Chewing Gum Tax (WAS and don't even ASK about blowjobs)
Correspondent:: Pope Phil Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:08:50 +0000 (UTC)
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"A tax on chewing gum is needed to help meet the £150m annual cost of cleaning it off streets,
council representatives from across the UK are expected to say.
A first national "gum summit" in London will call for a penny-a-packet tax.
The Liberal Democrats have also called for anti-litter messages on packs, and the development of
biodegradable gum.
Gum maker Wrigley's says £5m research on that has been unsuccessful. Cardiff, Westminster, Edinburgh
and Belfast representatives are due at the summit.
Lib Dem London Assembly member and environment spokesman Mike Tuffrey said: "Chewing gum that is
irresponsibly spat on to the street is a nuisance, an eyesore and costing taxpayers millions each
year to clean up. "
polar bear wrote:
> In article <4216C60B.172D@succeeds.com>, "nu-monet v7.0"
> wrote:
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>>http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050218/D88AJHL00.html
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>>Your chewing gum has just lost its flavor, but there is no
>>garbage can in sight. What do you do? According to Jewish
>>law, get ready to swallow it.
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>>A prominent Israeli rabbi has ruled that spitting gum on a
>>sidewalk or hiding it under a desk is a violation of Halacha
>>or Jewish law, the Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported Thursday.
>>
>>"Gum cannot be thrown where others are liable to be disgusted
>>by it," said Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the rabbi of the holy city
>>of Safed.
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>>Improperly discarded gum may appear to be hidden, but "God
>>knows" where it is, Eliyahu said, according to the newspaper.
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>>Swallowing the gum is a better solution, the rabbi said,
>>though he criticized the use of chewing gum in general.
>>
>>"Chewing gum is the practice of lower forms of life. It
>>expresses inner tension and lack of control. People with
>>self-respect do not chew gum except on special occasions
>>because of special circumstances," he said.
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> Lower forms of life. Now where have I heard THAT before?
>
> This rabbi is completely out of touch with modern science.
> Chewing gum is not only beneficial to the body:
> tinyurl.com/4v5n7
> but it's also good for the mind:
> http://tinyurl.com/6dxrl
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> And what's up with the discarding problem? Don't Israelis carry
> tissue? You wrap your gum in it, and throw it away later. You're able
> to remember to do that because chewing gum helps your memory.
>
> Christ, I'd be embarrassed to call myself a rabbi without doing a
> goggle search before opening my stupid mouth. I'm sure he's got an
> inbox full of new information to ponder by now, that is if he even HAS
> an inbox. Maybe email is bad too? Fucking moron.
>
> pb
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0" Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:03:23 -0700
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Pope Phil wrote:
>
> "A tax on chewing gum is needed to help meet the £150m
> annual cost of cleaning it off streets, council
> representatives from across the UK are expected to say.
>
> A first national "gum summit" in London will call for a
> penny-a-packet tax.
You aren't implying, of course, that the British gubment
is run by Jay-Eee-double-you-Ess, now are you?
Protocols of the Elders of Zion:
...
#216 NO CHEWING GUM.
#217 Call your mother more often.
#218 You should buy that wholesale instead.
#219 What do you mean it only comes in brown?
#220 The service is lousy, the food is pure poison,
and in such small quantities.
#221 Plastics.
...
--
Herring communicate with each other
via a high-pitched, "raspberry"-like
sound emitted from their anuses.
These noises are not produced by
digestive gases.
-- from 'The New Scientist'
Correspondent:: Pope Phil Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:11:07 +0000 (UTC)
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just reporting the facts, just the facts.
nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
> Pope Phil wrote:
>
>>"A tax on chewing gum is needed to help meet the £150m
>>annual cost of cleaning it off streets, council
>>representatives from across the UK are expected to say.
>>
>>A first national "gum summit" in London will call for a
>>penny-a-packet tax.
>
>
>
> You aren't implying, of course, that the British gubment
> is run by Jay-Eee-double-you-Ess, now are you?
>
> Protocols of the Elders of Zion:
>
> ...
> #216 NO CHEWING GUM.
> #217 Call your mother more often.
> #218 You should buy that wholesale instead.
> #219 What do you mean it only comes in brown?
> #220 The service is lousy, the food is pure poison,
> and in such small quantities.
> #221 Plastics.
> ...
>