What would you like to ban?

[Garpal Gumnut]

I would like to ban cane toads, who damage the environment and existence of some of our most beautiful frogs, animals, snakes and crocs.

gg

 

[Wysiwyg]

I would like to ban cane toads, who damage the environment and existence of some of our most beautiful frogs, animals, snakes and crocs.

gg

Well head on out in the yard with a bottle of dettol and by morning you could have enough dead toads to make a pair of moccasins.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Well head on out in the yard with a bottle of dettol and by morning you could have enough dead toads to make a pair of moccasins.

I find that a bit cruel mate, I have an old freezer I stick em in and like a lobster they die without pain.

Then I put em in the wheely bin.

gg

 

[prawn_86]

I find that a bit cruel mate, I have an old freezer I stick em in and like a lobster they die without pain.

Tell you what, if i was stuck in a freezer till i died, or dropped in a pool of boiling water im fairly sure i would feel a lot of pain....

 

[GumbyLearner]

I find that a bit cruel mate, I have an old freezer I stick em in and like a lobster they die without pain.

Then I put em in the wheely bin.

gg

The old man used to give me the choice of a 2 wood or a 4 iron when I was a kid!

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Tell you what, if i was stuck in a freezer till i died, or dropped in a pool of boiling water im fairly sure i would feel a lot of pain....

The old man used to give me the choice of a 2 wood or a 4 iron when I was a kid!

I do put em in a plastic bag from Woolies first.

If I could leave em next to those hopeless newts called golfers in a larger plastic back I would, but I am told even old golfers will not fit in a plastic bag.

gg

 

[prawn_86]

I do put em in a plastic bag from Woolies first.

If i was wrapped in a plastic bag before i froze to death i think there would still be pain

 

[2020hindsight]

I would like to ban all green bags ... that sad people bring to the supermarket when I can get good plastic bags, which harm no living things that I know of, for nothing.

yep
and climate change is just weather

PS in 30 mins , I could probably send 200 canetoads to canetoad heaven with a one wood. quick painless.

 

[nomore4s]

Rev Fred Nile from speaking in public

 

[GreatPig]

speeding fines for 0-15km over the limit

Or more generally, all speed limits and, as previously mentioned, all fines.

GP

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

All women in new Mazda 6's who accuse me in Centro Car Parks of scratching their paint when I open garpalholdens ageing drivers door to bank my divie cheques at the Commonwealth Bank. Ok the door is old but the parks could be wider.

gg

 

[ck13488]

1. muffin tops - the fold of fat above a womans pants
2. do-gooders - this is a hatred of mine and, although young, can see myself getting into politics to do something about it
3. pills - i know they are illegal but a blind eye is turned 90% of the time
4. smoking...cancel that cigarettes
5. ACA and TT

off topic

Or more generally, all speed limits and, as previously mentioned, all fines.
GP

a goal for this year to reduce speeding...so far ~100km driving and no speeding!

 

[Mr Capital]

ALL speed camera's

 

[Julia]

Rev Fred Nile from speaking in public

I second this. Plus all ex Prime Ministers doing likewise. Malcolm Fraser is horribly guilty of this. They've had their day. They should just go away and keep quiet.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I second this. Plus all ex Prime Ministers doing likewise. Malcolm Fraser is horribly guilty of this. They've had their day. They should just go away and keep quiet.

John Howard achieved so much he hasn't had to loudmouth himself, unlike Gough, Malcolm. The Bodgie, and PK.

gg

 

[Julia]

On the plastic bag issue (maybe this should have its own thread?), I agree with Nyden on the risks to our sea creatures and always pick up any on the beach.

But it strikes me as particularly silly to ban them entirely, given that most people recycle them as kitchen bin liners. If they are banned, it will just create a very profitable new market for manufacturers of bin liners. In the end they will end up in the same place so what is the point, other than making the plastic manufacturers more wealthy?
I'd guess that most people dispose of excess plastic bags in their recycle bins.

There happened to be an item on this on the 7.30 Report this evening.
Plastic bags only constitute 2% of all litter, and - apart from the danger in the oceans - are a very small problem which is vastly overrated.

It's a bit like the concept of internet filtering. Making a great fuss over something which has actually little to do with the real problems.

 

[trillionaire#1]

ferals
public swearing
paris hilton
brussel sprouts
droughts
caged eggs
robert mugabi

 

[GreatPig]

Making a great fuss over something which has actually little to do with the real problems.

I think you've just defined "government policy".

GP

 

[Julia]

owners of big dogs (shepherds) which attack a bitch from behind when she is simply chasing a ball in an off-lead area - bowls her over - just a "yelp" and a limp at the time - .. which 6 months later requires a $4000 knee reconstruction to correct the damage

If this actually happened, then I agree.

Presumably this was a one off situation? Hard to know how you could be sure any problem six months later was a result of such an incident.

I can assure you that if a German Shepherd had actually "attacked" a little dog, the said little dog would experience a lot more than a bit of a limp and would do a lot more than yelp!

 

[Julia]

(Oh, and you are of course entitled to your opinions gg; it just irked me that you would opt to ban the choice to be environmentally friendly ... you know, since that goes against your whole anti-big brother philosophy )

Nyden, recognise GG's input for the pretty amusing stirrer that he is.
I don't think anyone has a problem with environmentalists choosing to carry their goods in anything they choose. It's the exaggeration of the problem and the consequent plan to ban perfectly functional plastic bags that annoys me.
I would like to choose to use plastic bags.
I use them responsibly.
I do not want to have to buy them for my kitchen bin rather than recycle the supermarket carrybags.
I have an absolute aversion to the green environmentally friendly bags.
Not sure exactly why, perhaps the holier than thou attitude of their users.

Many years ago we used paper carrybags. Maybe this idea could be revived made from recycled paper.