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By the Side of the Road

Drive down a highway and look left or right And I can, for sure, guarantee By the side of the road, resting there in plain sight Will be plenty of garbage to see. Plastic bags strewn around or entangled in trees, Cans and bottles and wrappers and such, Plus so many containers and papers – oh jeez! It is more than a little too much. Though it’s rare to see somebody tossing it out It quite naturally had to be pitched, So the question is really, what kind of a lout Can’t just wait for his trash to be ditched?

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Date: 3/22/2025 9:01:00 PM
Good question.
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Date: 3/21/2025 9:09:00 AM
You are so right, my friend. We call empty Wal-Mart bags, Ozark tumbleweeds. I wonder why people just don't use the empty bags for all their other trash and just throw it away when they get home or stop to put in gas. Crazy.
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Date: 3/20/2025 7:01:00 PM
Well said Ilene and so sadly true. People can be real pigs.
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