Halifax is a World-Class city. I know this, because Haligonians say it is so. And Haligonians all smoke. I know this because of all the cigarette butts on the ground. But don’t worry, I’m going to give a solution. Its called a Butt Can. Here’s how it’s done: 1) Get a can. 2) Get some sand. 3) Put the sand in the can. 4) Put it next to a bus stop, on street corners, in all the parks (even the non-smoking ones). Are you a Haligonian with a porch? Get a butt can, your neighbour from Away doesn’t want to see that shit. Are you a business owner that employs Haligonians? Get a butt can. My taxes aren’t paying for good roads much less cleaning up the sidewalk. Looking for a NY Resolution and can’t figure one out? If you’re a Haligonian, get a butt can. —Knows what the definition of “Littering” is.
This article appears in Dec 26, 2013 – Jan 1, 2014.
Alas my friend, were it to be so… You see despite how awesome us Haligonians are, we are also about thirty years behind the times which means we won’t see a butt can around till 2030. On top of that we don’t have the money to buy butt cans, Dexter spent all our money on a pulp and paper mill and the new world trade centre and our infrastructure is broken as hell which we gotta fix.. so we couldn’t pay for them even if we were ready! It’s a good idea though.
I suppose you could collect all the butts and put them in the plethora of potholes this city has….probably be better than the less ideal method the city uses to fix them.
Are you a griping upper Canadian writing passive aggressive bitches that seem to be specific but are really just a general panning of the place you ended up? Get a butt can! And shove it up your butt! It’s easy! 1. Buy a can 2.Apply a generous helping of high viscosity lube to said can 3. Skip step two 4. Remove head from own ass 5. Insert can
This issue is no different than putting a candy bar wrapper in my pocket to throw out later, except you need to spend a little forethought and find a portable buttcan that won’t stink up your pocket.
I always put my butts out then stick them in my back pocket. I learned that from my papa.
Hello Littering,
This is a good bitch because it comes with a realistic solution.
Most of the upscale shops, including mine, pay close attention to the street image. I don’t have a buttcan because it is pretty disgusting itself! We sweep the butts into the gutter daily, as well as shovel and generously salt. We do a lot, and spend a lot, making things nice for our customers. That is why the downtown area is so beautiful, safe, and sociable .. an experience that can’t be found online.
zodiac, if you are serious please consider not doing that. you may not notice the horrific smell of an old butt in your pocket but it’s awful. really awful. depends on whether or not you like people around you i suppose.
buddha, oh buddha. you just paint that bulls eye so bloody enticingly.
Halifax is a small town with big city ambitions, but doesn’t have the balls to tell the Luddites (insert; view from hill and heritage trust) wonks to GGB.
If they made butt cans the teen scum would just use them as projectiles to smash the bus shelters quicker than they already are.
The CBC interviewed Ghost Rider (Mayor Savage) on one of their obscure year end shows and he obviously doesn’t think we’re broke enough as he’s tossing around the Stadium idea again FFS.
“Dexter spent all our money on a pulp and paper mill” while I’m not supporting the NDP ever again, I would like to note that as a PREMIER Dexter was responsible for promoting the province, not the city of Halifax. Jobs are needed outside of this city as well. Also the NDP was responsible for landing the ship building contract here in N.S. (under a federal conservative party I might add)… so that should count for something at the end of the day, even if the contract may end up being B.S.
Also, OP, go fuck yourself with a butt can.
Watching former Finance Minister Graham Steele, now that he’s landed that cushy job as a political commentator on CBC, give his forecast as to what we can expect from the 3 parties in 2014, notably the NDP, is like listening to someone talking about themselves in the third person.
Hols – “Dexter was responsible for promoting the province” – substitute bankrupting for promoting and we have a deal.
You actually believe that piece of Dipper garbage that they’re responsible for getting the ship contract? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AND HA
Here’s one for Baz >: )
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Brotim, as the governing party of the province at the time, I don’t think that it’s unreasonable to say that the NDP had a hand in landing this alleged ship building contract. While it’s true that I voted for the NDP, I won’t ever be making that mistake again – however, I also don’t have the same level of bias against them as you do.
Zulu, Dexter was responsible for promoting the province, it’s true. That doesn’t mean that that is what happened.
Zulu, I can tell you exactly what we can expect from all three parties in the legislature this year…THE EXACT SAME FUCKING THING AS ALL PARTIES SINCE THE DAWN OF GOVERNMENT. DEBT, DEBT, IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING HABITS, PARTY PATRONAGE, AND MORE DEBT from the governing party, and a bunch of lame-ass criticisms from the other two dipshit parties that couldn’t get voted in so they can do the exact same thing.
Spasibo Ivan – I already have a case with a Union Jack on it, a collectors item if the Jockanese decide to separate and make Greece look like Dubai.
Hmmm I’ve got an idea 🙂 Just need to get creative with the butt-cans and start putting them up around town. Make them out of recycled materials. Can’t be that hard…. can-it?
Why don’t WE make fancy butt-cans out of recycled materials and start putting them up around town? Stick ads/mantras on them too. I dunno… Just a thought. Can’t be that hard… Can-it? Could be a fun project.
Your cutesy little folk art recycled butt cans would have to be firmly anchored to the ground by about 2 tons worth of concrete and rebar, lest they become projectile weapons in the hands of the “Were fuckin bored lets get high and smash some shit” brigade.
On the other hand, if we made the ciggie butt an artifact of cultural significance, then every bus stop, parking lot, building entrance could be declared a historical site.
and they’ll still throw it on the ground, right over the can… because they’re jack asses