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A basketweave roadcone is probably about the same weight as a plastic one, it stacks like a plastic one, and either with paint, or preferably with a garland of (potentially genetically engineered fluorescent) flowers is just as visible as a traditional traffic cone.
Unlike the traditional plastic
cone, the Wicker Cones are made by small teams of government funded weavers who work in basic roadside huts, turning out as many roadcones as may be necessary for the surrounding area.
This distributed delivery system means that there is always a ready supply of cones available along the A and B roads of the country. Motorways might require a more industrial approach, but that's a detail for later.
The cones are biodegradable, recyclable (yes, and flammable) and can be upturned and used by students as laundry baskets, solving two secondary problems in one fell swoop.
The Wicker Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/
An engaging depiction of day to day life in a small Scottish community. [8th of 7, Oct 30 2009]
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"...weavers who work in basic roadside huts..."
Which they themselves weave... |
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Raffia - no.
Pollarded willow - yes [+] |
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Good project for parasite feral youths (UK is overrun with them) to undertake whilst on community service. |
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Good prison work as well. |
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//distributed delivery// what, you don't just set them on the ground and they trundle off to wherever they're needed ?... well [+] despite that obvious flaw :D |
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Definitely extremely excellent. |
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Do they come with a little Edward Woodward doll inside ? |
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How much wood would Edward Woodward chuck if Edward
Woodward would chuck wood? |
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You know what the Equalizer's name is without any 'd's in it?
Ewar Woowar. |
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Simple - dip the bottom in mud. |
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For very windy situations, concrete them in place. |
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// How do you keep the wicker cones weighted down // |
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At night, they could be illuminated by setting fire to them. |
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they could double as bird feeders - weigh them down with bird seed. |
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I've always wondered about bird seed... what type of birds would grow? |
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I'm not sure bird seed would be a good idea, it might encourage all sorts of animals to venture into the road... |
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How about bits of clay or rubble - if the wickerwork folded under itself at the bottom to provide a lip of sorts, this could be filled with stuff to provide a weighted base - that's not dissimilar to how normal cones are weight biased. |
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You could fill them with bees. |
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Can I just make it perfectly clear that I think this is a
wonderful idea? [+] |
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You could plant their bases in the earth, then they would sprout and grow. |
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Yes, but in the autumn the foliage would die back, and you'd be left with a Withered Wicker Thicket.
But then you could include them as part of a traditional English game and use them as a Withered Wicker Thicket Cricket Wicket. |
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If you planted Belladonna in them and covered them with pagan symbols, they could be Wiccan Wicker Traffic cones. |
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You could fill them with beers. (That's what I thought
[theleopard] said.) |
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<Homer Simpson> Mmmm... bear.... |
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Will the bears be armed ? That could be dangerous ... |
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