to play pooh sticks

[cumfy]

...on the canal.

2 3-4yr olds desperately rushing from one side of the bridge to the other, this afternoon, DF eagerly encouraging them.

[mrskeithrichards]

In what world would pooh sticks ever be unreasonable?

[EduCated]

Ha. Did they even actually move?

[cumfy]

No they were verrr static.

[EduCated]

Took us a looooong time to explain the concept of canals not having a current to my DSis.


She was in her 20s at the time

[mrskeithrichards]

Do canals not move?

[cumfy]

I'm not sure water courses are a favoured topic round here.
Last year someone explaining local geography to friend on a hill top:

And doon there, there's the river. The River Forth.
^^

[mrskeithrichards]

It is technically a river though!

[cumfy]

Does the pope have a balcony ?:)

[PlantsDieArid]

I often play it alone in the woods on dog walks. Wish I still had a small child as a beard companion.

[OHforDUCKScake]

My houss is next to an estuary, we love pooh sticks.

[cumfy]

I think the River Forth turns into the Firth of Forth around Kincardine.

This was definitely the Firth of Forth.

[Mrsjay]

how can pooh sticks be U in what universe I dont have little children anymore i miss pooh sticks

[Mrsjay]

Firth of Forth around Kincardine

yeah it does goes up to falkirk

[Anonymumous]

It's very unreasonable in Daily Mail Land.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226431/Volunteer-street-cleaner-fined-75-dropping-litter--bin.html

(You need to scroll down through the story a bit to find the part about Poohsticks.)

[EduCated]

No, canals are, in the main, static. They're man-made so there's no natural water course. They're basically just a water filled ditch.

[MammaTJ]

We have a lovely walk through parsk to get from my house to town. It has three bridges over the stream. We always play Pooh Sticks.

Having said that, our local council is the one in the news for being in danger of going bankrupt. Better stop it, because they may start issuing random fines.

[BarbecuedBillygoats]

You need someone to open a lock further up

[ZebraOwl]

Well, not so much U as a bit cruel unless you put little motors on the sticks to help them move...