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Pick it up, take it to the nearest garbage with a specially installed ultraviolet light to find out. About one in a thousand pieces of litter are actually planted by the city and feature invisible ink that spells out a serial number and: "Congratulations! You've won $100!" when exposed to a black light
attached under the rim of special garbage cans placed around the area. Take it to any local merchant who's signed on to pay off these things (they'll get a nominal fee) and get your cash. Not a winner? Drop it in the can anyway and better luck next time.
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But the "planters" would have to be disguised to prevent people following them around, and then they could fall prey to over-jealous litter wardens. |
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I was thinking about that. What a fun job! Different disguise every day, different characters. Your only mission, to go out and throw garbage around without getting found out. |
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No not old money, nouveaux reek. |
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sounds amazing, just so long as the
council don't get greedy and start
putting the prize winning codes on
really icky things that no-one would
pick up. |
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Feed winning tokens to stray dogs. |
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With this, I'd happily toss litter out the window, knowing I was helping the poor... |
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//With this, I'd happily toss litter out the window, knowing I was helping the poor...// |
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This is why we can't have nice things, ldischler. |
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//With this, I'd happily toss litter out the window, knowing I was helping the poor...// |
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This is why we can't have nice things, ldischler. |
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//With this, I'd happily toss litter out the window, knowing I was helping the poor...// |
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Why not? Just flip it out with the cigarette butt why don't ya? |
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Better check that crinkled croissant wrapper on the
ground, ~/)?[+]#_ |
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Every 100th dog turd contains a £1 coin... |
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You're not factoring in that some dogs eat dog turds. That
could mean that some turds could contain several coins. |
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A good proportion of litter already has a barcode
on it. How about a lottery based on that? Then
you'd avoid having to print and plant special litter. |
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Since all the barcodes on a given product are the
same, the winning numbers would have to be valid
for one time only (at any particular collection
point), and then changed. |
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The winning numbers could be skewed, to
promote the collection of certain types of litter. |
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That's pretty darned clever. |
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Here's what the cynic in me sees happening
though with my idea and / or your added idea: |
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1- Somebody proposes to actually do this. |
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2- The city lawyers demand a full environmental
impact statement, of proof that all people
engaged in this program are licensed sanitation
engineers. Since it's got the word "Lottery" in it
the state commission for lotteries and gaming
demand the license fees and bonds be paid up
front as well as expenses for the committee to
investigate the organization putting on the
program. Then the local sanitation engineer's
union sues to have at least 20% of the proceeds
from the program be put towards union dues since
this is clearly a sanitation labor issue. |
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3- Then the politicians get involved. |
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The Democrats put out a public service spot
saying "Dr Remulac 3 and his crony Max Buchanan
have a little plan to side step the child labor laws
and put children to work picking up garbage so
they can line their already bloated pockets." (cut
to picture of two devils lighting cigars with
hundred dollar bills while whipping children
pulling their chariot". |
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The the Republicans put out there add. "Well the
socialist big government types are at it again.
They've got a way to fix the economy. Let's scoop
up garbage in the street so we can gamble in the
lottery! What's next? Digging ditches for crack
cocaine?" |
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That being said, it's a pretty darned clever idea. |
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//Dr Remulac 3 and his crony Max Buchanan// |
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*ahem*. Might I draw your attention to the fact that
your present interlocutor crones for no man. |
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As for the political/health-n-safety stuff... the older
I get, the more I see it as a viable alternative to just
say (if I may quote my great-step-aunt Radnor)
fuck'em. |
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Didn't think you'd like the "crony" rank. At least it's
one notch up from "henchman" which was my first
choice. I didn't even consider "minion". |
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Your Aunt Radnor was an eloquent lady. Shakespeare
couldn't have said it better himself. |
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She wasn't actually a lady, but thanks. |
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//feed winning tokens to stray dogs// |
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I already bunned the idea, but that was the evil, devious icing, I
think. |
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Speaking on behalf of the moderators: Where are these ditches that need digging? [Jutta]'s supply is running low. |
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You only have to convince people there are prizes to be had. You don't really have to put out any special litter. |
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After the next election there will be time to spread the seeds. |
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Mcdonalds has sort of just done this. Most of their trash with a M logo on it had little lottery tickets on it. Lasted a couple weeks.
No doubt some folks scavenged dumpsters, trash cans, and litter for the tiny tickets.
But once you have the ticket, it is real easy to drop the litter right back where you found it. |
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// A good proportion of litter already has a barcode on it. ... // |
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If anything with a barcode on it would be a lottery ticket that people wouldn't drop their litter in their garbage cans anymore but instead carry it to town hall to win the price. This could do away with the need for municipal garbage collection altogether. But I doubt that it would be environmentally cleaner or more resource-efficient than a central collection system. |
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How could it be verified that the lottery litter is genuine litter dumped on the street by someone else? |
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Since we’re having lottery day, one of two litter lottery ideas. |
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