Comments on: Spring & other vexations http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/ Swarm over, death! Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Kate http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/comment-page-1/#comment-3829 Kate Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:58:20 +0000 http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/#comment-3829 19 months? Dude. I stopped by hoping you'd have something here for Sandwich Week. Alas, it was not to be... 19 months? Dude.

I stopped by hoping you’d have something here for Sandwich Week.

Alas, it was not to be…

]]> By: kilowatthour http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/comment-page-1/#comment-3810 kilowatthour Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:02:07 +0000 http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/#comment-3810 hey! i saw one of these hanging off a tree down the block the other day. i kind of love this tradition. hey! i saw one of these hanging off a tree down the block the other day. i kind of love this tradition.

]]> By: jagosaurus http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/comment-page-1/#comment-3809 jagosaurus Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:59:43 +0000 http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/#comment-3809 Fascinating. I saw these pictures pop up and wondered what bizarre hazing ritual you were being subjected to by your community. Fascinating. I saw these pictures pop up and wondered what bizarre hazing ritual you were being subjected to by your community.

]]> By: admin http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/comment-page-1/#comment-3807 admin Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:35:56 +0000 http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/#comment-3807 It is a really interesting and charming tradition, and I am nowhere near as cynical about it as this post may have come across, as far as you know. However, to answer your question, no, biodegradability seems to be low on the list of Martenitsa requirements, so it is not unusual to come across specimens from Marches past, typically looking a little the worse for having spent some unknown number of seasons lashed to a cherry tree in all weather. It is a really interesting and charming tradition, and I am nowhere near as cynical about it as this post may have come across, as far as you know. However, to answer your question, no, biodegradability seems to be low on the list of Martenitsa requirements, so it is not unusual to come across specimens from Marches past, typically looking a little the worse for having spent some unknown number of seasons lashed to a cherry tree in all weather.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/comment-page-1/#comment-3806 Erik R. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:12:57 +0000 http://www.comefriendlybombs.com/2010/04/06/spring-other-vexations/#comment-3806 What an interesting tradition. Thanks for sharing. They're biodegradable, I hope. Or do some trees still have their paraphernalia from Martenitsi 1975? What an interesting tradition. Thanks for sharing.

They’re biodegradable, I hope. Or do some trees still have their paraphernalia from Martenitsi 1975?

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