Hey, all you a-holes who can’t be bothered putting our your disgusting ciggies in your friggen car ashtrays, what the hell is the matter with you…throwing a lit cigarette out your car window? Twice in the last year I’ve had a lit cigarette fly into my open car window from some douchebag who can’t be bothered to use his/her ashtray. They’d rather just chuck it out and speed off. And to do it now…in the middle of July, when the forest fire index, and the “fire of anykind” index is off the charts? What is the matter with you? There’s a civilization out there people! The planet wasn’t made to serve as your landfill. We can’t all go around and fireproof ourselves just because your’re a lazy bastard/bitch. Have just a little concern about other people for once. It’s not like we’re asking you to do the New York Times crossword in pen for cripes sake! —Make Ash Not War
This article appears in Jul 19-25, 2012.
Supposedly spitting at them works…>; )
Yeah, unless you’re flicking your butts at a cyclist on the sidewalk, it is a filthy, stupid habit.
can you show us any statistics to support this? i don’t think you or anyone else can. most forest fires are started either by careless campers, kids looking for kicks, or by the reflection of sun thru a piece os discarded glass.
i have yet to see or hear proof that fires start by dropping a butt out your window at 50-80 klms an hour, and staying intact and hot enough to cause a flash fire.
i don’t think new cars have ashtrays, with the ground as dry as it is, it only takes a small spark to ignite something
I believe most forest fires are started by lightning
(I may be wrong)but, in this case, Mother Nature doesn’t need any more help from us.
I guess we’ve all forgotten a very important lesson learned from Mr. Candy and Mr. Martin:
http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads…
I know on some newer cars the ashtray is optional, but that’s still no excuse.
it’s no excuse, i was just making an observation. people apparently chuck cats outta their car windows too, so they probably don’t give a shit about lit smokes and trash
Apparently Tim Hortons cups make swell ashtrays.
I used to have one of these on my car: (a bumper sticker that reads “The World Is Not Your Ashtray!”)
http://www.cafepress.com/smokefreegear.128…
…and I agree about the missing ashtray. When I smoked and didn’t have one, I went to Canadian Tire and got one of those old school bean bag ones like my grandpa used to have in his Rambler.
If a person driving or stopped near me throws their butt out, I yell out the window “Hey!” “You dropped something!” “Asshole!”
It’s stupid fucking rednecks like you LS/GP, and your piss poor attitudes that are responsible for most of the forest fires. Dumb motherfucker!!! Why don’t you stay in the States where you belong, I bet there’s lots of toothless redneck bitches that will fuck you for a few smokes, to keep you busy for a while.
what the fuck is your problem harper, you asshole. can you show us some data to support about fires being started by tossed butts. the speed, plus the fact that you are moving, blows the thing to tiny pieces, then those pieces go out. very fast most times, about 5 seconds or less. try it sometime. and as to me staying here, yeah, i would love it. but you would still see me here rankling your slimey little stinky ass all the time.
but you are right about one thing tho,i am toothless., but that is none of your business. you are just a little boil on the ass of the website that we are currently on. like cartman says,” suck my balls”.
I think harpers problem is very similar to my problem with your obvious and complete lack of knowledge on how easy a forrest fire can be started by your own filthy habit! You are in complete denial that your lit butts going out the window are just as likey to cause a forrest fire as any of the garbage, kids and careless campers that you seem to point the blame at.
Oh, and i didnt acctually look up any statistics, its just common sense.
I wonder what the stats are on smoking causing tooth loss, yellowing of facial hair and incredible body stink…. Hmmm… What are your thoughts, george peters?
well, until someone can show us all their fire data records of why they start, i stand by what i say. i’m not ignorant to the fact that fires start, but you have to have a source of it. and the source o.p. stated, doesn’t sound accuarte.
maybe 1 in 1,000 start that way, under very ideals conditions, but the majority of them are either of the other ways i mentioned. being a redneck or whatever, has nothing to do with it.
i would love to have some of you fools out in the woods for 1 week. no food, shelter, or other comforts of life. just you and nature. i bet over 75 per cent would never make it past the first couple days. what would you all do if we had no power, or if say we had some type of disaster, man made or natural? can you see thru your tears enough to survive a few days?
i have survived some rough times in the woods, away from all human kind, and i managed to actually gain 5 pounds, in about a week. i have taken courses of survivalism, and have the general smarts to last out anything that can be thrown at me.
mantracker would be very hard pressed to even get a hint of me in the bush. i have learned from some of the very best. i refer to the people of the first nations in eskisoni, where i spent time years ago with a friend of mine and his family. he was a traditionalist. lived by the old ways, and loved it, and was the more happier for it.
so don’t give me shit about something that is fucking near impossible to do.even if stopped, dropping a butt into dry grass only smoulders for a bit, then usually goes out. very seldom does it cause grass to ignite.check out the net people, find out for yourselves.
Hey Sucks, ya dumb shit: read this quote:
“According to the American Burn Association, about 900 people in the United States die each year in fires started by cigarettes, and about 2,500 are injured. About 100 of the fire deaths each year are children and nonsmokers. Nationally, annual human and property costs of fires caused by careless smoking total about $6 billion. In 1997, there were more than 130,000 cigarette related fires.”
Read more here: http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/cigbuttimp…
Couldn’t even do a basic google search, could ya?
I knew you weren’t making excuses, PG. ^_^ And what Mel says about Tim’s cups is true. My dad uses his empty Tim’s cups for ashtrays all the time.
http://www.recreation.gov/marketing.do?got…
http://electronic-cigarette-facts.com/2012…
http://membernet.capp.ca/raw.asp?x=1&dt=NT…
Wp
“i have taken courses of survivalism, and have the general smarts to last out anything that can be thrown at me.”
well that was a phenomenal waste of time…
it’s very widely known that the good die young and the real assholes live forever regardless.
“If you are going to smoke and it is permitted outdoors, safe practices require at least a 3-foot clearing around the smoker. Grind out your cigarette, cigar, or pipe tobacco in the dirt. Never grind it on a stump or log. Never throw it away into the brush or leaves. It is unsafe to smoke while walking or riding a horse or trail bike because you never know where the ash will land. Use your ashtray while in your car.”
http://www.smokeybear.com
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/120361-…
I heard about that Paingirl, so maddening! I also heard there was a dog inside but the neighbor got him out <3
As somebody who does the NYT crossword in pen, I must agree wholeheartedly. Keep your friggin butts to yourself. I hate to see that on the highways or anywhere.
i do all my crosswords in pen, it’s like sudoku, you better be sure of your answers
Mel, Smokey left out one bit about riding and smoking. Hair can burn rather well. A horse mane on fire? Not good for the horse nor the rider. 😛
just that easy
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/120361-…
http://www.teeswater.ca/tswwp1/wp-content/…
Soooooooo… I challenge you to hit the wilderness for this 1 week survival adventure. Don’t forget to leave the smokes at home though, only wild tobacco for true survivalist. I bet you’re home by noon, smoking 4 at once. Lol, survivalist, LOLOLOL, what a toolbox!!!
PS; I was pointing out your “attitude”, of not taking all precautions to prevent wildfires by promoting and defending careless behavior against sound advice from fire officials. Noooooo, dumbass redneck Gerorge Peters knows better, and thinks it’s a better idea to encourage other people to adopt your dumbassery, using your super educated (not to mention, scientifically proven) wind blows cigarettes out theory. Well then, professor Peters has spoken on the matter.
PSS; I’m an admitted ashole, and I plain don’t like you or your attitude. I will also be continuing my ridicule of your redneckery, because it makes me smile inside, a big, white, toothy smile.
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maybe 1 in 1,000 start that way under ideals conditions
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No written test for Survivalism, in say, *grammar*, is there, Wile E Coyote?
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i would love to have some of you fools out in the woods for 1 week
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So another toothless hillbilly can re-enact his favourite scene from Deliverance?
I would rather go and *chew my food*.
So.
Do you *chew* gum, or gumgum?
Has Georgie even refuted the evidence posted about throwing butts out of the car?
Wp
http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Only+you.…
A lot of links (like your’s Ms Peel) send me here, any ideas what’s up?
http://www.funnyjunk.com/
BTW – the way some of the bitchers are being so snarky make me think it’s time for another summit. It’s summer, we can take over a deck somewhere.
I’ve been noticing that too, Hugo – with some of Painey and zZz’s links. I’m an old Luddite so I figure it’s just cyber-gremlins. Roger that on a deck summit – Someplace near the harbor would be nice.