Australian town bans bottled water

[erimir]

Yay, we've brought capitalism to Afghanistan!

[godfry n. glad]

[Adam]

So, what I'm hearing is that suburban Indiana is apparently an island of cleanliness in a sea of trash? Or maybe just the burbs in general?

[Clutch Munny]

Get bagged, Mr Magoo.

[Adam]

So, as an experiment, I paid extra super close attention to the sides of the road on my drive home from soccer last night (although I was, of course, on three cell phones and a laptop the entire time, so maybe I missed something!). In the course of what Google maps tells me is a 5.1 mile drive, I detected the following litter items:

1) a straw, which appeared to have fallen out of a nearby trash can
2) an empty cigarette package
3) some kind of napkin or something
4) another napkin or something (and I thought there was a third napkin or something nearby, but it turned out to be a patch of clover)
5) the plastic grocery bag I found in my yard when I was mowing the lawn on Monday, picked up and stuck on a bush with the intention of grabbing it on my way in, and subsequently forgot about...I don't know if this technically counts as litter that I saw on the drive home, since I was already in my driveway when I noticed it, but I'm going to count it, since it makes the math easier

What this tells us is that the litter rate in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis is approximately one (1) item per mile of roadway. Further, a shocking 40% of litter here appears to be napkin-type objects. My recommendation is a STEEP deposit on napkins and paper towels. If the paper product retailers don't like it, then we can reeducate them. If they don't like that, we should take a dump on their carpets, for great justice.

[Miisa]

I never notice trash on the roadsides either, but a couple of times a year I do see crews claning said roadsides, and they seem to collect and deposit by the road for pickup bulging trash bags at alarming proximities.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Miisa

I never notice trash on the roadsides either, but a couple of times a year I do see crews claning said roadsides, and they seem to collect and deposit by the road for pickup bulging trash bags at alarming proximities.

Yeah...I know. Do they make the bags there in that alarming, dayglo orange? They are here.

One thing I did notice is that when the trash is a lot of those clear plastic bottle things...they are clear, y'know...they're not real noticeable to people doing 5 to 10 over the speed limit.

I still don't know why the Indiana DoT maintains an ongoing roadside trash removal program if there is no litter in Indiana. Maybe it's some kind of corrupt government thing there in Indiana? Keeping cousins and ne'er-do-well inlaws on the employee rolls as 'litter collectors', y'think?

Or...Maybe the program just works amazingly well were he happens to live?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

One thing I did notice is that when the trash is a lot of those clear plastic bottle things...they are clear, y'know...they're not real noticeable to people doing 5 to 10 over the speed limit.

You know, I did experience a bit of Doppler shift as I drove, but I took that into account when I blew through all those traffic lights that appeared to red to me because of my speed. Other drivers congratulated me for my perspicacity by honking enthusiastically.

I still don't know why the Indiana DoT maintains an ongoing roadside trash removal program if there is no litter in Indiana. Maybe it's some kind of corrupt government thing there in Indiana? Keeping cousins and ne'er-do-well inlaws on the employee rolls as 'litter collectors', y'think?

Believe it or not, INDOT is not actually responsible for trash pickup along city streets. If the two towns I drove through during the experiment are anything like where I grew up, the Street Department periodically sends their idle employees (which, back in the day, were usually friends or family of mine) out to pick up litter.

Or...Maybe the program just works amazingly well were he happens to live?

Quite possibly the existing programs do an adequate job, and that would be consistent with my original comment that I do not observe a "plague of discarded drink bottle litter" that would necessitate reeducation or plastic bottle deposits.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Clutch Munny

Get bagged, Mr Magoo.

haha...I just got that.

[ChuckF]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

One thing I did notice is that when the trash is a lot of those clear plastic bottle things...they are clear, y'know...they're not real noticeable to people doing 5 to 10 over the speed limit.

meh, then wtf do I care.

[Deadlokd]

Teh dubpoast. Now with spelling errors!

[Deadlokd]

Originally Posted by Adam

Where the fuck do you people (OK, I guess mostly godfry, since others have only mentioend it to say that they don't see it) live that there's this plague of discarded drink bottle litter? We don't have any kind of deposit on bottles here, and I rarely see that sort of thing.

It's around. Not in plague proportioons, but when we take the kids to the park there's always discarded bottles around. Of course it's hard to notice the bottles in the sea of discarded syringes.

[Shelli]

to Adam

I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Shelli

to Adam

I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.

Yeah...I can see that.

He is one of the bigger dumbshit clowns around here. I'm glad he amuses somebody...even if it is just you.

[Shelli]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

Yeah...I can see that.

He is one of the bigger dumbshit clowns around here. I'm glad he amuses somebody...even if it is just you.

It's hardly just I at the that Adam amuses, godfry. I'm sure he's a riot IRL too for that matter.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Shelli

It's hardly just I at the that Adam amuses, godfry. I'm sure he's a riot IRL too for that matter.

That I heartily doubt. He may be amusing for you, perhaps. You'll laugh at anything.

I think he's about as funny as puppy roadkill. He's a shithead. His idea of humor is insensitive, nauseating, and entirely sickening with regards others. He's also one of ChuckF's dicklickers. Occasionally, he breaks loose and manages to mumble something offensive through all of ChuckF's cum in his mouth, but it's rarely amusing....and usually just a shitty attempt at mockery, anyway.

[Shelli]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

Yeah...I can see that.

He is one of the bigger dumbshit clowns around here. I'm glad he amuses somebody...even if it is just you.

And.. srsly.. are you going to start attacking me now too because I find Adam funny? Because that would be pretty funny too.

ETA for crosspost: Apparently you are. Whatever floats yer boat, there, Cap'n.

[Ensign Steve]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

Occasionally, he breaks loose and manages to mumble something offensive through all of ChuckF's cum in his mouth...

Well played, sir.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Shelli

And.. srsly.. are you going to start attacking me now too because I find Adam funny? Because that would be pretty funny too.

Hey...Your bad taste is your business. I just thought I'd let you know how I felt about your misguided aesthetics.

[Shelli]

See above ETA

Rant on, rant man.

[Shelli]

[Clutch Munny]

Adam makes J.B. Bebus cry.

[ChuckF]

Originally Posted by Shelli

omgus, all godfry-approved hilarity is Seymour Hersh-based!

[Shelli]

show spoiler

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Deadlokd

It's around. Not in plague proportioons, but when we take the kids to the park there's always discarded bottles around. Of course it's hard to notice the bottles in the sea of discarded syringes.

@ syringes

Yah, I get that. I never claimed that there is no such thing as litter. I just observed that it's not that big a problem where I live and wondered if it's really that big an issue where other people live.