Probably get the firing squad for littering by Early

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Probably get the firing squad for littering

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UPDATED: Thursday, January 4, 2007 10:18
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Tuesday, January 2, 2007 4:20 AM

In Ariel, as you will all certainly recall, Wash wanted to go to a park and feed the pigeons to which Zoe replied they would "probably get the firing squad for littering." I always thought this was a funny comment on how crazy government rules can get sometimes. Today I saw this on the internet from the Suffolk Evening Star in the UK titled "Suffolk teenager's chip nightmare".

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TEENAGER Jack Double will be starting the New Year £50 out of pocket and with a chip on his shoulder after being hit with a littering fine for throwing food to a seagull.

The gobsmacked youngster found himself slapped with the penalty by litter enforcement officers after he threw a bad-tasting chip to a bird in Ipswich's Chantry estate.

He said: “I'd got a bag of chips and bit in to one and it was really hard.

“When I looked at the other half it was really green so I just threw it to a seagull nearby.”

Council officers handed him a notice ordering him to pay a £50 fine - just weeks after they had given him a certificate commending him for regularly putting rubbish in the bin.

His mum Mandy said: “It's ridiculous! Are they going to go to Christchurch Park and fine everybody who feeds the ducks?”