Those Chinese / Japanese, sky lanterns

frogmorton
frogmorton Member Posts: 30,026
edited 12. May 2010, 05:16 in Community Chit-chat archive
Hi alan

My friend set a load off for her hubby's birthday (he had not long died) they are beautiful arent they.

If I'm allowed to say she got them from Play.com and they were cheaper than other places I've seen them

Love

Toni xx

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  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    What a great idea I first came across these last year driving back from our freinds, they were releasing them from the garden of a hotel we wondered what they were for a bit, I have looked on the web for them but they seem to be expensive so the news of them being in a pound shop is flippin great, thanks for the thread I will keep me eye's open next time I'm in town!.
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ye gods of course not!, I wouldn’t be seen dead in one!, no I have the war office so I force her to go in for me while I go to John Lewis, now there’s a store with real class!.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,026
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well you pair don't need to even leave your seats....i said play.com not the pound shop :shock: :roll:

    As if they'd be that cheap - and if they were they'd probably blow up on you :shock:

    Love

    Toni xx
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    alanmancunian wrote:
    I bought one from the pound shop, and got a couple of mates to set it up, and get it flying. They are pretty tricky to get up, and you need a very still night, with vitualy no wind.
    Anyway, after the 3rd attempt, away it went right over North Manchester, you could see it for miles. Why don't you have a go.
    Alanmancunian
    Hi alan...my son who is 36 by the way, brought one to our house a couple of months ago, what a laugh we had watching him trying to get it to fly, with his lighted paper...we were in stitches....then suddenly it took to the sky...it was so beautiful to watch.....we set some off for our granddaughters birthday...an elderly neighbour of ours was in the garden telling everyone she had seen some sort of aliens :shock: :oops: :)
    Love
    Barbara
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Am I right in thinking the Chinese use them to float their hopes and dreams for the future? They are certainly very beautiful - didn't the BBC use them once as one of their logos? Never tried them myself but, next time I am in town, I will don a disguise (!) and go to the pound shop. That shop is an excellent source for the Danish Parcel Game, played at Christmas. In fact, I'll thread it nearer the festive season, 'cos I think you folks might like it. DD
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  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Am I right in thinking the Chinese use them to float their hopes and dreams for the future? They are certainly very beautiful - didn't the BBC use them once as one of their logos? Never tried them myself but, next time I am in town, I will don a disguise (!) and go to the pound shop. That shop is an excellent source for the Danish Parcel Game, played at Christmas. In fact, I'll thread it nearer the festive season, 'cos I think you folks might like it. DD

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