Road rules1 min ago
Advice Re A Cigar Butt Chucker
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Hi
Someone has taken to throwing their cigar butts into our garden . We collected about half a dozen of them last week and I've just picked another one up today.
Any ideas as to how we can deter this so-and-so without descending to Victor Meldrew levels?
Our garden has quite a high stone wall around it, then there is a wrought iron gate. Most of the butts were chucked over the wall, but today's find had been thrown through the gate.
Thanks, folks.
Someone has taken to throwing their cigar butts into our garden . We collected about half a dozen of them last week and I've just picked another one up today.
Any ideas as to how we can deter this so-and-so without descending to Victor Meldrew levels?
Our garden has quite a high stone wall around it, then there is a wrought iron gate. Most of the butts were chucked over the wall, but today's find had been thrown through the gate.
Thanks, folks.
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It's odd, LadyA, that someone would finish a cigar exactly at your property if he was passing....
Do you think it's someone who maybe smokes in secret.....banned from the house for instance....and lingers near your garden protected by your high wall?
That would give you a better chance of catching the culprit....and him a better chance of reading a notice you put up.......I'd go with the filming one....just to put the wind up him......x
Do you think it's someone who maybe smokes in secret.....banned from the house for instance....and lingers near your garden protected by your high wall?
That would give you a better chance of catching the culprit....and him a better chance of reading a notice you put up.......I'd go with the filming one....just to put the wind up him......x
Thanks again, Gness and everyone else who has answered.
No butts over the weekend...hurrah!
We're trying to keep a close eye on where the butts land so that we can perhaps get a timescale on the chucker.
I agree with Gness that it is probably someone who is smoking his cigar just the other side of my wall. Some of the butts seem quite large to me, though I am certainly not an expert on cigars....so maybe he is waiting for someone and chucks the cigar as soon as they arrive?
We're fairly near a couple of schools, but beside our wall is a funny place to wait for a kid.
Lordalex now has a stepladder installed beside the wall (inside) and has been talking about throwing buckets of water.....I recommended a bucket of confetti and a clown mask with a warning that it will be water next...but we'll have to catch him first.
Aren't some people just inconsiderate?
Mind you, perhaps some people would say that retired old fogies need something better to keep themselves occupied other than watching for butt chuckers......
Sigh.
No butts over the weekend...hurrah!
We're trying to keep a close eye on where the butts land so that we can perhaps get a timescale on the chucker.
I agree with Gness that it is probably someone who is smoking his cigar just the other side of my wall. Some of the butts seem quite large to me, though I am certainly not an expert on cigars....so maybe he is waiting for someone and chucks the cigar as soon as they arrive?
We're fairly near a couple of schools, but beside our wall is a funny place to wait for a kid.
Lordalex now has a stepladder installed beside the wall (inside) and has been talking about throwing buckets of water.....I recommended a bucket of confetti and a clown mask with a warning that it will be water next...but we'll have to catch him first.
Aren't some people just inconsiderate?
Mind you, perhaps some people would say that retired old fogies need something better to keep themselves occupied other than watching for butt chuckers......
Sigh.
Thanks for all your support, folks.
We thought that the butt chucker had found somewhere else to chuck his butts, as there were none from Monday last week...until Friday when we found yet another one.
Bah!
Where he stands when he chucks them is at a place where it is hard for us to see. It is on the corner of 2 streets and we are wondering if he is smoking whilst waiting for a lift . Some of the butts are really quite large . (I am no expert, but they look big to me.) I've also had a squint at the brand ....they are all the same El Guajiro. Any cigar experts got any thoughts?
Or maybe I should stop all this Victor Meldrew/Miss Marple stuff, just pick up the butts and dispose of them and Get a Life.
Thanks for asking about lordalex, mazie. He's fine. Brain scan showed nothing......well, you know what I mean, nothing remarkable, no further action required.
:-))
We thought that the butt chucker had found somewhere else to chuck his butts, as there were none from Monday last week...until Friday when we found yet another one.
Bah!
Where he stands when he chucks them is at a place where it is hard for us to see. It is on the corner of 2 streets and we are wondering if he is smoking whilst waiting for a lift . Some of the butts are really quite large . (I am no expert, but they look big to me.) I've also had a squint at the brand ....they are all the same El Guajiro. Any cigar experts got any thoughts?
Or maybe I should stop all this Victor Meldrew/Miss Marple stuff, just pick up the butts and dispose of them and Get a Life.
Thanks for asking about lordalex, mazie. He's fine. Brain scan showed nothing......well, you know what I mean, nothing remarkable, no further action required.
:-))
We are kind of doing that,Eleena, but it is quite an awkward spot to keep an eye on.....plus the weather up here in Angus hasn't been that great lately.
Cannot think of any neighbours who go to Spain.
Starting to wonder if it might be somebody's carer. (There are a lot of old fogies around here.)
My thinking is that there must be some reason for him to finish smoking when there is quite a lot of cigar still to smoke ....hence the possibility that he is waiting for a lift, so ditches the butt before getting into someone else's car. (How considerate.....hmmm). It would also explain why, when we found a still smouldering one, when we dashed round there was no one to be seen.
Sorry for assuming the chucker is a him....not many women smoke cigars.
:-))
Cannot think of any neighbours who go to Spain.
Starting to wonder if it might be somebody's carer. (There are a lot of old fogies around here.)
My thinking is that there must be some reason for him to finish smoking when there is quite a lot of cigar still to smoke ....hence the possibility that he is waiting for a lift, so ditches the butt before getting into someone else's car. (How considerate.....hmmm). It would also explain why, when we found a still smouldering one, when we dashed round there was no one to be seen.
Sorry for assuming the chucker is a him....not many women smoke cigars.
:-))
Thanks everyone.
No butts since I last posted...so either he's seen us watching and stopped or he's not waiting there any more.
I did put a heap of butts out on the pavement about where he must stand, but took them back in again when I realised that , although I wasn't as bad as him, I was littering....and it would be just my luck that some officious litter warden would fine me. (£80 on the spot fine for littering in my neck of the woods).
I'll keep on keeping an eye, but hopefully the problem has moved on to chuck his cigar butts into someone else's garden.
Thanks again, all.
:-))
No butts since I last posted...so either he's seen us watching and stopped or he's not waiting there any more.
I did put a heap of butts out on the pavement about where he must stand, but took them back in again when I realised that , although I wasn't as bad as him, I was littering....and it would be just my luck that some officious litter warden would fine me. (£80 on the spot fine for littering in my neck of the woods).
I'll keep on keeping an eye, but hopefully the problem has moved on to chuck his cigar butts into someone else's garden.
Thanks again, all.
:-))
