By Jill Kuraitis, 8-08-08
| Caption: OMG. Don't. Do. This. | |
Litter crews near the Oregon-Idaho border are finding plastic bottles full of urine along a 25-miles stretch of Interstate 84.
Ewe.
“The main portion, about 100 bottles, was found on the eastbound side in a three mile stretch called ‘Three Mile Hill’ between milepost 356 and 359,” Oregon State Police Sergeant Jason Reese said in a prepared statement. “This area is prone to this problem because commercial trucks are driving at a slow speed and drivers can urinate into bottles and toss them out the window.”
In Oregon, it’s a $250 misdemeanor called “improperly disposing of human waste” – ya think? – and state police think the high price of gas causing slower driving is the problem. Drivers also may be skipping rest stops because of, er, pressure to deliver on time.
I don’t know about you, but I skip rest stops because they’re creepy. Not as creepy as peeing while driving and chucking it out the window, though.
Though the problem may not be just truck drivers, I’d venture a guess that it’s exclusively the practice of male persons.
C’mon, guys. Pee in designated areas, always put the lid down, wash your hands, hang up the towel, unload the dishwasher, feed the cat every now and again, and never tell a woman those pants make her look fat.
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"There are some things a guy gets from his pop,some of them get spaced others never forgot. I've got such a tradition I keep in my truck cab. Oooh oooh piss bottle man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK3VVzLjiiQ
I dont condone throwing the bottle though. Watch the video and he dumps the contents and reuses the bottle. The innocence of the 90's.
The toilet in one of our bathrooms was removed for a couple of weeks, and the young man (I hate to tell you he is actually related to me) who uses that bathroom was forced, during that time, to use a more distant toilet. One day while cleaning out his room I found a rather large bottle filled with a yellow liquid.
I left it in a prominent place for him to dispose of.
Driving while peeing, YUCK!
Comment By Julie in Boise, 8-08-08Gross, no doubt. I first encountered this phenomenon a decade or so ago as part of my church's bi-annual litter pickup on I-84 near Twin Falls, but it was pretty isolated then. Still, you can imagine what those bottles were like after sitting out in the sun for a few months, in some cases. Now it seems the pressure to keep moving - combined with the general coarsening of our culture - has more fellas (and I am sure they are ALL guys) resorting to the pee-and-toss.
I actually don't have a problem with guys peeing in a bottle while driving, as long as they properly dispose of it, which means pouring the pee down a toilet at the next fuel stop, then properly recycling the bottles. Or turning 'em in for cash in Oregon ... rinsed out, we hope. :)
This should be easy to remedy.
Sample the contents for DNA. Run for matches.
The fine for littering piss bombs would later include the cost of the DNA matching and each infraction. It would be much more than $250.
Hey is that Vitamin Water!?
Comment By Dilligaf ?, 8-08-08Go to any truck stop or camping store. You'll find the funnel that allows women to do the same thing. It's not just men. There are women truckers too.
Comment By Jill Kuraitis, 8-08-08Dilligaf: T.M.I. :)
Comment By Christian Probasco, 8-08-08More piss bottles as a result of higher fuel prices. I never would have foreseen that. Take the governors off our trucks! Raise the speed limit! Or we will lob more bottles of piss!
Comment By Craig Moore, 8-08-08Q: What did the blonde do when her doctor told her she had sugar in her urine?
A: She peed on her corn flakes.
Well, as a veteran of roadside cleanups, I can say that my thoughts turn homicidal. Imagine the joy of using one's prison-camp skewer to poke a bottle that's been fermenting nicely and is under pressure.
At least diapers give you warning.
RRRRRRR.
Dear Jill,
Pee pee belongs in the potie. Or on trees or in the alley or even in the hot tub sometimes but only on accident. But mostly, pee pee belongs on lids when women forget to lift and return them in the proper upright position when they are done.
Bestest wishes,
Tabby
Hey Jill!
After living with male roommates in college, Antonia will no longer buy bottled apple juice. Interrupting one's TV show or video game was apparently too much to ask of these young lads.
I agree with you, but even more vehemently: EWWWWWWW!