About 10 years ago, there was a park in Washington in which a bear had raided a campsite, and tore into the beer.His favorite brand was Rainier beer, and like any good camper, he passed out after drinking 36 cans.-He was moved but came back, and again hit the brew. They knew to lure him with Rainier beer, so he was caught again and moved too far from the campsite to return (I don’t know where, maybe Oregon).-I can just imagine that when he woke up, he was like a lot of guys who passed out: ‘where am I? how’d I get here? Hey, Boo Boo, that must have been some party…’
i hate when that happens! drove to the end of the road – literally – hiked a couple days into the ‘wilderness’ in a direction that was not easy, supposedly going into the ‘heart’ of the wilderness and miles from any habitat according to the map, only to find a rusted tin can – remember them? – along the stream. there went my illusion of going where no man had gone before.
I remember going on a girl scout canoe trip in the Adirondacks in 1976. On one particular day, a boy scout troop passed us by. We spent the next part of the day fishing their soda cans out of the water (we could see them tossing the cans). We were so grateful to see them met by their trucks at the next portage station as they had only come to the lake for a day.
When I was stationed in Singapore, I learned they banned the sale of gum. The reason for doing so was twofold: the first was a time when the trains were held up for hours on account of someone sticking a wad of gum on the doors and stopping everything (subway doors in Singapore are super-sensitive; if anything touches them they will stay open when the train is at the station). The second was a cost of millions of dollars a year in street cleaning to get rid of all those unsightly black spots on the street. I do not advocate a ban of chewing gum in the US, but would not protest it either if it were to happen. Our streets are disgusting, and the worst offenders are lazy slobs who chew gum and can’t walk a few hundred feet to the trash can.
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
“Old Vienna” must be Canadian. (Litter bug, litter bug, shame on you.)
JanLC almost 9 years ago
Aren’t human beings wonderful…..
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 9 years ago
We’ve already left a bunch of litter on the moon.
starfighter441 almost 9 years ago
Old Vienna or OV as it was better known, rotten beer.
ron47 almost 9 years ago
And there is litter on Mars.
rshive almost 9 years ago
A moose with bad taste.
Can't Sleep almost 9 years ago
About 10 years ago, there was a park in Washington in which a bear had raided a campsite, and tore into the beer.His favorite brand was Rainier beer, and like any good camper, he passed out after drinking 36 cans.-He was moved but came back, and again hit the brew. They knew to lure him with Rainier beer, so he was caught again and moved too far from the campsite to return (I don’t know where, maybe Oregon).-I can just imagine that when he woke up, he was like a lot of guys who passed out: ‘where am I? how’d I get here? Hey, Boo Boo, that must have been some party…’
Saddenedby Premium Member almost 9 years ago
i hate when that happens! drove to the end of the road – literally – hiked a couple days into the ‘wilderness’ in a direction that was not easy, supposedly going into the ‘heart’ of the wilderness and miles from any habitat according to the map, only to find a rusted tin can – remember them? – along the stream. there went my illusion of going where no man had gone before.
Albertaguy almost 9 years ago
I liked that beer, but it is no longer on the market.
Mstreselena almost 9 years ago
Yo Jerk, why not pluck the garbage out of the lake rather than watch it? People rather complain than do anything about it.
OldestandWisest almost 9 years ago
The great nature painter Robert Bateman put a discarded beer can in his painting “Coyote in Winter Sage” to make it more realistic. (Sigh.)
IQTech61 almost 9 years ago
I remember going on a girl scout canoe trip in the Adirondacks in 1976. On one particular day, a boy scout troop passed us by. We spent the next part of the day fishing their soda cans out of the water (we could see them tossing the cans). We were so grateful to see them met by their trucks at the next portage station as they had only come to the lake for a day.
Burgundy2 almost 9 years ago
Now I am totally aging myself. I remember “Old Vienna, that happy, lazy lager beer!”
USN1977 almost 9 years ago
When I was stationed in Singapore, I learned they banned the sale of gum. The reason for doing so was twofold: the first was a time when the trains were held up for hours on account of someone sticking a wad of gum on the doors and stopping everything (subway doors in Singapore are super-sensitive; if anything touches them they will stay open when the train is at the station). The second was a cost of millions of dollars a year in street cleaning to get rid of all those unsightly black spots on the street. I do not advocate a ban of chewing gum in the US, but would not protest it either if it were to happen. Our streets are disgusting, and the worst offenders are lazy slobs who chew gum and can’t walk a few hundred feet to the trash can.