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{OT} You've heard of NIMBYs, how about COVEs? (NPR MarketPlace program, today)

Today's Market Place is going to have a pice about COVEs.

What's a COVE? This is even better then a NIMBY:

Citizens Opposed to Virtually Everything.

Here's an example I heard this AM: The Milk advertisers (Got Milk?) put up posters on bus stops (queues) in San Fran, and then had to take them down...

Along with the posters, white letters on a black background saying got milk?, they also placed sticky strips inside the bus stops that smelled of chocolate chip cookies. This advertising has worked very well in London, where it was implemented along with the signs earlier this year.

Why did they have to remove them? Citizen's groups got a petition, saying that 1. There may be people allergic to Chocolate Chip cookies, and 2. Since homeless people frequent the bus stops, the smell of fresh baked Chocolate Chip cookies may make them more aware of their hunger!

Can you even believe this? WHO in the WORLD THINKS of this stuff?!?!?!

Market place this afternoon will deal with a new type of energy resouce, made from plants, that is getting opposition from some. I just heard the teaser last night, so I don't have any more details. I also have rehersal tonight, so I won't be able to listren. Someone fill me in, please!!

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Hachiroku
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Ah, a moment of daily projection?

Reply to
Truckdude

Interesting....I had a great day at work yesterday, even stayed over off the clock to make sure my patient was in good hands, saw my wife off and took the kids to school this morning, ran a few errands (bought a new chainsaw), had a Philly cheesesteak for lunch (haven't had one in months!), and put up some more Christmas lights this afternoon. All in all a great couple of days!

How lucky we libs are to have you cons remind us that we are generally miserable and hate life....

Reply to
Truckdude

I hope you aren't going to use that damned chain saw to cut down a tree. Enough trees have been cut down too readly due to the chain saw. I think the damned things (chain saws) should be outlawed except for emergencies, and go back to the axe or double bucked saw, then people would think twice about chopping down good trees, it would be too much work, but a benefit would be good healthy aerobic exercise . Trees are good, chopping them down is bad. Takes many years to grow a tree and only minutes to kill them. Think about it, if that is possible. Al Gore would slap you one and I'd slap you twice.

P.S. Cheesecake is not good for your health. It will cause you to gain weight and add to your cholesterol, then burden our health care system.

Reply to
dbu`

Like I said, we miserable libs are quite fortunate to have you happy-go-lucky cons around....

Reply to
Truckdude

You ought to follow your leaders with regards to the environment and health and stop this talking out of both sides of mouth. It has to do with principals you know or maybe you don't.

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dbu`

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