Crappity, crap, crap
The crap that piles up in front of some places in the fortnight leading up to a council clean-up is amazing. So much stuff, most of which looks like it was never any use to anyone, except to have always been "Shit that I must throw out next council clean-up."
The boxes of not-so-crap pre-loved toys I dumped today, were gone within minutes. I went to get my camera to take a pic of my crap (as you do), returned, and it wasn't there anymore. I guess it's gone to make some bucks for those scavenger-types that loiter with their over-laden utes, chock-full of other peoples shit.
I have friends who are not averse to perusing the shit-heaps, looking mainly for children's toys, or the odd ("OK it's magenta and it's missing a leg... but I like it") occasional-table. I reckon a good deal of the crap in front of people's houses has been crap in front of someone else's house, it's been here before crap.
The boxes of not-so-crap pre-loved toys I dumped today, were gone within minutes. I went to get my camera to take a pic of my crap (as you do), returned, and it wasn't there anymore. I guess it's gone to make some bucks for those scavenger-types that loiter with their over-laden utes, chock-full of other peoples shit.
I have friends who are not averse to perusing the shit-heaps, looking mainly for children's toys, or the odd ("OK it's magenta and it's missing a leg... but I like it") occasional-table. I reckon a good deal of the crap in front of people's houses has been crap in front of someone else's house, it's been here before crap.
posted by Callisto at
2/27/2007 10:15:00 PM
8 Comments:
i had never had the experience of observing dumpster divers until i moved to wisconsin, but now it's evident that we're not unique..
Dumpster divers - that's a good turn of phrase.
Oi... back off you lot - I happen to like recycling the odd 'crap' item or three.
But DEFINITELY the amount of stuff in some peoples places, is a result of too MUCH recycling in my opinion... how many times can you keep someone else rubbish alive and circulating for crikeys sake?!
lol
;-)
Yep, this is recycling gone absolutely NUTS!
So, have you found anything good lately B?
Actually - it's where I found the XO...
OWWWWW!
Well, aren't parties simply a human form of these heaps at times??? ;-)
Yeah - I try to be good and only get something I can actually use - or the XO throws it out. So it's got to be useful in my garden - or it has to help something I'm working on.
Got a great gas stove once - from a house that had been demolished - just in time - ours had gone on the blink. Cleaned it and fixed it up... it's given us many years of faithful service.
But yeah - most if it IS crap!
;-)
Well, if you find something that useful, how could you say no? I guess the good stuff disappears so quickly around here due to the many "professionals" on the job.
what is the deal with 'occassional tables' never was there such a useless piece of furniture. my mother is constantly trying to palm some of her 9000 off on me and i am not having any of it.
Ha, my mother is exactly the same. With her it's occasional tables and sandwich makers, wacky woman!
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