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Comments (17)
Opun the door. Let me out. Bad
Posted by mrfearless47 | February 23, 2007 4:38 PM
The text says "in any park" and the law is part of "Title 20: Parks"—am I missing something? I read that to mean it's not city wide (though it is a silly phrasing...).
Posted by Confused | February 23, 2007 4:42 PM
The phrase "in any park" modifies only the verbs "urinate and defecate." Since there is a semi-colon between the phrase "in any park" and the verbs "blow, spread, or place," the plain meaning of the provision is that that phrase does not modify those verbs.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 23, 2007 4:48 PM
"If you don't like this law, you have the First Amendment right to picket."
but what about my right to "pick it?"
anyway, this comes at a terribly inconvenient time b/c i have a cold and my house is littered with evidence of my illegal conduct. i hope there's no raid forthcoming...
Posted by dawn | February 23, 2007 4:53 PM
Zing.
And I thought puns were only for groan-ups.
there are "particular fixtures" provided for blowing, spreading or placing" a bodily discharge? er...
Posted by Ecohuman | February 23, 2007 5:15 PM
Well, yeah, in the "public convenience station" there are "fixtures" for urinating and defecating.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 23, 2007 5:48 PM
Thanx, Pandora.
I'm gonna need to write to Miss Manners to make sure which is the proper knife to spread....nasal or other bodily discharge. And... where does it go in a place setting?
The knife, that is.
Posted by rr | February 23, 2007 5:51 PM
Gedzundheit. Now go to jail.
Posted by Alan DeWitt | February 23, 2007 7:42 PM
If this is enforced as vigorously as are traffic laws, then nose blowers have nothing to worry about.
Posted by lin qiao | February 23, 2007 8:27 PM
The way I read this new law of the controllers is a sneeze would fall under this great public health issue.
Where's Barney Fife?
Posted by nemo31 | February 23, 2007 9:05 PM
If this is enforced as vigorously as are traffic laws, then nose blowers have nothing to worry about.
Correction:If this is enforced as vigorously as are bike laws...
Thanks
JK
Posted by jim karlock | February 23, 2007 11:18 PM
Nasal Mass, anyone?
Posted by Tasteless Tattler | February 23, 2007 11:30 PM
Like they are really going to go after people blowing their noses into tissue or whatever. The law would have been just fine without the nasal discharge stuff.
Posted by UsualKevin | February 23, 2007 11:31 PM
Like they are really going to go after people blowing their noses into tissue or whatever.
Then why go to the trouble to add the wording at all?
Correction:If this is enforced as vigorously as are bike laws...
There are bike laws? Really?
Posted by Jon | February 24, 2007 12:24 AM
I think the law is reasonably interpreted to cover the old farmer blow, and that's it.
Posted by Erik | February 24, 2007 6:58 AM
Tissue vending machines anyone? Will that contract go out to bid? Maybe a RFP for tissue vending machine design? I suppose the planning agency will have to hire a consultant.
Posted by nemo31 | February 24, 2007 4:50 PM
all joking about snot aside, this code is obviously targeted at the homeless who can often be found doing any number of otherwise private acts in public. why? because they're homeless, not because they're criminal. maybe if the city provided more "convenience stations" (whatever those are) or (in the vernacular) public *restrooms* then all people, even the homeless, could hock and spit into toilets rather than sidewalks, not to mention all the other acts of toileting and personal hygeine that all but the craziest of people would prefer to do in private.
Posted by dawn | February 25, 2007 12:13 PM