Living in the city/near-burbs, it’s the lawn debris/leaf bags that are the worst; if they don’t tip over, inevitably a stick in them pokes a hole and causes a rip in the bag. Same result; a mess.
Before trash bags, Mom used newspaper to line the trash bin. Then dumped it into the trash can. Once every week, Dad hosed out the trash can, and Mom hosed out the trash can. No plastic bags used. The paper bags were saved to make book covers at school time, and for wrapping packages, and storing things in. Isn’t history fun?
I’m not mad, I tell you… It’s just bottle recycling, you see. I have it all worked out, you see. I can get seven 2L bottles in one grocery bag, no more, no less. I have worked it out with geometric logic, you see. Yet every time I get six bottles in the bag it falls on the floor. Every time! The bottles all fall out. I must start over! Again, the bag falls, I must start over! Every time! You see I’m not mad — only a sane person would know how many bottles have to go in a grocery bag…
For me, it’s grocery bags in the car. The slightest turn or brake, they want to tip over and dump the groceries on the floor (or between the seat the door). Now I use the plastic handles to tie all the bags shut!
strictures over 7 years ago
How very true as that happened to me yesterday.Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhh!
debra4life over 7 years ago
If we’re conducting a census, I also have suffered. And not just with my garbage. There’s the open purse, the bag of groceries, the makeup bag…
debra4life over 7 years ago
The bags for the recycling bins.
somebodyshort over 7 years ago
If I thought my bags were going to tip over I always took them a couple of doors down. If challenged “Nope not my bags”
Varnes over 7 years ago
Um, twisters anybody?…..No, not the trailer park kind….
Albany58 over 7 years ago
Right. Seal the bag with a twister.
Superfrog over 7 years ago
Trash bags are all terrorists. That one looks like an Osama Bin Liner.
dadoctah over 7 years ago
This is why I always turn my bags upside down. Let ’em tip.
gmartin997 over 7 years ago
Hence the wisdom of using a trash bin.
dl11898 over 7 years ago
I side with Albany58: tie it closed. problem solved.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 7 years ago
Not just trash bags, almost any bag I put down falls down and I have to reverse it to a support.
garcoa over 7 years ago
I find you have to kick the contents into submission, then they will not tip.
Masterskrain over 7 years ago
There IS no gravity, the Earth sucks…
DanFlak over 7 years ago
What would happen if you took a cat, tied a piece of toast, butter side up on its back and dropped it?
anarresa Premium Member over 7 years ago
I know! Sometimes I just pop it on the recycling bin, that helps prevent the paper and plastic from blowing around.
ms-ss over 7 years ago
Around here the crows descend, pick holes in the bags, and pull all kinds of stuff out onto the driveway.
ladykat over 7 years ago
I tie a knot in the top of my garbage bag. That way, if it tips, the contents stay in. Raccoons, of course, add a whole different slant to the story.
sllynch over 7 years ago
Living in the city/near-burbs, it’s the lawn debris/leaf bags that are the worst; if they don’t tip over, inevitably a stick in them pokes a hole and causes a rip in the bag. Same result; a mess.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Don’t over fill, and tie them well and it won’t matter.
zeexenon over 7 years ago
IT’S THE LAW! Yes folks, third law of thermodynamics.
Ladylagomorph over 7 years ago
Before trash bags, Mom used newspaper to line the trash bin. Then dumped it into the trash can. Once every week, Dad hosed out the trash can, and Mom hosed out the trash can. No plastic bags used. The paper bags were saved to make book covers at school time, and for wrapping packages, and storing things in. Isn’t history fun?
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 7 years ago
Double bag it, then it won’t matter if it tips over.
Germanshepherds4ever over 7 years ago
Soooo true, especially if you’ve already put it into your vehicle!
JP Steve Premium Member over 7 years ago
I’m not mad, I tell you… It’s just bottle recycling, you see. I have it all worked out, you see. I can get seven 2L bottles in one grocery bag, no more, no less. I have worked it out with geometric logic, you see. Yet every time I get six bottles in the bag it falls on the floor. Every time! The bottles all fall out. I must start over! Again, the bag falls, I must start over! Every time! You see I’m not mad — only a sane person would know how many bottles have to go in a grocery bag…
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 7 years ago
Its Trump’s fault.
comics guy 47 over 7 years ago
For me, it’s grocery bags in the car. The slightest turn or brake, they want to tip over and dump the groceries on the floor (or between the seat the door). Now I use the plastic handles to tie all the bags shut!