I don't usually give much thought to the roadside trash I jog past, except to wonder why people can't hold on to their garbage until they get home. But every now and then, a piece of trash gets me wondering. That CD wedged in the brush -- did you decide you didn't like it? did your CD player eject too hard and the car window was down? does it contain important evidence of a white collar crime?? or a master criminal's evil plan to destroy the earth??? Okay, probably not, but it's worth considering if it distracts my mind long enough to get me back home without thinking about how tired my legs are.
Anyway, today's item of wonderment was a vanilla extract bottle. It's easy to imagine people (thoughtless, inconsiderate people) pitching the soda can, empty cigarette pack, and chip bag that flanked the vanilla extract bottle. But under what circumstances does one toss a vanilla bottle from their car? Baking on the go? Do-it-yourself Vanilla Coke? Emergency cologne to impress a date? Desperate enough for alcohol to down a bottle of vanilla? Apparently, that's not as far-fetched as I thought while jogging.
http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_family_practice/volume_4_number_1_17/article_printable/adolescent_ethanol_intoxication_from_vanilla_extract_ingestion_a_case_report.html
How sad! I think I'll go back to imagining that pollution is the saddest thing going on here.
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