Garbage

Yvonne Froud is my new hero.

Yvonne is a shopkeeper in Gloucestershire, England. She grew tired of all the litter in the vacant lots and curbs and streets of her village ... litter left mostly by the children who lived there.

So every time one of them would purchase a drink or some sweets or a snack at her shop, she had them write their name on the bottle or wrapper with a permanent marker. When she went out and picked up the litter, she knew who was responsible for it. The offender would then be either banned from buying anything in the shop or asked to spend some time picking up the village.

The idea worked and Joys Green in the Forest of Dean is much cleaner.

I love it when a plan comes together.

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Uncle Joey asked his nephew, Ronald, what he wanted to be when he grew up.

"I want to be a garbage man," Ronald replies.

The answer stuns Uncle Joey so he says, "A garbage man! Why?"

"They only work on Tuesdays."

[East Valley Living website; retold by Mark Raymond]

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WONDER for YOUR WEEK: Our garbage pickup guys dress like pirates. Could that be because one man's trash is another man's treasure?

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