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260 transgressions each year

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absent Thu 25-Apr-13 07:25:38

For some unexplained reason, Karcher (helpfully described by The Daily Telegraph as "the cleaning specialists") commissioned some research which reveals that the average person breaks 260 rules each year. These misdemeanours include dropping litter, driving in bus lanes, fare dodging, putting feet on train seats and taking sugar sachets from cafés. I don't know anyone who does any of these things. Having sex in a public space is described as "commonplace".

Who on earth are these people who admit to breaking "little rules" five times a week or 16,250 times in a lifetime?

soop Thu 25-Apr-13 15:54:30

number How on earth did they hope to get away with such shenanigans? shock

Greatnan Thu 25-Apr-13 16:32:59

A pair of our neighbours in Salford in 1949 were thrown out of cinema for having sex on the front row.

absent Thu 25-Apr-13 16:39:59

Now the back row would have been different. grin

soop Thu 25-Apr-13 16:50:23

Greatnan I'm all agog...shock [horror]

Greatnan Thu 25-Apr-13 16:55:10

I wasn't told about it until years later - my mother did not discuss such things! I was just told they had been 'messing about' and disturbing people. I wouldn't have liked to be sitting next to them. Perhaps it was a boring film.

numberplease Thu 25-Apr-13 17:36:00

Soop, they didn`t get away with it, though, up in court, severely admonished, and fined. It was back in 1980 or 81, and it was hubby`s teenage niece and her boyfriend, now her husband, a policeman caught them "at it" at the side of the road. Got their photos in the Daily Star. My FIL was disgusted, didn`t speak to them or her mum, his daughter, for months afterwards.

j08 Thu 25-Apr-13 17:51:56

Merlotgran they didn' t chuck the cups - just emptied the remaining coffee out.

That's what I saw anyway. grin

Ana Thu 25-Apr-13 18:05:24

No, that Rachel definitely threw her container on the ground - the other one emptied the dregs out of hers and the shot ended, so we'll never know what she did with hers...hmm

soop Thu 25-Apr-13 18:07:19

Ana and so she did...I was shock

flowerfriend Thu 25-Apr-13 18:15:43

numberplease Was that you?

flowerfriend Thu 25-Apr-13 18:20:18

I wasn't be accusatory, just trying to be funny. The posts are just catching up with me. At last!

Maybe it takes longer because I'm in France! Also a joke.

Right I'm going to have a G&T and shut up now. Really.

numberplease Thu 25-Apr-13 20:42:55

Flower shock grin, MOI?? As if! Actually, I wouldn`t have dared, even if I`d wanted to, which I didn`t! No, it was as I said, hubby`s teenage niece and her boyfriend, who became, and still is, her husband. I`ll bet that her mother didn`t keep that edition of the Daily Star as a souvenir, it was a very clear photo!

flowerfriend Fri 26-Apr-13 09:10:58

numberplease Ho hum! The ups-and-downs of being a parent.