Victoria Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 B-bbut, fag ends litter the streets much more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 "envyrobubble's secret is the biodegradable bag that stores more than 1,000 pieces of gum inside the unit. Once filled, the bags can be easily replaced then sent off for recycling into fertilizer." Are you kidding me?!? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I wonder how long it takes to collect enough chewing gum for a pound of fertilizer, and how much energy it takes to move around all those tiny bags of used gum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Are you kidding me?!? :lol: Wait, wait this is good! Found this via the NYC article on their site. There's an artist named Ben Wilson, who finds gum on the floor and turns it into art. He doesn't pick it up. He leaves it there and decorates. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avitt Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Brilliant You'll rarely find such a failsafe business plan. I wonder if they need venture capital...I'm in!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Brilliant You'll rarely find such a failsafe business plan. I wonder if they need venture capital...I'm in!!! Wasn't it Jfreeman who was a venture capitalist? Bling and gum. Could happen! EDIT: Oops, Andrew! That should be butts. Err... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 teeheee she said fag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Global Warming! Did they realize by removing the light-colored bits of gum from the sidewalk, they are reducing the amount of reflected heat energy back into space? The dark roads are absorbing more heat than they would otherwise, and THAT is where global warming is originating! Alert congress! The media!! I wonder if I can get a study grant from the govt to look into this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 B-bbut, fag ends litter the streets much more! That is the english showing through, you should have seen the looks i got in New york and asked where i could get a pack of fags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 That is the english showing through, you should have seen the looks i got in New york and asked where i could get a pack of fags! And was the answer "Near Washington Sq"? Yeah, sorry about that guys. I am USUALLY very good about using North Americanisms alongside. I brainfarted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 That is the english showing through, you should have seen the looks i got in New york and asked where i could get a pack of fags! They come in packs now? Wait... let me rephrase that........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 tee hee hee , he said fags come in packs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 In the places i was in NY they would need to be in a packs to survive, lets just say i was in a little bar in brooklin and you dont get out if you were not invited in! When you walk out the locals nod there heads and look away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 And was the answer "Near Washington Sq"? Yeah, sorry about that guys. I am USUALLY very good about using North Americanisms alongside. I brainfarted. Well, at least you called them fag ends and not fag butts. Now that would really have drawn snickers from an immature American like me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Well, at least you called them fag ends and not fag butts. Now that would really have drawn snickers from an immature American like me!! Wellllll. Actually, MJ, at my university American Rhodes' scholars sometimes put on an "English" accent, which they would inevitably have at end of first term. No one would criticise them openly, but you know, it was a little ridiculous. I remember one gathering when one such guy (a virulent non-smoker) in a very loud voice, yelled across the room -- "Hey, whose fag butts are these?!!". Reply, "Yours ducky" in a very mincey tone. Guess you had to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 One more. ...guessing Ben & Jerry won't be coming out with this flavour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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