Brickbat: Gee Whiz

In England, the Dacorum borough council has issued fines for littering to at least two men who pulled off the road in a rural area to urinate. "The council has sought legal advice on the use of littering fixed penalty notices for urination and is satisfied that urination would be covered by the relevant legislation," the council said in a statement. The Telegraph reports that at least three other councils treat public urination as littering.

Comments

[AT]

I'm pretty sure this one of those things that "Try That In A Small Town" is about.

[BladeDoc]

That's at least a million times better than registering them as sex offenders which is what occasionally happens in the US.

[AT]

Please, tell me the merits of dropping your trousers to whizz on the sidewalk in a civilized society.

You realize that this is why Frisco is Frisco, right? Why their so-called "world class city" is a literal shit joke?

[Stuck in California]

Story says it is in a rural area.

I've pissed outdoors plenty in rural areas over the years. Though, beside the road is kind of dodgy...but definitely not the same as SF.

[AT]

I know it's a rural area. That's why I cited, "Try that in a small town."

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Still not necessarily "in a town". You get the definition of rural is that many acres have no buildings or sidewalks, right?

And I am pretty sure the ethics of those small town vigilantes allow for pissing on a fence post by the side of the road.

[Idaho-Bob]

Plenty of old men with prostate issues that need to piss RIGHT NOW. Just be a bit discreet (no dick wagging facing the road) and I fail to see the problem.

[sarcasmic]

Please, tell me the merits of dropping your trousers to whizz on the sidewalk in a civilized society.

Not soaking your pants? C'mon. When Mother Nature calls, don't make her scream.

[SQRLSY One]

The raccoons, possums, deer, rabbits, etc., in my neighborhood "litter" ALL the frickin' time!!! BUST 'em!!!!

[AT]

They can't help themselves. Can humans?

[SQRLSY One]

The raccoons, possums, deer, rabbits, etc., should be forced to wear diapers!!! The filthy slobs!!!

[AT]

Actually, I think you're on to something Sqrl.

Let's round these folks up and, like a sex offender registry, create a diapered adults registry. Photographed, fingerprinted, and put in a diaper. Let them walk about their urban hellscapes in nappies as a public showing that these aren't functional adults in a civilized society - they're basically babies.

Y'know, so we know who to socially ostracize.

[sarcasmic]

Round here it's illegal to feed the ducks and geese because they cover sidewalks in poop. Geese turds are surprisingly big.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Hey, pick that up!"

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Like many other places, my progressive small town makes owners bag and pick up their dog's poop. Maybe SFC needs to assign owners to all the human sidewalk poopers there, and put out bag dispensers.

[John F. Carr]

Hikers in the United States are often asked to "leave no trace", and certainly not to litter. I saw a sign on an outhouse in the woods in Franconia Notch: "pee in the woods". Somebody – either New Hampshire parks people of the U.S. Forest Service – does not consider human urine to be litter.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Actually, the restrictions (and ethics) in many outdoor places now requires bagging and bringing home all excretions. Not that everyone complies.

[jimc5499]

In the mid 90's there was a rumor that gay men were meeting in the restrooms of a State Park to have sex. The State Police did a stakeout but didn't catch anybody. So the Park closed the restrooms. Then the rumor changed to gay men were meeting on the Park's trails to have sex. Well a "Task Force" was formed to patrol the trails. Nobody was found having sex, but numerous citations were issued for people answering the call of nature in the woods. When they were asked why, the response was "you closed the freaking restrooms". Later to justify funding for a "sex offender registry" that was going nowhere all of the people cited in the Park were added to the "registry".

[sarcasmic]

I heard that was the excuse used to close all the rest areas on state roads.

[mad.casual]

Nobody was found having sex, but numerous citations were issued for people answering the call of nature in the woods. When they were asked why, the response was “you closed the freaking restrooms”. Later to justify funding for a “sex offender registry” that was going nowhere all of the people cited in the Park were added to the “registry”.

Also, everyone who was in prison in the State was polled and found to be innocent of any wrongdoing except getting caught and if it weren't for the shenanigans of the State Police in *one* State Park, the entire State wouldn't have had any sex offenders to put on the registry or any money going through the DA's office for the DA to just create and maintain a registry as they saw fit.

This retardedly stupid story doesn't get any less retardedly stupid upon repetition. You should really find out the truth or, better yet, just quit telling it.

[SRG2]

"But it's biodegradable!"

In the days of the old Wembley stadium, after a match, on the walk back to the Underground, there was a long stretch of wall that became a traditional open-air urinal. Nobody cared, least of all the police. From a crowd management perspective, better that than forcing literally thousands of people to wait in line at more "official" locations

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Have these people ever been to France?

[Dillinger]

hold up Who's Next as supporting evidence the act is supported by the public.

[Isaac Bartram]

An English guy once told me that in England, it is legal for a carter, ie a man who drives a horse pulling a cart, to stop and relieve himself by the roadside as long as he keeps hold of the reins while he does so.

The Dacorum borough council seems to be exploiting the fact that no one actually relies on horse drawn transport.

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