JonboyE

As a random matter of academic interest, does anyone know if growing ornamental grasses in your front yard/garden has the same connotations in Canada as it does in the UK?

club_biscuit

not quite Canadian yet then.

maybe "I am a Canadian Brit" fits better?

Auld Yin

May I ask, what connotations does it have in the UK?

JonboyE

That the inhabitants of the house are into the swinging lifestyle.

JamesM

I remember during the World Cup refusing to let a guy in on the 401 because he was stupid enough to brandish a Portuguese flag in the back of his car. Then there was the German I managed to successfully block off and give the bird.......

People should have these distinguishable emblems so we know how to treat them ahead of time.

el_richo

Maybe they use their driveway for convenience and to save fuel.

Although IainK says he's not having much luck recently

iaink

Much luck ever. Recently would be fair enough, seeing as how I dont have any flags up at present.
Ive no long grass in the front yard either though FWIW.

Werent you the one to bring up dogging anyway There are probably better fora out there than this one to satisfy your curiosity on the subject. Or someone can send you a PM

Oink

Not sure if the palm in the front garden was just an urban myth to make fun of those with questionable horticultural taste. Although what I gathered from his earlier posts, elricho's variant of dogging involves homeless people's excrement. I suppose it takes all sorts.

Bali2010

I think this has diluted somewhat with the last few world cups etc, much more now a sign of some sporting event to be honest but it is still temporal. To have up all the time is unusual - abit like those who leave the lights up all year round.

When I was in Finland they had a tradition of garden flagpoles & instead of the full flag would fly a banner in national colours (Swedes had yellow & blue inc. the Swedish Finns & Finnish had white & blue). It was quite nice really to be somewhere where it was an indicator of nothing much more than being in (esp. the weekend country cottages). It did not seem to help or hinder any prejudice between Finns / Swedes, though I wasn't particulary looking for it.

el_richo

Funnily, i saw one taking a dump near the dog park last week.

Welcome to Utopia

Auld Yin

Then to answer your question, I am not aware of it having the same connotations in Canada. You may now have your gardener create Your ornamental grasses garden without the neighbours eyeing up you or your lady for threesomes or more.

JonboyE

Bother. Her at no.32 is very cute.

justkidding

We have a flag in the backyard so that we know which way the wind is blowing. We are a little obsessed by the weather.

ultrarunner

Yeah that beats me

ultrarunner

Atta' boy......I think the whole don't fly the country flag in-country because it offends some, is a load of pogwash that the UK Govt pulled out of their backside. I never came across anyone that I knew when living back in blighty that had issues with it