On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:03:45 +0100, johannes
wrote:
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>Alang wrote:
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>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 10:54:18 +0100, harikeo wrote:
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>> >johannes wrote:
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>> >> Hugo Nebula wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 09:00:36 +0100, a particular chimpanzee, johannes
>> >>> randomly hit the keyboard and produced:
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>> >>>> Litter is a bloody nuisance and those careless bastards needs reminding.
>> >>> But isn't an apple core bio-degradable?
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't drop litter, but I would have no qualms about dropping an
>> >>> apple core into bushes or onto grass to increase its bio-diversity.
>> >>
>> >> I think he was on a street with shops. Someone might slip on the apple
>> >> core if lying on the pavement. But the case have taken a different
>> >> dimension; the (real) starting point for the story was the general
>> >> dislike of PCSO, hence an easy target for the Daily Mail. I haven't
>> >> had any experience with PCSO, so I don't know what they're like, but
>> >> I wouldn't go out of my way to get one better over them, just because
>> >> I'm middle class educated and they aren't. They are doing a job that
>> >> they're commissioned to do. And believe me, seeing litter thrown
>> >> carelessly about really makes me angry. There are even some so-called
>> >> 'considerate' litter throwers who put their litter in a plastic bag,
>> >> before dumping it, so that others can come and pick it up. Makes my
>> >> blood boil!
>> >
>> >Littering is just ignorant and laziness rolled into one. How difficult
>> >is it to take it home or to put it in a bin? Ugh!
>> >
>> >I don't like PCSOs too much having seen some in action but in this case
>> >they're spot on. There is no excuse for littering imo.
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>> The man involved is reportedly denying throwing any apple core
>> anywhere
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>True, but rather odd. According to the Daily Mail, the man said: "I didn't
>drop an apple core".
Precisely - it is reported elsewhere that he "threw" it.
Silly old git .
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