Ciggie butts

[Jimmy B]

Im a smoker and sorry to say that Ive flicked a few butts around in my time. Its filthy and disgusting but its an addiction and a powerful one at that, well at least for me.

Hubba Grubba, I am amazed that someone would actually flick a butt directly at you, you did good work there

[babyblade250rr]

I'm also a smoker, however over the years i've made a good habit of putting my ciggies out and throwing them in a near by trash can, I try and do my part for keeping nz clean but good onya mate for your reaction to this ponsy lady

[vifferman]

What I don't get is why smokers don't just put the butts in their car's ash tray? I have a suspicion that for many of them it's because they don't want dirty stinking butts in their car, making it all ashy and smelly
If this is the case (that they recognise the butts are horrible), then why assume no-one else cares if they pollute the rest of the world with them?

[xwhatsit]

I think it's mostly just good, honest human laziness. Saw a woman earlier this week come out of a side-street, stand next to a rubbish bin (you know the ones with the little ash-tray thingie on top), throw the cigarette on the ground, stand on it, then walk away. *Smacks forehead*

Like I said, I'm not a crazy anti-smoking campaigner; I don't mind cigarette smoke at all, but when people don't clean up after themselves, that shits me.

[u4ea]

Im a smoker and sorry to say that Ive flicked a few butts around in my time. Its filthy and disgusting but its an addiction and a powerful one at that, well at least for me.

Hubba Grubba, I am amazed that someone would actually flick a butt directly at you, you did good work there

I'm also a smoker, however over the years i've made a good habit of putting my ciggies out and throwing them in a near by trash can, I try and do my part for keeping nz clean but good onya mate for your reaction to this ponsy lady

Yep me too..I have been called a 'clean' smoker by non-smokers!

What I don't get is why smokers don't just put the butts in their car's ash tray? I have a suspicion that for many of them it's because they don't want dirty stinking butts in their car, making it all ashy and smelly
If this is the case (that they recognise the butts are horrible), then why assume no-one else cares if they pollute the rest of the world with them?

'Tis merely an attitude of how the individual cares about another I rekon..

Good on ya HG..

[Squid]

Funny you mention it. I was sitting at the lights one time and saw the chappie in front of me drop a empty box of smokes out the window, if it was just the butt yeah whatever but the whole box..... So I pulled up next to him (revving higher than I needed to) knocked on his window (with hard knuckles on my gloves, harder than I needed to...) and told him he dropped something. Needless to say he opened the door and picked it up while looking suitably sheepish.

Anyone had any other rubbish debris hit them while riding? I got half a box of McD's fries in the chest one day between Te Awamutu and Hamilton once....

[sinfull]

Funny you mention it. I was sitting at the lights one time and saw the chappie in front of me drop a empty box of smokes out the window, if it was just the butt yeah whatever but the whole box..... So I pulled up next to him (revving higher than I needed to) knocked on his window (with hard knuckles on my gloves, harder than I needed to...) and told him he dropped something. Needless to say he opened the door and picked it up while looking suitably sheepish.

Anyone had any other rubbish debris hit them while riding? I got half a box of McD's fries in the chest one day between Te Awamutu and Hamilton once....

Mention it ! Hell He's taken up smoking and given up since ! Been married twice and has 3 kids !

[AllanB]

Good for you.

I fail to understand the reasoning around throwing a lit butt out of the window of a car. I'm pretty sure if I threw a burning stick into their lounge they would not be impressed.

I've a issue with what appears to be a youth thing - littering. When I was a young lad you were brought up not to litter 'keep NZ green' and all that. I constantly see young ones dumping rubbish out of their cars.

I would have thought in these tree-hugging, save-the-world times that the youth of today would be very anal against littering.

I don't understand it.

[Squid]

Mention it ! Hell He's taken up smoking and given up since ! Been married twice and has 3 kids !

yeah only looked at the date after I posted that and had one of those "oh shit meah never mind" moments.

Dont even know how I stumbled on this in the 1st place

[FlangMasterJ]

Funny you mention it. I was sitting at the lights one time and saw the chappie in front of me drop a empty box of smokes out the window, if it was just the butt yeah whatever but the whole box..... So I pulled up next to him (revving higher than I needed to) knocked on his window (with hard knuckles on my gloves, harder than I needed to...) and told him he dropped something. Needless to say he opened the door and picked it up while looking suitably sheepish.

Anyone had any other rubbish debris hit them while riding? I got half a box of McD's fries in the chest one day between Te Awamutu and Hamilton once....

Yep. I had a Big Mac box thrown at me heading onto the Wellington motorway.

Who the fuck does that?!?!

[Indiana_Jones]

Yep. I had a Big Mac box thrown at me heading onto the Wellington motorway.

Who the fuck does that?!?!

A cunt who had just finished a Big Mac? lol

But yea. I hate people that flick butts out of their cars when moving, I can deal with it at the lights etc

-Indy

[tigertim20]

I'm not a smoker, and I do find it a little disgusting, but hey, whatever floats your boat, as long as I don't have to deal with the smoke in my face i'm fine.

I'm also not a fan of litter, but when I sit behind cars, and watch the driver flick a lit ciggie butt out the window, this really disgusts me.

DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY RESPECT?!?

So I was sitting beside a sparkly-new Beemer 320 something at the lights today, and the driver flicks her ciggie butt out the window window towards me, it hits me in the jacket. I proceeded to put the bike on it's stand, pick up the butt, and threw it back through the driver's window.

The look on the woman's face was absolutely priceless as she panicked to pick up the lit butt from her new upholstery. I figure if it's good enough to be thrown out the window, it's good enough to be thrown back in.

As I got back on my bike, I heard a toot from the van behind me and the two guys were pissing themselves laughing, and gave me a thumbs up.

Seems i'm not the only one that disapproves.

Totally agree!!! haha beaut! wish I saw the look on her face, bet it was worth it,

[Squid]

But yea. I hate people that flick butts out of their cars when moving, I can deal with it at the lights etc

-Indy

See thats where its and advantage smoking a pipe while driving in a cage no left over butts, just a little bit of ash. Everybodys happy

[AD345]

When I flick my butts out of my car, I at least try to aim....




...for the eyeball

[cs363]

What I don't get is why smokers don't just put the butts in their car's ash tray? I have a suspicion that for many of them it's because they don't want dirty stinking butts in their car, making it all ashy and smelly
If this is the case (that they recognise the butts are horrible), then why assume no-one else cares if they pollute the rest of the world with them?

Whilst I'm certainly not defending it, I'd say one reason is that most if not all newer cars don't have lighters or ash trays fitted any longer. Some brands do have retro-fit kits available but usually at ridiculously high cost.

I'm an occasional smoker and the VZ Commodore ute I usually drive was one such car (I could have bought a commuter bike for the price of the freaking 'smokers kit'! So I just went to Repco and bought an Ashtray that fits in the cupholder - simple.