Wheelie Bin Stickers

I'm very confused. A dead baby is found in a recycling center. That's happened before. But then the authorities issue "wheelie bin stickers" as a response. Did they look like this?

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 21, 2009
Category: Death | Babies and Toddlers | Foreign Customs | Europe

Comments

yep paul, that's about as good as some other real warnings i have seen.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/21/09 at 03:52 PM

everything tragic evebtually gets morbib jokes cracked about it. it is a way of dealing with the horror to some people.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/21/09 at 05:19 PM

Frank--I saw indeed that the stickers were seeking further info, but sought to emphasize the dumb nature of such a medium. Why permanent stickers affixed to the bins, if such they were? Why not just fliers handed out at the local market or town hall or hospital? The tactic reflected some bizarre notion that the perp must return to the wheelie bin, or that other wheelie bin users would have particular insight into the problem. So I exaggerated deliberately.

And in any case, surely you know that "dead babies" are an immemorial humor category?

http://www.dead-baby-joke.com/introduction.htm

Posted by Paul on 10/21/09 at 05:35 PM

omg paul! the dead baby jokes were big when i was in high school. also what is red and green and goes round and round?
a frog in a blender.

today seems to be pricky comment day anyway. thanks for the post sweetie!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/21/09 at 07:21 PM

Just my thought, Patty. I've got over 100 of those things collected over the years. Here's a mild one.

Q: What do vegetarian dingos eat?
A: Cabbage patch kids.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/22/09 at 12:52 AM

i never heard that one before expat. pretty funny. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/22/09 at 11:12 AM

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