Comments on: T-minus 10 Years… http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:55:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659/comment-page-1#comment-389 David Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:16:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659#comment-389 It probably has to do with the small size. I'm sure throwing the pack out the window <i>is</i>  considered littering. But a tiny butt? Can't do much about that. Can you imagine being pulled over for biting your fingernail and throwing it out the window? Technically, that's litter, albeit biodegradable. If smokers want to smoke responsibly, as Steve S suggests, that's fine. I just hope the guy I honked at didn't write down my license plate number! He was, how shall I say it? - well, when he wasn't smoking he was clearly busy working out at Gold's Gym a lot... It probably has to do with the small size. I’m sure throwing the pack out the window is  considered littering. But a tiny butt? Can’t do much about that. Can you imagine being pulled over for biting your fingernail and throwing it out the window? Technically, that’s litter, albeit biodegradable.

If smokers want to smoke responsibly, as Steve S suggests, that’s fine. I just hope the guy I honked at didn’t write down my license plate number! He was, how shall I say it? – well, when he wasn’t smoking he was clearly busy working out at Gold’s Gym a lot…

]]> By: Jian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659/comment-page-1#comment-384 Jian Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:31:49 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659#comment-384 This is my pet peeve. Why is this not considered litter? All types of people of all backgrounds have extenuated this nasty habit by littering its remains. In Singapore they’d get arrested! Maybe we need more laws here because we are so out of control?! If these buts are so gross that no one wants them in their cars or to dispose of them properly then well admit they are that gross and we should work to remove them from our lives- don’t smoke or try to quit! Maybe these liter bugs are totally unaware of their responsibility to the whole, that they are a part of the whole and how their actions have an impact. Let’s do our best to live and teach enlightenment and each tend to our garbage. That's a clean start. This is my pet peeve. Why is this not considered litter? All types of people of all backgrounds have extenuated this nasty habit by littering its remains. In Singapore they’d get arrested! Maybe we need more laws here because we are so out of control?! If these buts are so gross that no one wants them in their cars or to dispose of them properly then well admit they are that gross and we should work to remove them from our lives- don’t smoke or try to quit! Maybe these liter bugs are totally unaware of their responsibility to the whole, that they are a part of the whole and how their actions have an impact. Let’s do our best to live and teach enlightenment and each tend to our garbage. That’s a clean start.

]]> By: Steve S http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659/comment-page-1#comment-383 Steve S Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:29:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/659#comment-383 This is something I detest, too. I hate pulling up to a stoplight and seeing the curb loaded with butts. Some people simply have no regards for keeping our lands clean. Just remember though - when you see a fast food wrapper laying on the ground, you don't automatically have distain for everyone who eats fast food. I'm also a smoker and we're not all alike. This is something I detest, too. I hate pulling up to a stoplight and seeing the curb loaded with butts. Some people simply have no regards for keeping our lands clean. Just remember though – when you see a fast food wrapper laying on the ground, you don’t automatically have distain for everyone who eats fast food. I’m also a smoker and we’re not all alike.

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