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Sen. Holmstrom had some catchy slogans for the bottle bill, and while I can't recall them at the moment, what with the passing of the decades and a memory like a colander, I know all of them had to have been better than California's amazingly lame "It's good for the bottle, it's good for the can".
Every time I see that slogan (and it is at the entrance to every grocery store and any other place bottled or canned beverages are sold), I get the urge to hunt down the person who thought it up, and rinse his/her/it's mind out with soap. Obviously the lobotomy was a success. Because when you stop to analyze this slogan, not only is it awkward phrasing, it's wrong. Recycling destroys the bottle. It destroys the can. Okay, so some of the bottle is made into another bottle, maybe, and some of the can may become another can. But that's not what the slogan says.
In the spirit of constructive criticism, I suppose I should propose a better recycling slogan. More than one. And invite you to vote on them and make your own suggestions.
So twist my arm, why don't you?
Poll #1490919 In Hoor of "Bottle" Bill Holmstrom
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 0
Check the ones you like
Get off your can and recycle
0 (0.0%)
Don't mess with California 0 (0.0%)
Recycle: It isn't taxing 0 (0.0%)
Yes we can (and bottle, too) 0 (0.0%)
Ready for change? 5¢ for small 10¢ for large containers 0 (0.0%)
- Deep Feelings::
mischievous - Musika::Kick The Can Down The Road
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 1
Which one of these is closest to what you believe?
Health care should be run by proven private enterprise, like Enron and GM 0 (0.0%)
Health care should be run by fiscally prudent insurance companies like Geico 0 (0.0%)
Health care should be run by a Kennedy 0 (0.0%)
Health care should be run by a Cheney 0 (0.0%)
Health care should be run by the VA hospital system 0 (0.0%)
Which one of these is closest to what you believe?
I want my fate decided by Obama's Death Panel 0 (0.0%)
I want my fate decided by Blue Cross's Death Panel 0 (0.0%)
I want my fate decided by Sarah Palin's Death Panel 0 (0.0%)
I want my fate decided by Kaiser's Death Panel 0 (0.0%)
I want my fate decided by Schwartzenegger's Death Panel 0 (0.0%)
Which one of these is closest to what you believe?
Which one of these is closest to what you believe?
- Deep Feelings::
hyper
Poll #1425654 Pointless Poll (hic!)
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8
My favorite form of alcoholic refreshment is:
Hard liquor 0 (0.0%)
Liqueurs 0 (0.0%)
Cocktails, Mixed drinks 1 (14.3%)
Wine 1 (14.3%)
Wine coolers, hard lemonade 2 (28.6%)
Beer 0 (0.0%)
I don't drink 3 (42.9%)
When I drink hard liquor, I prefer
My favorite liqueur is:
My favorite cocktail/mixed drink is:
When I drink wine, I prefer
When I drink beer, I prefer:
Domestic mass produced 0 (0.0%)
Domestic craft beers 1 (14.3%)
Foreign mass produced 1 (14.3%)
Foreign craft beers 1 (14.3%)
No preference 4 (57.1%)
Edit add: oops, stupid poll builder ignored the 30-character setting for the fill-in-the-blanks, so just leave a comment if you have favorites.
- Deep Feelings::
quixotic - Musika::Show Me The Way To Go Home
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12
My credit card debt is
Non-existent (I don't use credit cards) 1 (8.3%)
Paid off every month 4 (33.3%)
Less than a month's take-home pay 4 (33.3%)
About equal to a month's take-home pay 1 (8.3%)
More than a month's take-home pay 1 (8.3%)
More than I can ever pay off 1 (8.3%)
- Deep Feelings::
curious
