Because someone like me might be behind you.

Normally I'm a pretty mild mannered, non-confrontational guy. I'm a believer in karma and figure what goes around comes around. Live and let live, all that happy stuff.

But there are a few things that just bug the crap out of me. Littering is one of them. Tossing your garbage out of your window means that someone else is going to have to pick that sh*t up from their front lawn. It burns my ass when I see it laying in the road or collecting in the brush. On Sunday I had the fortune of witnessing how that crap gets there.

I was driving the Caddy pretty hard like I always do. I was going up a winding mountain road with the Michelins at the hairy edge of adhesion. I like to flirt with the stability control to see how close I can get to the edge before it engages. While driving in this manner I came around a blind corner right on top of a Nissan Sentra whose driver was releasing a styrofoam cup into the air. Of course he thought there was no one behind him, but he got caught red-handed.

I stopped, picked up the cup, threw it in the Caddy and took off in pursuit. I simply wanted to give the cup back. Not in a rude or violent manner, just to let him know he dropped it and to return it to him.

Unfortunately, he knew what I was up to. It turns out he lives in my neighborhood, but he was afraid to go home. I followed him in circles for about 15 minutes. He was dumb enough to make u-turns within a tight radius around his house but wouldn't actually pull up the driveway. After a while his wife came out and waved as he went by but he still wouldn't stop. Having wasted enough time, and figuring my point was made I went home.

I still have the damn cup. I'd 'return' it but at this point (3 days later) I'd just seem like a psycho. Which I guess I am in some ways.

Jim

LOL....just leave it in his mail box!

But that'll probably get you thrown in jail for breaking some postal law!

LOL. Thats funny. Way to go :thumbsup:

I agree. I hate litterers. I threw a party at my house one time, and some dude came to my house with one of my buddies. Mind you, I never met this guy, but my friend knows him.

Well, he was pretty cool the whole night, then got shitty drunk. He was the only one drinking Budweiser (had a case of 12)........

Anyways, to make long story short, I woke up the next morning, finding 6 empty Budweiser cans shoved into my bushes in my front yard.

I called my buddy, got his phone #, and called his ass. Told him, he better be at my house in about 30 minutes to pick that shit up, or i'm going to come to HIS house and beat the living shit out of him.

He shows up within' 20 minutes, picked it up and put it in the recycling bin outside my house.

I mean, shit. We were cool all night, but damn, dont f*cking DISRESPECT my house, or you're gonna get it.

All my buddies I know, really respects me. Everytime I have a party, they would all put their empty cans/bottles into my two big sinks in the kitchen.

I know it sounds like I over-reacted, but I specifically told him/ and everyone BEFORE drinking to put ALL the cans in the sink.

But for that guy, noooo, he tried hiding it in my bushes. Big mistake.

Okay, back in topic. Like I said, I hate litterers too. lol.

Litter provides outdoor activities for people who have been sentenced to community service, people such as litterers.
And the beat goes on...


Me, I allow the passenger seat area to pile up with trash, then dispose of it neatly at the local endangered animal sanctuary.

You should of gave the cup to his wife and said your husband dropped this and I'm returning it to him.

Me, I allow the passenger seat area to pile up with trash, then dispose of it neatly at the local endangered animal sanctuary.

Anything's better than tossing it out the window.

I think I'm just going to throw the cup away and forget about it. But I'll be watching......

Jim

You should of gave the cup to his wife and said your husband dropped this and I'm returning it to him.

:yeah: HAHAH YEAHHH!!! That would've been great! :histeric:

That is funny. Way to go!

But it just occurred to me, over the years I probably flicked enough cigarette and cigar butts to fill a school bus.

sorry.

That is funny. Way to go!

But it just occurred to me, over the years I probably flicked enough cigarette and cigar butts to fill a school bus.

sorry.

Cigarette butts aren't as offensive to me as, say, the remains of your McDonald's #1 value meal. But a friend of mine, who is a laywer, writes summonses for people that throw butts out their window. It's a huge pet peeve of his. Anyone can write a summons and the offender must appear in court to answer the charges. Of course the complainant has to show up too but he doesn't mind because he lives in court.

Jim

The worst I ever had was driving down the highway and someone in a minivan was throwing orange peels out of the window. They were all hitting my car splashing goo onto the paint and the windshield. I passed them and started driving really slow because I couldn't see out of my windshield anymore but I forget if I did anything else.

There was a guy a few years ago here who was driving his motorcycle and someone threw a cigarette but out of the window and it hit him. He had an accident because of it which totalled his bike, wrecked his jacket and the hospital wrecked the rest of his clothes cutting them off. The bike landed on his leg and it took him months to recover from it. So throwing cigarette buts out of the window isn't good either. There's something in the dashboard called an ash tray that you're supposed to use for that.

Since we are talking about things hitting our cars....don't you hate it when you've just washed your car, and done an amazing detail job, and it's a beautiful day out and you are just cruising along when all of the sudden SOME @&$#!% decides to clean his/her windshield and it sprays all over your car?!?! AHHHHHH!!! That happened to me this morning, I was so mad :rant2: OK sorry a little off topic.

Does pushing a hooker out of a moving car count as litter?

Does pushing a hooker out of a moving car count as litter?

:histeric: :histeric: :histeric: AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAAA!!!! That was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while! :thumbsup: That's a good question!!!

Cigarette butts aren't as offensive to me as, say, the remains of your McDonald's #1 value meal. But a friend of mine, who is a laywer, writes summonses for people that throw butts out their window. It's a huge pet peeve of his. Anyone can write a summons and the offender must appear in court to answer the charges. Of course the complainant has to show up too but he doesn't mind because he lives in court.

Jim

I'd wipe my ass with one of those ad-hoc summons and give it back if someone tried to hand me one.

Does pushing a hooker out of a moving car count as litter?

Only if she's dead. ;)


I have a really bold friend. Some might call him an *******. Anyways he was out driving his '01 Accord EX-V6 Coupe around and that car is his BABY. He never lets any of us drive it and he keeps it in tip-top shape all the time. So anyways, he's out driving around somewhere and this ricer pulls up next to him, passes him and then cuts him off. This pisses my friend off, so he does the same, then later, he gets next to this ricer at a stoplight, the ricer is to his left. The ricer has both front windows down, so my friend rolls his drivers window down and HOCKS A LOOGIE IN THE RICER's CIVIC!!! LOL!! That's so ballsy.

Similiar situation happened a while after that, except this time, he threw his cigarette in the other guy's car.

It's only a matter of time until my friend gets his ass royally handed to him.

I too believe in Karma to a point. 2 weeks ago, this friend of mine got mugged.
God works in mysterious ways. :lildevil:

Good point.

I'd wipe my ass with one of those ad-hoc summons and give it back if someone tried to hand me one.
If some self righteous jerk gave me one of those it would just become that much more litter, right in front of him.

this ricer pulls up next to him, passes him and then cuts him off. This pisses my friend off, so he does the same, then later, he gets next to this ricer at a stoplight, the ricer is to his left. The ricer has both front windows down, so my friend rolls his drivers window down and HOCKS A LOOGIE IN THE RICER's CIVIC!!! LOL!!

My brother got cutoff in the company truck. At the next stop light he emptied a 25 pound fire extinguisher into the other guy's car. He said everything was so white it looked like the car windows were painted white from the inside. Don't annoy a guy who services extinguishers!:eek:

LOL!

Deep down inside I've always wanted to throw a gallon of milk in someone's car that cut me off, in traffic. Boy that would take talent!

Cigarette butts aren't as offensive to me as, say, the remains of your McDonald's #1 value meal. But a friend of mine, who is a laywer, writes summonses for people that throw butts out their window. It's a huge pet peeve of his. Anyone can write a summons and the offender must appear in court to answer the charges. Of course the complainant has to show up too but he doesn't mind because he lives in court.

Jim
We had neighbours who would constantly throw them on our lawn, and they even went to the point of pouring their used car fluids on our lawn. At least whatever is black and sludgy and kills grass. I was so cheesed off, but they were renters and soon more fun came!

There's something in the dashboard called an ash tray that you're supposed to use for that.

Hey my car doesnt have an ash tray! What's with cadillacs and no ash tray or lighters these days?!? Sadly I've picked up smoking in the cadi.. Had it for 2 years before I started..

MacK

This is the best topic I've seen on here in a very long time! not only is it funny, its friendly to the earth lol.

MacK: you need to get an old RWD caddy! all of mine have 4 ashtrays and 4 lighters. too bad I don't smoke in the car, that could come in handy.

Someone threw SOMETHING at my Malibu tonight as I was leaving the radio station after my show. No idea what it was but it left some streaky shit on my window. I thought someone egged my car but I have no idea what the **** it was..... I'm baffled.....

You probably don't want to know. just go to the carwash, now. Don't get that shit on your washmit. haha.

Hahaha, unfortunately none at 4 AM are open. I'll just clean it off tomorrow.

I also have a huge problem with litterbugs.
I am sure we could all tell stories of just plain old littering that is outrageous.
I have seen people buy something in a store, unwrap it in their car and just throw all the wrappings and plastic bags right on the ground by their car and drive away. I was in a drugstore parking lot next to a taco bell one day, some guys sat by their car in the drugstore lot, at a bunch of taco bell food that they had walked over to get and just threw all the wrappings, napkins and bags right on the ground and drove away.
People like that really class up neighborhoods.

There isn't much more that bothers me than people throwing cigarette butts out the window. They don't fly away to cigarette heaven, and the cigarette butt fairy doesn't fly around and pick them up at night. They sit there for years and collect.
As a motorcyclist, when I stop at intersections I like to look around but often when I do I see hundreds of butts piling up all around. Intersections seem to be a favorite place for smokers to ugly up a town.
I have almost been hit in the face several times by people throwing butts out the window on my bike, a few times I followed them and gave them a piece of my mind at an intersection.
I am no tree hugger, but I would ask all people to respect other people's neighborhoods and simply put some sort of container in your car to handle trash and cigarettes and toss them periodically.
I am sure WalMart, Target and lots of other discount stores make things you can put your trash in that cost pennies. It's a small price to pay to enjoy the beauty of nature without covering it with crap because we're too lazy to hit a trash can.

Man! You should have given it (the cup, that is) to his wife! I imagine he'd HAVE to have pulled into his driveway at That point! :p That would have been too funny...

Because someone like me might be behind you.

Normally I'm a pretty mild mannered, non-confrontational guy. I'm a believer in karma and figure what goes around comes around. Live and let live, all that happy stuff.

But there are a few things that just bug the crap out of me. Littering is one of them. Tossing your garbage out of your window means that someone else is going to have to pick that sh*t up from their front lawn. It burns my ass when I see it laying in the road or collecting in the brush. On Sunday I had the fortune of witnessing how that crap gets there.

I was driving the Caddy pretty hard like I always do. I was going up a winding mountain road with the Michelins at the hairy edge of adhesion. I like to flirt with the stability control to see how close I can get to the edge before it engages. While driving in this manner I came around a blind corner right on top of a Nissan Sentra whose driver was releasing a styrofoam cup into the air. Of course he thought there was no one behind him, but he got caught red-handed.

I stopped, picked up the cup, threw it in the Caddy and took off in pursuit. I simply wanted to give the cup back. Not in a rude or violent manner, just to let him know he dropped it and to return it to him.

Unfortunately, he knew what I was up to. It turns out he lives in my neighborhood, but he was afraid to go home. I followed him in circles for about 15 minutes. He was dumb enough to make u-turns within a tight radius around his house but wouldn't actually pull up the driveway. After a while his wife came out and waved as he went by but he still wouldn't stop. Having wasted enough time, and figuring my point was made I went home.

I still have the damn cup. I'd 'return' it but at this point (3 days later) I'd just seem like a psycho. Which I guess I am in some ways.

Jim

Man! You should have given it (the cup, that is) to his wife! I imagine he'd HAVE to have pulled into his driveway at That point! :p That would have been too funny...

I wish I had thought that fast but I didn't put it all together until later on.

Either way I'm pretty sure he'll think twice next time.

Jim