RuneDeer
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Post by RuneDeer on Aug 27, 2010 17:10:49 GMT -5
Our green curbside trash receptacle on wheels that is furnished to city residents is somewhat the worse for wear after several years of use, so my husband called 311 the other day to ask for a replacement. Having grown up in Atlanta, where such an item is known as a "Herbie Curbie," he proceeded to tell the woman, "My Herbie has a crack in it."
She, apparently, had never heard it referred to this way and was on the verge of taking major offense when he described it to her and was informed that it's a "trash receptacle." Well, duh, of course it is, but there has to be a catchier name for it.
In the UK they call them wheelie-bins.
Do you have a name for yours?
We'll understand if you don't want to admit that there's a crack in it...
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Post by Warkitty on Aug 27, 2010 17:32:11 GMT -5
I just call it a trash can.
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Post by el Gusano on Aug 27, 2010 17:45:36 GMT -5
I call mine George.
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joedog
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Post by joedog on Aug 27, 2010 18:35:12 GMT -5
You can't print here what I call it.
(think about it)
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Bob
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Post by Bob on Aug 27, 2010 19:00:40 GMT -5
Don't say it too loud or our local government will hire a team of experts to spend six months making up a name so stupid nobody will use it.
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Post by heckfarr on Aug 27, 2010 19:56:30 GMT -5
Deep Blue. (They're blue in Red Bank)
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joedog
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Post by joedog on Aug 27, 2010 20:20:03 GMT -5
Don't say it too loud or our local government will hire a team of experts to spend six months making up a name so stupid nobody will use it. Already did... at a mere cost of 180something k.... |
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ScarlettP
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Post by ScarlettP on Aug 29, 2010 6:41:51 GMT -5
Considering that mine doesn't really 'fit' down that space between my car and the neighbor's rock wall... what I call mine is not very 'lady like' to print.
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NewsShooter
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Post by NewsShooter on Aug 29, 2010 16:39:06 GMT -5
I call it "that damn thing I have to drag to the street every Wednesday." I can see where something shorter might be an advantage.
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RuneDeer
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Post by RuneDeer on Aug 30, 2010 18:26:29 GMT -5
We got a new one. So pretty & virginal-looking...  |
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ScarlettP
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Post by ScarlettP on Aug 30, 2010 19:36:11 GMT -5
So sad that you must some day sully it by inserting trash.
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Babs
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Even cuter?
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Post by Babs on Aug 30, 2010 20:14:01 GMT -5
I think it's like adoption. Once you choose one, it's for life! If you get a good one, that's great!
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ScarlettP
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Post by ScarlettP on Aug 31, 2010 7:23:25 GMT -5
Someone stole my can from Culver Street. I think they used it as a wheel barrel to take my air conditioner.
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snarkalicious
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Post by snarkalicious on Aug 31, 2010 13:37:45 GMT -5
my 12 year old son told me not to wear a shirt I had on because he could see my "boob crack"
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Jay
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Post by Jay on Aug 31, 2010 14:24:44 GMT -5
Sons definitely don't want to see their Mom's "boob crack"...
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RuneDeer
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Post by RuneDeer on Aug 31, 2010 20:15:00 GMT -5
So sad that you must some day sully it by inserting trash. We're gonna wash it first (the trash). |
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RuneDeer
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Post by RuneDeer on Sept 1, 2010 19:19:25 GMT -5
...and according to the printing on the outside, it's officially called a "Toter." I call namefail.
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