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Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 5, 2008 12:13:37 GMT -5
So I remember reading a reminder last year on Inforoo around this time but can't remember what the thread was called or where it was, so I'm taking liberty at creating a new one as a healthy reminder!
Try to remember during the shenanigans at the Roo that the lovely farm is not the worlds biggest trash can, and cigarette butts are indeed trash, despite what some of you may think!
My advice, since obviously walking from a show to a trash can after every cig is out of the question... line one of your pockets with a ziploc bag. Very simple, and very easy to do and takes approximately 0.4 seconds once you get the hang of it... 1.8 seconds for those trying it for the first time. Simply smoke your cigs and put them out and dump them in your baggie, and upon walking past a trash can at your convenience just dump them off in the can. Works perfectly every time!
Just some math for you guys too, just because i'm bored at work and wanna help drive home my point.
-Say half the people at Roo smoke cigarettes (I find this a conservative guess...): 40,000 people -Assume 1 pack a day, per person with 20 cigs in each pack. -Assume 4 day festival
30,000 people x 1 pack/day x 20 cigs/pack x 4 days = 2,400,000 cigarette butts on the ground!
just ponder that over your next smoke... and then throw it in the trash!
lol... that figure is so far off it's ridiculous! there will certainly only be about 2,400,000 on the ground this year what with tickets sales being down... ;-)
lol... that figure is so far off it's ridiculous! there will certainly only be about 2,400,000 on the ground this year what with tickets sales being down... ;-)
don't forget to blame Metallica for those low ticket sales - if you're gonna respond and say that ticket sales are slow be sure and place the blame correctly
At the campsite, the BF uses a soda or water bottle, filled half-way with water for his butts. There isn't really anywhere terribly great for putting out the cig, so he just drops the flaming butt in, lets it sizzle and puts the cap back on. The ziploc makes a lot of sense for walking around during the day.
Post by tentseasurfer on Jun 5, 2008 12:40:06 GMT -5
I say we collect them all and sculpt a giant BUTT out of them. (so as I looked for an image of a cigarette butt on photobucket, I found this pic. The title was something to the effect of "I seriously gave this monkey the Heimlich Maneuver after it choked on a cigarette butt!")
Whenever I'm on my family's farm in TN for Thanksgiving I always just put the butt out on the bottom of my shoe and just throw it back inside my pack. Probably what I'll do at Roo. Then when I'm done with the pack I've got a box of butts that I can just throw away or put under my friend's pillow.
"...when it comes to that fantastic note where the rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to throw that f**kin radio into the tub with me." -Dr. Gonzo, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
I have the perfect solution. I have a dog who I rescued from the pound - she was a stray. She loves to eat cigarette butts! It is ridiculous - we have to keep her under close supervision around anyone who smokes. I could just let her loose on the farm!
either a ziplock bag or an empty plastic bottle work well. I like a bottle because you can leave a bit of water in there to put out the butt. Plus I can put it in the bottle holder on my backpack and not worry about getting a pocket full of ash.
Quit 2 years ago but smaoked for 20+ and I always just stiubbed it out or ripped off the end tobacco part (biodegradable) and pocketed the filter. Not a big deal to do it and I agree with Kristen it pisses me off to see people littering anywhere and yes throwing your butts out your car window while driving is littering..hate when I see that.
I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right---P.T. Barnum "As I was walking up the stairs I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish to God he'd go away."
How do ya'll feel about field stripping your smokes? That's when you break off the filter, put it in your pocket, and crunch the little tobacco that's left into the dirt whence it came from
This reminds me. I personally take responsibility fo roo not burning down last year. Someone through a butt on the dried grass and it started on fire and I put it out. You all can thank me later.
I have the perfect solution. I have a dog who I rescued from the pound - she was a stray. She loves to eat cigarette butts! It is ridiculous - we have to keep her under close supervision around anyone who smokes. I could just let her loose on the farm!
My dog loves cigarette butts. There are none in the house any more, but when I smoked my ex girlfriend and I would have sex and when we were finished we would find the ash trays all dumped on the floor and him under the table with a pile of butts. I guess he knew we were distracted.
This reminds me. I personally take responsibility fo roo not burning down last year. Someone through a butt on the dried grass and it started on fire and I put it out. You all can thank me later.
We did this in line at the comedy tent last year! (Actually, it didn't catch fire before we got to it, but it was still lit and could have!)
And yeah, this thread is a good thing to keep in mind in general. I think the people upstairs from us must sit out on their balcony and smoke all night sometimes, just throwing their butts out on to the sidewalk every time. Sometimes I will get up in the morning and there will be thirty cigarette butts on the sidewalk. Luckily, my dogs have figured out that they don't like cigarette butts, but they used to try to eat them all the time.
This reminds me. I personally take responsibility fo roo not burning down last year. Someone through a butt on the dried grass and it started on fire and I put it out. You all can thank me later.
holy shit were you in star wars camp? i ran past a small fire happening and people freaking out one night but i had to poop so i kept running past it, when i came back it was extinguished...
Post by Lawn Gnome on May 25, 2009 10:32:55 GMT -5
I usually wear pants w/ cargo pockets on the Farm. I've never had a problem pocketing the buttz sans ziploc. I'll try that this year though. But yeah, even as a smoker who is certainly guilty of tossing my buttz on the ground sometimes, I always try not to at Roo.
Post by strumntheguitar on May 25, 2009 12:22:23 GMT -5
I saw this thread title and thought to myself "gee... that kind of sounds familiar... Didn't I make something like this once?" Ha!
Thanks for the bump. Definitely plenty of good ideas in this thread on keeping the butts off the ground. It's pretty weird thinking how a year ago when I made this thread I was a chain smoking machine and now I don't really smoke at all except for the occasional bummed smoke after a few drinks or at shows. It would be nice to go Roo without a cig, but I'm not too convinced that'll happen.
Simply smoke your cigs and put them out and dump them in your baggie, and upon walking past a trash can at your convenience just dump them off in the can. Works perfectly every time!
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