Comments on: Yarn bomb transit protest in Edinburgh

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:23:00 +0000

If it’s anything like the US, so could the granny.

By: Nickola Johnson

Nickola Johnson — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:24:00 +0000

How knotty! *dies*

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:57:00 +0000

Much thanks. I was worried there was some translation I was missing because the yarn bombing demo in the USA are probably overwhelmingly pro-mass transit. Including light-rail.

Do people still want the transit?

By: iCowboy

iCowboy — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:45:00 +0000

The trams have become a political football with repeated attempts to stop the project or to cut it back. It will link the airport with the city centre, but exactly where in the city has been changed several times – and the cost keeps rising. Although trams have been successfully brought back in several British cities, they keep coming in horribly over budget.

As for what are trams – they’re a light railway running on city streets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:23:00 +0000

I don’t know about Scotland, but in the U.S. the average age for a knitter has dropped over the last two decades below the age group of ‘granny’. The yarn bomber(s) could easily be under thirty.

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Do people not like trams, or is it just about the incompetent construction? It a tram a trolly or a small bus or something?

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:08:00 +0000

Cory just set off all sorts of alarms at the NSA by using bomb and transit in the same sentence.

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:09:00 +0000

I’m surprised how dour the scots are….. is not a thing I’ve ever heard anyone say

By: Ziggamorph

Ziggamorph — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:02:00 +0000

A sentiment shared by many in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, after 4 years, hundreds of millions of pounds of overspend, and endless disruptive roadworks, the bloody thing’s still not built.

By: lknope

lknope — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:54:00 +0000

Now that it’s delightfully spelled out in yarn, I’d kind of like to take the Tramway to Hell.

By: AttilatheBlond

AttilatheBlond — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:51:00 +0000

Work of one person, or is there a chapter of Raging Grannies in Edinburgh? ‘OK, ladies, each of you needs to bring a square to our next meeting….’

By: chris coreline

chris coreline — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:28:00 +0000

”The city council added that the blanket was still in their possession if the owner wished to claim it, no questions asked.”

Here comes a candle to light you to bed,

And here comes a chopper to chop off your head