Please keep your butts in..!

positron · 17-02-2012 11:10AM #1

Just want to say I hate hate hate butt flickers - those who most carelessly flicks the cigarette butts out the window. I hated it when I was driving cars all the time, and I hate it even more so because I am on a motorbike.

If you one of those who enjoys smoking while driving, please be considerate to others leave the butt in your car's ashtray. If you keep flicking, I don't know, I may pick up the habit and start flicking random things like stones, spanners and what not..!

/rant over

keithclancy · 17-02-2012 11:20AM

Thats the least of your worries,

I was driving the Mallow - Cork road and some guy started throwing phone books out the Window.

dgt · 17-02-2012 11:23AM

I have been at the other end of butt flickers, bouncing off my screen. I wasn't very impressed to say the least! :mad:

Could be worse, I saw a van driving at night in the bog letting tyres out the side door as it was driving along being one example :eek:

Fiona · 17-02-2012 11:50AM

I will be totally honest, going to hold my hands up I am guilty of this offence.

I don't do it however when there is a person on two wheels behind me. I know that doesn't make it any better but I can understand how it would be more dangerous to do it with a motorcyclist behind me rather than a car.

I will probably be more wary of doing it now in case a boards member spots me doing it and makes a show of me

smash · 17-02-2012 11:53AM

positron wrote: »

I may pick up the habit and start flicking random things like stones, spanners and what not..!

Because that's the same as flicking a cigarette butt....

Gophur · 17-02-2012 11:56AM

Don't any of you know that cigarette butts just disappear when they hit the ground? They dissolve?
Smokers may be accused of damaging their own health but they never, ever, litter.

SerialComplaint · 17-02-2012 12:00PM

If the car in front of my brother dropped a butt at a traffic light, he used to hop out, pick up the butt, throw it back into the driver's lap and drive off.

smash · 17-02-2012 01:23PM

SerialComplaint wrote: »

If the car in front of my brother dropped a butt at a traffic light, he used to hop out, pick up the butt, throw it back into the driver's lap and drive off.

Nice. When's his court case for assault and damage of private property. Also, how could he drive off if it was the person in front of him and they're stopped? :rolleyes:

dar83 · 17-02-2012 01:30PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

I will be totally honest, going to hold my hands up I am guilty of this offence.

I don't do it however when there is a person on two wheels behind me. I know that doesn't make it any better but I can understand how it would be more dangerous to do it with a motorcyclist behind me rather than a car.

I will probably be more wary of doing it now in case a boards member spots me doing it and makes a show of me

Ewwww, a smoker.

:P

pajo1981 · 17-02-2012 01:41PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

I will be totally honest, going to hold my hands up I am guilty of this offence.

I don't do it however when there is a person on two wheels behind me. I know that doesn't make it any better but I can understand how it would be more dangerous to do it with a motorcyclist behind me rather than a car.

I will probably be more wary of doing it now in case a boards member spots me doing it and makes a show of me

Wouldn't want to spoil your nice car with buts, eh?

Sure just toss em out on to the road, the place is a kip anyway.

Veloce · 17-02-2012 02:28PM

smash wrote: »

Also, how could he drive off if it was the person in front of him and they're stopped? :rolleyes:

I'd say his car had a steering wheel that enabled him drive around the car in front- I'm no expert though.

Anan1 · 17-02-2012 02:34PM

Smoking is funny, it changes how people see things. I'd never have thrown a sweet wrapper out of a car window, but I used to drop butts when I smoked.

piston · 17-02-2012 02:36PM

Perhaps the council could use the butts to fill all the potholes.

Fiona · 17-02-2012 02:37PM

dar83 wrote: »

Ewwww, a smoker.

:P

I know was off them for years and stupidly went back on them.

pajo1981 wrote: »

Wouldn't want to spoil your nice car with buts, eh?

Sure just toss em out on to the road, the place is a kip anyway.

No quite the opposite my car does not have an ashtray up front as there are engine gauges in its place. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.

muckwarrior · 17-02-2012 02:43PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

No quite the opposite my car does not have an ashtray up front as there are engine gauges in its place. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.

I assume it doesn't have a jacks either but that doesn't give you the right to get out and take a shit in the middle of the road.

Fiona · 17-02-2012 02:47PM

muckwarrior wrote: »

I assume it doesn't have a jacks either but that doesn't give you the right to get out and take a shit in the middle of the road.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I assume your not perfect. We all have our faults and this is one of mine so ya can say what you like! People do worse things on the road like drink drive and talk and text!

seamus · 17-02-2012 02:52PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

No quite the opposite my car does not have an ashtray up front as there are engine gauges in its place. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.

Excuses, excuses.

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_154420_langId_-1_categoryId_212595

pajo1981 · 17-02-2012 02:56PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I assume your not perfect. We all have our faults and this is one of mine so ya can say what you like! People do worse things on the road like drink drive and talk and text!

So, because people drink drive, etc..., throwing crap out your car window is OK?

Lets bet clear here:

People who throw crap out their car windows are assholes/morons, no butts!

Fiona · 17-02-2012 02:56PM

seamus wrote: »

Excuses, excuses.

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_154420_langId_-1_categoryId_212595

Its a 21 year old car mate. There is no cup holder in it but thats a pretty handy invention all the same!

Fiona · 17-02-2012 02:59PM

pajo1981 wrote: »

So, because people drink drive, etc..., throwing crap out your car window is OK?

Lets bet clear here:

People who throw crap out their car windows are assholes/morons, no butts!

Mate tell me where i said it was ok? I didnt. I said people do worse things. I would viewing texting while driving as a worse offence than chucking a fag but out the window. Its still wrong. I know that. Attack me all you want to make yourself feel better!

Jimmy Bottlehead · 17-02-2012 03:00PM

smash wrote: »

Nice. When's his court case for assault and damage of private property. Also, how could he drive off if it was the person in front of him and they're stopped? :rolleyes:

Probably the same time that the smoker would be getting charged for littering.

SerialComplaint · 17-02-2012 03:01PM

smash wrote: »

Nice. When's his court case for assault and damage of private property.

What 'damage' are you referring to here? I guess that the prospect of being charged for littering might have deterred anyone from trying to charge him, but I'm not too sure. He certainly never got reported to the Gardai for it. I think he's given it up now as he's got older. Maybe I should take up the gauntlet?

mrs crilly wrote: »

No quite the opposite my car does not have an ashtray up front as there are engine gauges in its place. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.

Pissy excuse for anti-social behaviour. Each butt that you drop takes 12-15 years to degrade. Splash out on one of these and do yourself and all of us a favour.

SerialComplaint · 17-02-2012 03:04PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

Its a 21 year old car mate. There is no cup holder in it but thats a pretty handy invention all the same!

Really pissy excuses - Try this one. PM me your address and I'll pay for it.

mrs crilly wrote: »

Attack me all you want to make yourself feel better!

The purpose of the attack is not to make the attackers feel better. It is the make the attackee (you) understand the anti-social nature of your behaviour. Then you will change your behaviour.

L-M · 17-02-2012 03:10PM

mrs crilly you will slowly learn never admit that you do something wrong on boards. Every single high horse arsehole will come out and make you feel teeny tiny, because they're all perfect!

dilallio · 17-02-2012 03:12PM

I was following a taxi in Galway one night and they pulled up without indicating.

I indicated and started to carefully manouver around the taxi when the back window opened and some young wan projectile-vomited out of the window all over my bonnet and windscreen. :mad:

dudara · 17-02-2012 03:13PM

I once had a 4x4 driver in front of me empty his ashtray - hitting my windscreen at 120 km/hr on the M1. Not a pleasant experience.

To me it's simple - a cigarette butt is rubbish. Keep it in your car until you can throw it away cleanly. In return I'll keep all my rubbish in my car.

dar83 · 17-02-2012 03:13PM

Limerick man wrote: »

mrs crilly you will slowly learn never admit that you do something wrong on boards. Every single high horse arsehole will come out and make you feel teeny tiny, because they're all perfect!

Who are YOU to call me perfect?!?! :mad:

pajo1981 · 17-02-2012 03:15PM

Limerick man wrote: »

Every single high horse arsehole will come out and...

That's priceless, the people giving out about butts being tossed out of cars are the assholes :rolleyes:

Fiona · 17-02-2012 03:16PM

Limerick man wrote: »

mrs crilly you will slowly learn never admit that you do something wrong on boards. Every single high horse arsehole will come out and make you feel teeny tiny, because they're all perfect!

It's ok Limerick man, I have a set of balls and I have no problem admitting when I am wrong, if more people could do it then the world would could possible be a nicer place!

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Really pissy excuses - Try this one. PM me your address and I'll pay for it.

The purpose of the attack is not to make the attackers feel better. It is the make the attackee (you) understand the anti-social nature of your behaviour. Then you will change your behaviour.

Now that I know there is such an invention that can help save me from this dreadful anti social behaviour.....

(I know what ASB is like I was forced to move home because of it, I would not class this as the same thing but how and ever!)

......and not being one to pass up the chance of a freebie serialcomplaint pm is on it's way with my address

positron · 17-02-2012 03:18PM

Okay, lets' just assmue most fag sucking butt flingers are ordinary decent people who are otherwise preoccupied to notice that they are most definitely littering and possibly putting someone else life in danger (imagine you are riding a motorcycle behind and the butt landing inside your helmet, or down the jacket, or sticking to any of the expensive gear and burning into your skin..! It could very easily cause the biker to crash!), what should be a reasonable standard response to warn the fag flicker of the crime he just committed?

I would love to use a paint ball gun on their car but at more realistic levels, I am definitely going to beep at them, but the bike has a crappy little horn, so may be flash the high-beam at them as well perhaps?

L-M · 17-02-2012 03:19PM

pajo1981 wrote: »

That's priceless, the people giving out about butts being tossed out of cars are the assholes :rolleyes:

We all do things wrong, it's just everyone here makes themselves out to be Peter Perfects and mouthing off at someone who has the guts to stand up and admit it.

That's like an Alcoholic going to a meeting and everyone pointing and geering at them, calling them a disgrace etc. rather than helping the matter.

Please keep your butts in..!

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