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Wearing the lilac.

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TrulyTurtles · 22/03/2015 07:58

Please, oh wise, kind and beneficent (not to mention beauteous and radiant) MNHQ can we please have lilac flowers for the 25th of May?
For those not in the know, on the Discworld, this is the date of The People's Glorious Revolution, when those killed doing their duty are remembered by their comrades.
In our world, many now support the idea, not just to remember the wonder that was Sir Terry Pratchett, but also to remember those whose lives are affected by Alzheimer's and to raise awareness of this hideous embuggerance.
It's only a little thing, but it would be a lovely little thing.

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BoreOfWhabylon · 27/03/2015 21:15

Thank you MN Flowers

MrsKCastle · 27/03/2015 20:43

Aww, hadn't heard of this but it's a fab idea. I'll have to see where I can get some RL lilac.

ThisIsNotWhatIWasAfter · 27/03/2015 20:32

Oh MN you're bloody wonderful Flowers (of the lilac variety) and yes I do just have something in my eye

RustyBear · 27/03/2015 20:26

Bogeyface - where did you order your lilac lapel pin? I was looking at the RSPB flower pins in our local garden centre the other day, but they don't seem to have a lilac one.

DeladionInch · 27/03/2015 20:00
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MeerkaRIPSirTerry · 27/03/2015 19:45

ahhh great, good on you Mumsnet and Techside

BankWadger · 27/03/2015 19:11

Grin Yay. Thank you thank you thank you Grin

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/03/2015 18:51

Thanks so much Tech and Rebecca.

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TrulyTurtles · 27/03/2015 17:00

Just seen the reply from Rebecca mn- thank you so much. We do appreciate the effort. (And I like to think somewhere Pterry and Vimes will be nodding appreciatively) Now 'scuse me- got something in my eye.

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MrsMot · 27/03/2015 16:31

Hooray, well done MN :)

Bogeyface · 27/03/2015 16:14

Yayy!!!

I have a lovely lilac flower lapel pin on order for The Glorious 25th too :)

landoflostcontent · 27/03/2015 15:58

That's lovely. I will be wearing the lilac on 25th May hopefully although it is budding already, it may be over before then

AdoraBell · 27/03/2015 15:46

Thank you.

DoctorLawn · 27/03/2015 15:33

That's brilliant! Thank you Tech Smile

MrsCosmopilite · 27/03/2015 15:31

Thankyou MN!

I'm still sulking because my webpage host service doesn't allow the GNU plugin.

ArseForElbow · 27/03/2015 12:43

Thank you

spiderlight · 27/03/2015 12:22

Fabulous! Thank you!

TheSweeper · 27/03/2015 11:33

Thank you SO much. I hope this will raise awareness and encourage further donations to Alzheimer research and care. Well done, MNHQ!

StayingSamVimesGirl · 27/03/2015 10:44

You are all wonderful, RebeccaMumsnet!! Thank you so much for this. Thanks

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RebeccaMumsnet · 27/03/2015 10:30

This will be happening although is technically tricky and will change all past and present flowers lilac for a few days and they will revert to being normal flowers after the event but we are putting things in place to turn the Flowers lilac for a few days in May.

We will start a thread explaining at the time.

Thanks for the lovely idea all.

CloserToFiftyThanTwenty · 27/03/2015 02:51

Yes please (though not sure what the icon would actually look like!)

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/03/2015 02:17

We have time. It would be nice...

BankWadger · 26/03/2015 21:49

Bump and voting again.

shadowfax07 · 24/03/2015 00:02

Please, Tech? Pretty please? Pretty, pretty please? Would bribery with biscuits help sway you? Grin

DeladionInch · 23/03/2015 22:10

is anybody else slightly worried that a long thin pinkish thing might look a little rude? Grin

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