Posted by J.J. O'Shea on 11/16/45 11:50

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:09:55 -0400, Roger Merriman wrote
(in article <1hgy56k.7jghpe1n3b5azN%NEWS@wodger.demon.co.uk>):

> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>
>> Ian Gregory wrote:
>>> On 2006-06-13, NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My MP3-CD player uses a single AA battery. I have a dozen. And if I get
>>>> careless and let a battery die without having another in my pocket to
>>>> replace it, I can go into the nearest convenience store and pick up
>>>> another *pair*.
>>>
>>> Doesn't work for me since I refuse to use disposable batteries on
>>> environmental grounds.
>>>
>>> Ian
>>
>> You should move to a city that has a hazardous waste disposal program
>> instead, on environmental grounds.

Jesus Christ. This nutbag says that rather than use an iPod which uses a
built-in rechargeable battery pack you should use a WMA thingie which uses
disposable batteries _and then *move* to a place where you can pay extra to
have someone haul the dead batteries away_?! It's more reasonable to pack up
and _move_ than to buy an iPod? Damn, but he's smoking some good stuff. I
take it that he's not aware that there are entire _countries_ where there are
no such hazardous waste programs available to John Public. Let's see now...

Scene: Consular Department, United States Embassy, Ex Soviet Republic Of Your
Choice. (Or pick any of several score other countries...) Green Card
interview. (Green Card = Permenant Resident Card = US Dept of Homeland
Security /Immigration and Customs Enforcement I-551 Visa; they're currently
actually creamy white, but the name has stuck) (Canadians: substitute your
equivalent here, I'm too lazy to look it up.)

Consular Officer: And why do you want to move to the United States?

Would-be Migrant: So that I can properly dispose of the batteries in my MP3
player.

Consular Officer: Security! Escort this dipshit out of the building. [stamps
papers 'Do not admit for reason of mental disease or defect'.]

End scene...

Of course, m'man could be one of those people who think that the world ends
at the US (or Canadian) border.

Scene: Home of John & Mary Canuck, Way Too Far North, Ontario. (I've been in
Ontario in December. There's a reason why I live in Florida... and why I see
so many Ontario and Quebec license plates around here during November to
May...)

John: Mary, we're moving to Vancouver.

Mary [thinks about relative house prices]: Why?

John: We've got too many disposable batteries to get rid of.

Mary [backing slowly away]: Yes, John. [gets out phone book.] Hello, Mental
Health Services? Send someone to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. Quickly. My husband's
gone completely insane.

>
> the idea that solves the problem is shall we say rather quaint...

If by 'rather quaint' you mean 'completely fucking batshit fruit-loop
looney-tunes insane', yeah. M'man was instantly introduced to the killfile.

>
> roger



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