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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

should they be banned? we did one years ago which got caught on our aerial was very scary they have been causing a lot of damage when they come down

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think you have to say yes after the problems they have caused. Ok they are a bit of fun but there have been well over a dozen fires in the last 12 months causing a lot of damage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely not be banned.

Their part of the all important GDP.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

Farmers hate them. Been many fields set alight by them

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

i do think they are dangerous ... i saw one climbing into the sky just after my father died .. i did think of him going to heaven when i saw it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely not be banned.

Their part of the all important GDP. "

Mushrooms aren't flammable so you're ok!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!"

What a weird comparison do you go to work via lantern?

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!"

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

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does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's something magical about them but I agree they can be dangerous ~ hmmm I've come over all health & safety like

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

What a weird comparison do you go to work via lantern? "
no but people making a mountain out of a mole hill it effects so few oeople

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!"

By that then we should pull the plug on electricity as it kills and injures thousands per year! Get your router working then!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Don't forget the metal parts of it and the damage it can do to animals..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

What a weird comparison do you go to work via lantern? no but people making a mountain out of a mole hill it effects so few oeople"

Townie mentality thinks "Oooo cool flame going into sky"! With fuck all concept of that the thing often lands and sets fire to stuff! Sometimes......sometimes.......... you know scrach that you don't.

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By *ing and RideCouple
over a year ago

stockport

I live on the flight path at Manchester airport the plans fly real low over my garden and the lanterns go up really high, so the area doesn't really let them off. Same with bonfire night, the organised bonfires have to wait for permission from the airport to let them off. Upside is cheap cab ride to airport.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!"

because its not the cars fault.....?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

because its not the cars fault.....?"
Unless it herbie

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By *himanMan
over a year ago

chichester

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

because its not the cars fault.....?"
well its not the laterns fault either !!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Now now boys play nicely....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd say yes. We lit two at Christmas and the first got caught in a tree. The second looked like it was heading for some flats but took off upwards in time. Worse feeling of panic I've had since a multishot firework fell over and fired burning hot shots at my neighbours. Which should also be banned

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By *lovisMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

Cars don't kill people - drivers kill people

Unless the car exploded whilst it's being driven in which case it is the car...

Or its possessed by the devil like in the Stephen King book...

Or its a Transformer..

Hang on - I need to rethink this...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't forget the metal parts of it and the damage it can do to animals.."

they make non metal ones now. Still scary though

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Don't forget the metal parts of it and the damage it can do to animals..

they make non metal ones now. Still scary though "

oh never knew that....i don't like them so don't use them...

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

if you were to walk around your average street at night lighting rolled up paper and casually discarding it wherever then you would rightly be stopped one would hope..

cant see any comparison between what are essentially airborne incendiaries and cars..

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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

What a weird comparison do you go to work via lantern? no but people making a mountain out of a mole hill it effects so few oeople"

I saw the call for banning them on a tv programe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

because its not the cars fault.....? well its not the laterns fault either !!"

car . has a driver at the controls and can be controlled

lantern .... err doesnt so cant be controlled once let loose...

..didnt realize id have to make it so simple for you.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!"

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie."

and employement for those who make them ect..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't forget the metal parts of it and the damage it can do to animals..

they make non metal ones now. Still scary though

oh never knew that....i don't like them so don't use them..."

I think some of them are made with bamboo instead of metal but the majority are still metal wire. Cows etc eat them, cows are stupid.

A large airport in China was shut down after the land bordering the runways was set on fire by a lantern.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels."

they are made in many different countrys , not just china

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Do we make them here or import them?

I'll be surprised if it's the former.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels.

they are made in many different countrys , not just china

They wouldn't be Chinese lanterns then though…

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Just can them. It is generally illegat to set fire to things and set them free on the public, due to risks, so there should be no exception.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At worst potential fire hazard, at best littering.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels.

they are made in many different countrys , not just china

Find a company that does make them for sale in the UK there are few with lower labor costs than China i think you are wishful thinking here!..ohh and there is a spot of egg just under your mouth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i got a chinese from york the other week.

i do belive it was "chinese food" but dont belive it was shipped in from china.....

still classed as chinese though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels.

they are made in many different countrys , not just china

Find a company that does make them for sale in the UK there are few with lower labor costs than China i think you are wishful thinking here!..ohh and there is a spot of egg just under your mouth.

they cost hardly anything at all to make so why would they be imported at all .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People discarding cigarettes or falling asleep with them in their hands cause deaths by fire. They won't be banned

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Cars kill 10 people a day in this country we dont ban them !!!

They are, however, a little more useful than Chinese lanterns

does it make them 3500 peoples lives a year i think not !!

Well, let's see... How many people could get to work and do their jobs without cars? Rather fewer than with cars. So, cars contribute significantly to productivity and the economy.

How would the majority of the country get food, clothes and the essentials of daily living without motorised transportation to distribute them?

What do Chinese lanterns contribute other than damage, death, injury and expense? A glimpse of a light. Big whoopie.

and employement for those who make them ect..

Are you concerned about employment levels in China? Of all the things to be concerned with in China I wouldn't be that concerned about employment levels.

they are made in many different countrys , not just china

Find a company that does make them for sale in the UK there are few with lower labor costs than China i think you are wishful thinking here!..ohh and there is a spot of egg just under your mouth.

they cost hardly anything at all to make so why would they be imported at all .

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Usually imported from Thailand.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't think there is much flammable farmland to worry about at the moment! Think those on the Somerset levels would welcome a few lanterns.

But yeah they can be dangerous in the 2 days of summer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i got a chinese from york the other week.

i do belive it was "chinese food" but dont belive it was shipped in from china.....

still classed as chinese though

Bet is was cooked by a Chinese person though…

How many lanterns fit in a 40 foot shipping container? Fookin loads. Cost of shipping per item is pennies. Cost of labour in lots of Asian countries is pennies compares to pounds in the UK.

Cheap shit that can be mass produced is 9 times out of 10 made in South East Asia.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Balloons cause problems on areas of the coast too. They haven't been banned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Balloons cause problems on areas of the coast too. They haven't been banned "

Ban em.

Animals die through ingestion of balloons too.

Apparently the helium is so light it disappears into space never to be seen again.

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By *heBirminghamWeekendMan
over a year ago

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"i got a chinese from york the other week.

i do belive it was "chinese food" but dont belive it was shipped in from china.....

still classed as chinese though

Bet is was cooked by a Chinese person though…

How many lanterns fit in a 40 foot shipping container? Fookin loads. Cost of shipping per item is pennies. Cost of labour in lots of Asian countries is pennies compares to pounds in the UK.

Cheap shit that can be mass produced is 9 times out of 10 made in South East Asia."

160,000 to a 40' container - shipping cost of £0.02 per piece.

Cost of actual lantern - approx £0.17

HTH

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

"People discarding cigarettes or falling asleep with them in their hands cause deaths by fire. They won't be banned "

bit extreme banning people..

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By *ctaviusStuntMan
over a year ago

plymouth

No they shouldnt be banned. In fact i think we need more of them. Why doesnt the govt bring in yet more legislation to say force each person to let one go per month ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They should. They cause fires. They are useless anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"should they be banned? we did one years ago which got caught on our aerial was very scary they have been causing a lot of damage when they come down"
Animals hate them and horses . They can come down in their fields .

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By *lovisMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

The first time I saw Chinese lanterns was at a Full Moon Party in Thailand. People came down to the beach at night and lit them. Some attached Roman Candle fireworks to them. The breeze carried them all out to sea.

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By *lovisMan
over a year ago

Twickenham

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By *uslaffMan
over a year ago

manchester

"should they be banned? we did one years ago which got caught on our aerial was very scary they have been causing a lot of damage when they come downAnimals hate them and horses . They can come down in their fields ."

Animals hate horses ? No empathy,even in the animal kingdom.

We're all doomed !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Reckless just like Careless driving (driving without due care)

Other countries A person who — intentionally or recklessly causes a fire is a crime.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Animals hate horses ? No empathy,even in the animal kingdom.

We're all doomed !"
Well I love horses and had them in my life from a baby and now . Fire works all things like that my animals hate .. so I am not happy if around them.

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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

maybe there should be a way they go out after 10 minutes?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"maybe there should be a way they go out after 10 minutes?"

The fire aspect is only one of a few reasons they are not a good idea.

The fuel source needs to be big enough to generate lift, shrink that so it goes out quicker and it won't fly. If you add weight, by way of an extinguishing method, they won't fly.

Animals eat the remains sometimes, the wire used perforates their stomachs and they die, not nice.

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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

"maybe there should be a way they go out after 10 minutes?

The fire aspect is only one of a few reasons they are not a good idea.

The fuel source needs to be big enough to generate lift, shrink that so it goes out quicker and it won't fly. If you add weight, by way of an extinguishing method, they won't fly.

Animals eat the remains sometimes, the wire used perforates their stomachs and they die, not nice."

never thought of that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Farmers hate them. Been many fields set alight by them"
Plenty of times the fires on the moors near me have been started by the farmer hiself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Farmers hate them. Been many fields set alight by them Plenty of times the fires on the moors near me have been started by the farmer hiself."

Controlled fires gone wrong ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All down to common sense. I have one for years now (bio-degradable), still waiting for that Special Moment where I can light it - on a beach, where the wind can carry it out over the water.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"People discarding cigarettes or falling asleep with them in their hands cause deaths by fire. They won't be banned

bit extreme banning people..

some people deserve a ban from the human race

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All down to common sense. I have one for years now (bio-degradable), still waiting for that Special Moment where I can light it - on a beach, where the wind can carry it out over the water.

Common sense indeed !! many would light one with onshore breeze blowing lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely, people who think they are great, are a bit dim, and those who they they bring special powers/connections are so dim they make the coal cellar at night look bright...

Just my opinion of course.

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By *uby0000 OP Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

"Absolutely, people who think they are great, are a bit dim, and those who they they bring special powers/connections are so dim they make the coal cellar at night look bright...

Just my opinion of course."

always made a wish NEVER EVER came true

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All down to common sense. I have one for years now (bio-degradable), still waiting for that Special Moment where I can light it - on a beach, where the wind can carry it out over the water.

Are you sure it hasn't degraded to the point of being unusable?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All down to common sense. I have one for years now (bio-degradable), still waiting for that Special Moment where I can light it - on a beach, where the wind can carry it out over the water.

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The coastguard ask people not to, as they can be mistaken for distress signals.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cows are stupid he says. Well yea you wont see one on University Challenge anytime soon but they deserve to chew the cudd without having their organs punctured.

Lanterns look nice but if I never saw a single one again I would survive......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ban then its against the law to litter , same as all the mass ballon releases

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

they are dangerous

some were lit at a wedding party we wentand one didn't take off properly, came down on a friend of mine and burnt through his clothes to his skin, which was very painfull as all burns are

also should be banned because they have set hay barns alight and as said before cows sometimes eat them with disasterous results

definite ban needed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's the solution, charge people for littering, £75. After all if I threw a piece of paper in the air and said it was a lucky thing, I'm sure they would fine me...

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

For all the people saying light them so they go out to sea. Don't we already dump enough shit in the seas and oceans?

We were camping a couple of years ago and people in the a joining site though it would be a good idea to send off loads of these lanterns... Trouble was half of them came down in our site... So not a great evening for us on fire watch...

Sorry but they should be banned...

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By *ecor atorMan
over a year ago

York

One came down from neighbouring village and set fire to a stables in our village.

One horse died and several were traumatised. The owner of the stables hates them and suggests they are banned. The horse didn't belong to her and it caused a bit of upset!

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