May 2007, 22:44

by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 May 2007, 17:47

by **Dadaist** » 17 May 2007, 18:25

by **Maria** » 17 May 2007, 20:11

by **Poppy** » 17 May 2007, 20:19

by **ecm** » 17 May 2007, 20:29

by **Poppy** » 17 May 2007, 21:06

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