Opinions...

[bago100]

Excellent stuff Geoff!

Three more peeves

1. Rubbish and litter on the beach. (Yes- I do pick rubbish up when I see it and put it in bins - even though one person in the world doing this won't make a shred of difference but it makes me feel as though I've done some good) A lot of councils do not have street waste stormwater rubbish traps installed and there is no excuse for this.
2. People who drive with an unleashed dog or two running around the back of a ute or tray truck.
3. Public toilets with pervert holes drilled in walls between cubicles.

Cheers

Graham

[myarhidia]

My Dad worked and help write pollution laws with the EPA for most of his working life - he still has the authority to book ppl who throw butts from their cars and he does so about once/twice a month - FAR less than what he did some 2 years ago. Interesting. I think it's now a $200 fine - should be $2000 in my humble opinion.

It's not just the polution that is an issue. Last summer two people and I pulled over the side of the road to put out a grass fire that had started by some fuckwit that threw a lit but out the window. $200 fine is nothing compared the damage they can cause.

[CraigVTR]

Pedantic, if that is the right word, but great. She must of thought big brother was watching. We all get away with slack things from time to time because we think people don't notice or worse still, care.

Easy way to avoid all of those nasty colds is to live and work away from the city.

Craig

[PiroStitch]

Heh Geoff you could've had more fun with that phone call like asking her what she was doing for the weekend, etc Great job though!

[HappyFotographer]

In my opinion it is far worse than a cigarette butt. A cigarette butt will not spread disease - spitting and nose evacuation can and does spread disease.

You'll love this one. In our local pool the indoor pool is level with the ground and running down two sides is grated to filter the water. There right in front of me one day a woman blew her nose (several times) into the grated section. After I nearly vomitted I couldn't get me and kids out of that pool fast enough.

Some people are idiots, and just don't care about anything and anyone other than themselves.

[birddog114]

In my opinion it is far worse than a cigarette butt. A cigarette butt will not spread disease - spitting and nose evacuation can and does spread disease.

You'll love this one. In our local pool the indoor pool is level with the ground and running down two sides is grated to filter the water. There right in front of me one day a woman blew her nose (several times) into the grated section. After I nearly vomitted I couldn't get me and kids out of that pool fast enough.

Some people are idiots, and just don't care about anything and anyone other than themselves.

They are enjoyed themselves.

[TonyH]

You'll love this one. In our local pool the indoor pool is level with the ground and running down two sides is grated to filter the water. There right in front of me one day a woman blew her nose (several times) into the grated section. After I nearly vomitted I couldn't get me and kids out of that pool fast enough.

Some people are idiots, and just don't care about anything and anyone other than themselves.

Unbelievable..... can you discharge a double barelled snot gun in public?

[gstark]

Heh Geoff you could've had more fun with that phone call like asking her what she was doing for the weekend, etc

There are really evil minds out there.

And dammit that I didn't think of that one first!

[gstark]

You'll love this one. In our local pool the indoor pool is level with the ground and running down two sides is grated to filter the water. There right in front of me one day a woman blew her nose (several times) into the grated section.

Then I'd better not tell you about what Lindy told me she saw last week, in a pub, while having an after work drink with some friends.

Apparantly this is one of those establishments that uses an in-house pager/vibrator, and another patron there- a rather large female wearing ill-fitting jeans and with a butt crack exposed - was waiting for her meal order to be cremated.

Er, created.

Let's just say that it may be in order for you to reconsider how you might wish to handle those pager devices next time you're in restaurant uses them.

[myarhidia]

Let's just say that it may be in order for you to reconsider how you might wish to handle those pager devices next time you're in restaurant uses them.

Thanks,
that's a disturbing image that is now embedded in my mind every time I handle one of those pagers.....

[gstark]

Let's just say that it may be in order for you to reconsider how you might wish to handle those pager devices next time you're in restaurant uses them.

Thanks,
that's a disturbing image that is now embedded in my mind every time I handle one of those pagers.....

With tissues, might I suggest?

Speaking seriously, the real problem with that, though, is how would one handle (for want of a better word) such an issue?

There are clearly public health issues in play, but(t) it's not exactly the sort of thing you can easily report to the pub's staff, and even if you do, how would reasonably expect them to deal with it?

[TonyH]

Apparantly this is one of those establishments that uses an in-house pager/vibrator, and another patron there- a rather large female wearing ill-fitting jeans and with a butt crack exposed - was waiting for her meal order to be cremated.

Er, created.

Let's just say that it may be in order for you to reconsider how you might wish to handle those pager devices next time you're in restaurant uses them.

What I want to know is was she excited when her meal was ready.....

[gstark]

What I want to know is was she excited when her meal was ready.....

The word I have is that she laughed, so I guess that the earth did move for her.

[sirhc55]

Maybe that should be one of our challenges - see how many people you can photograph in one day picking their nose whilst driving. Double points awarded for ”the hungary” nose picker

[Geoff]

Maybe that should be one of our challenges - see how many people you can photograph in one day picking their nose whilst driving. Double points awarded for ”the hungary” nose picker

 LOL

[Killakoala]

Well done Geoff, three cheers to you for your concientiousness.

Although after reading this thread i am not looking forward to dinner now. I was going to eat out.

[Dug]

Margo smokes

She carries a 35mm film canister with a little water in it to put her butts in.

Simple clean cheap and it works, I have chucked butts back in through car windows saying "Oops you dropped this "

cheers doug

[Geoff]

Margo smokes

Simple clean cheap and it works, I have chucked butts back in through car windows saying "Oops you dropped this "

cheers doug

Nice

[Slider]

Well done Geoff. And don't you just love it when some fool throws a butt out their car window at 100k on the highway and this great shower of sparks comes flying back at you. Instant road rage

[rokkstar]

Geoff, Brilliant mate.

Absolutely first class

[Steffen]

Going back to the beinning of the thread (why am I always late to all the interesting threads?), I have to wholeheartedly agree with Birdy:

Make me sick and my blood boils with all the abusive photos on SBS about Iraqis, but does the world change?

Our sheltered, eden-like existance far* from the really disgusting and sickening everyday happenings in the world apparently makes us crave for horrid things to ruin our day, so we seek refuge in chastising tossers, butt flickers and similar sort of scum.

Tolerance is a virtue, too. As is reason.

If I start complaining about the environmental effect of smokers, despite the thick brown cloud of smog that adorns our city most mornings, and the black plumes of soot blasted into the air by trucks, please prod me with a cattle taser, because I must be losing it.

Cheers
Steffen

* not necessarily in terms of kilometres

[leek]

Luckily, I smoke small cigars and they are totally bio-degradable... I stub them out on the street and shred them under my foot without any guilty feelings...

I once chucked one out of the car and driver of the Range Rover behind me took exception, honked his horn and proceeded to agressively chase me down the freeway....
I have no doubt which of us was being more environmentally unfriendly Any 4WD driver should not pretend that they are concerned about the environment...

[thaddeus]

Yes, here's leek enjoying an environmental moment in the great outdoors!



(I can't tell if that's lens flare or smoke coming out of his ears.)

[leek]

Yes, here's leek enjoying an environmental moment in the great outdoors!

(I can't tell if that's lens flare or smoke coming out of his ears.)

Aw c'mon... I really enjoyed that cigar after hiking about 15kms and all that precarious rock climbing...

[Glen]

A moment well caught Thaddeus, looks like John's body is steaming after the walk

[Matt. K]

thaddeus
An excellent portrait of Leeky. I gave up smoking nearly a year ago. Today I am having a cigar. It tastes great but everything seems to be spinning around. It is a bloody huge Havana.

[stubbsy]

Russell

That image of John is priceless. Made me laugh out loud.

[moz]

It's not just the polution that is an issue. Last summer two people and I pulled over the side of the road to put out a grass fire that had started by some fuckwit that threw a lit but out the window. $200 fine is nothing compared the damage they can cause.

That's what I keep thinking when I see it. The pollution is bad enough, but starting fires is really quite naughty.

If only is was legal to shoot smokers in self defense "yeronner, he was blowing toxic smoke at me, so I blew him away".

(un?)fortunately I only shoot people with my camera
http://moz.net.nz/canc2/photo/large/124 ... _home.html

[gstark]

"but m'lud, he deserved killin'"