Do The Green Thing

Traffic jams, boy racers, parking tickets, having to watch the guy in the car opposite picking his nose like there’s no tomorrow.

Driving isn’t all that fun when you think about it, and it’s an absolute environmental car-crash to boot.

The millions of vehicles that clog up our roads belch out tonnes and tonnes of CO2 and other nasties like carbon monoxide, benzene and sulphur dioxide which cause respiratory problems.

And the crazy thing is a lot of our car journeys aren’t even all that necessary - about a quarter of them are well within walking distance.

So whether you’re a stroller or a strider, a marcher or a meanderer, an ambler or a rambler, ditch the car and start walking the walk. The planet, and your waistline, will thank you.

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Why? Tell you why.

If someone in a big 4x4 pulls up alongside you and asks why on earth you're bothering to walk, don’t stand there like a rabbit in the headlights – hit back with one of these retorts.

You don’t get buns of steel sitting behind the wheel
Walking is to driving what Shakespeare is to the Farrelly Brothers
You’re on the highway to hell, my man, whereas I’m walking on sunshine
If a bird poops on you when you’re walking, it brings you luck; but if they poop on your car, it’s just bloody annoying
I suspect my right leg's longer than my left leg and I want to see if I end up going round in circles.

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Based on an examination of mystical thought, it's a misconception to describe what I am doing as walking which in itself contains the assumption that we are not all everywhere at everytime which begs the question of whether walking is a form of sexual.... by which time you'd have walked out of earshot or they'd have followed you a bit and walked themselves

Blue-smile_micro 00afro at 22:41 on 18/03/08

Try some of these re-cycled heckler put-downs from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A765876 Sorry, I don't speak tosser. Isn't it a school night? You're quite a wit.... well, I was half right. If that question was any more stupid, it'd have to be watered twice a week. I'm trying to imagine you with a brain and personality. How many times do I have to flush before you go away? Is it time for your medication or mine?

Orianaandbill_micro oriana at 15:03 on 11/10/07