Lucy is a friend of ours who plays hockey with us and usually rides with us to hockey. She is not from the US, the importance of which will become clear, assuming my story-telling is at all adequate. She was eating an apple today on the ride in to practice. When we came back to the car after practice, there was an apple core on the ground in the parking spot next to ours. I said, "Lucy is that your littering there?" She gives me the patented "Lucy" look (which if you know her, you know the look), saying it is but she's not admitting to it. So Phollower says, "You think because this isn't your country, you can just trash it up?" (see I told you the foreigner info would come into play) In defense of herself, she says, "No. There was a car there when I threw it there. I did not want to carry it to the rink, and it is biodegradable!" So for the kids out there, the moral of the story is - if no one sees you, then it's not littering, especially if said item will eventually rot on its own. The lesson for me is keep my eye on Lucy when she's eating in the car!
As an addendum, and in her defense, she did offer to pick it up, but that is so gross. Who knows what is on the garage floor! And Lucy is actually a very nice person, pretty funny too. I am sure she will learn from this little faux pas.
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Bing loves to eat bananas as a snack in the car while driving. Then...she rolls down the window and flings it outside..."for the squirrels." This annoys the bloody hell out of me and her response is that it is not trash, but food for the squirrels.
It is FREAKING trash!
I've seen squirrels take apple cores *out* of trash cans. So, who's littering then? Never banana peels, though.
I just toss apple cores into fields or woods as I drive by them. Let the animals have a party.
That's also the way I dispose of hookers, but let's keep that between us.
And Frank's story reminds of one time I was at a birthday party in a McDonald's. We watched while a seagull landed on an outdoor waste-can, stuck his head through the flap, yanked out a bag, dropped it on the ground, pulled out a bunch of fries, and then flew off, leaving the bag and its remaining contents all over the parking lot.
In my defense, I NEVER throw plastic or metals, etc.. Only fruit!
Okay, it's still wrong...I'll be a better person next time!
Maria: Yes, it is well known that bananas are a food which commonly occurs in the environment of the average squirrel. If I am recalling correctly, you don't live in a terribly tropical climate.
Limpy: Do you think the animals will use the hookers? Can they even pay? Your comment about a McDonald's birthday party reminded me of my youth. I think both my 4th and 5th birthday parties were there. I have pictures of me, my family, and my boyfriend, along with other assorted friends who I don't recall at all (and Ronald, of course). I still recall the cake fondly - but I recall all cake fondly.
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