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Thu Apr-26-07 09:12 PM
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Mom Teed Off by Urinating Drunk Golfers |
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - A mother teed off by drunken golfers urinating near her house by the 18th hole resorted to videotaping the men after no action was taken on her complaints. Video of some men relieving themselves behind trees at the city-owned course was played on local and national television news.
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Schubert has reported the problem to police, city officials, the local district attorney and the golf course manager. They suggested she record the offenders, and in a year she says she has captured more than 40 golfers in the act.
Signs banning public urination are posted on the golf course, and the city is talking to the course operator about the issue, said Josh Collins, director of the city's recreation and parks department. There are restrooms nearby at the 16th hole and the clubhouse.
Schubert says the underlying problem is too much beer and no restraint.
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:14 PM
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1. Don't whiz on, the electric fence! |
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a few volts would be fun to watch
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:26 AM
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12. Myth Busters busted that one |
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:09 AM
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:18 PM
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2. I betcha those trees will produce flavorful apples this year... |
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:yoiks:
Dogs whiz all the time and the trees don't seem to mind...
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:33 PM
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6. But driving under the influence |
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:31 PM
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3. Oh come on. They're just trying to get a hole in one. |
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:32 PM
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4. Did she know a golfcourse was there when she bought the house? |
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Thu Apr-26-07 10:16 PM
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so you assume that she should have known that there would have been Putters Pissing in Public?
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Thu Apr-26-07 10:56 PM
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8. Absolutely. Golf is about drinking lots of beer outdoors. |
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There has got to be peeing after that. It's as natural as breastfeeding.
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:17 AM
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Edited on Fri Apr-27-07 03:22 AM by ashling
she should have been tipped off by the no urinating in public signs. Sort of like when you see signs that say Speed Limit 30 you should be ready for a bat outa' hell.
... just as long as they don't piss on each others' balls.
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Fri Apr-27-07 04:16 AM
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13. I think the problem is slow play... |
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if you can't make it from 16 to the club house before you have to go. I get a picture of Schubert counting beer cans while she takes naughty pictures. Maybe she should put down her Carry Nation hatchet and pick up a stop watch. She mighht also ask the course if they meed a marshal/ranger. They might give her a cart to ride.
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:58 AM
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18. What does prohibition have to do with objecting to pissing in public? |
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:51 AM
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22. Prohibition does not have anything to do with pissing in public... |
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Schubert say the problem is too much beer on the course and lack of restraint. See last sentence of the OP. I play golf and have no innate urge to pee on trees. It could be there is another problem - like players are taking too much time. A proactive step might be to volunteer to be a course ranger and move players along. They might even let her pick up the empty beer cans. I think they are wort 50 cents a pound now. And I don't mind breast feeding - as long as the group moves along or lets me play thru.
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:56 AM
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23. Then why the Carrie Nation reference? |
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I thought you were trying to make a point that this woman was like a prohibitionist, with her "Carry Nation hatchet," going after men who piss near her home, as if that was a bad thing.
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Fri Apr-27-07 10:46 AM
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28. I was drawing that comparison... |
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She cites too much drinking on the course. Carry Nation came to mind. I don't condone going after men or women with a hatchet. I never said pissing near her home was a bad thing. I just suggested a different tactic. Perhaps the easiest for everyone concerned is a porta-potty at that point on the course.
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Fri Apr-27-07 11:39 AM
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33. Ok, I see where you're coming from now. |
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Edited on Fri Apr-27-07 11:41 AM by PelosiFan
I agree that going after the drinking isn't the right tactic. Maybe a porta potty as a temporary solution, with a more formal Restroom planned for the end of the course. Not a bad idea anyway.
On the other hand, I would hate to have a lot of drunk guys in the neighborhood trying to drive home too. Maybe it is a problem that needs to be addressed. Like any club holds a certain amount of responsibility for its patrons' drinking, so should this golf course.
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:56 AM
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17. I doubt that anyone would have a problem with breastfeeding at the 18th hole. |
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Fri Apr-27-07 11:08 AM
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Edited on Fri Apr-27-07 11:12 AM by JVS
And what right to you have to comment on my genitals anyway?
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Fri Apr-27-07 11:17 AM
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30. who does have the right? |
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:23 PM
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36. Those who don't want strangers commenting on their privates |
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should refrain from exposing them in public.
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:24 PM
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37. I never exposed myself |
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:39 PM
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38. I know you didn't. But others have, and you've defended it. |
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My kids were helping my neighbor in her yard last weekend when a man stood facing her house in between two trees, unzipped his fly and let loose. If one has to go, one could at least be respectful of those around them by finding a spot a bit more secluded.
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:42 PM
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39. Look. I was insulted I alerted. If you don't like it too bad. |
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I'm not discussing this further.
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:44 PM
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40. I don't care that you alerted. |
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I just don't think pissing in public is appropriate. And if I see someone do it, I have every right to comment on what I see.
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:01 PM
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41. If you don't understand that your comments towards me were inappropriate, you must be stupid |
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Edited on Fri Apr-27-07 09:05 PM by JVS
Questions for you
Did you see me piss?
If not SHUT THE FUCK UP and don't insult me, it's rude!
I demand an apology.
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:49 PM
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:20 PM
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42. And how does that make it right for you to insult me? |
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:44 PM
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43. JVS didn't expose his privates to you. |
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Sat Apr-28-07 01:58 AM
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46. Hey, Saggy tits.... pissing was meant to be done outside.. like nature intended |
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Thu Apr-26-07 09:32 PM
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Fri Apr-27-07 12:46 AM
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9. That was a great, catchy title. |
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The story itself is funny, well written (I'm a writer, so I appreciate good writing).
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Fri Apr-27-07 03:20 AM
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11. Catchy, but if I had written the story |
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I would have been tempted to go with:
Plethora of Pabst Packing Putters Proudly Piss in Public
I guess you can see right off why I lost my job as a headline writer
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Fri Apr-27-07 10:04 AM
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24. It's too bad it didn't happen in Peoria! |
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Fri Apr-27-07 10:24 AM
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pleased to pejoratively punctuat posts
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Fri Apr-27-07 02:32 PM
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34. Perfectly played, pal! |
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Sat Apr-28-07 02:58 PM
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I'm done - got nothing
I'm just proud that I started this thread ... none of my threads have ever gone on like this ... maybe its because my doctor put me on flowmax!
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:19 AM
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15. The 7th hole of one of the Baltimore city courses has this tree.. |
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and it always reaked of urine. Apparently everyone always had to go the bathroom by the time they got to the 7th so everyone pretty much went to the left side of the tee box to pee.
At the end of that hole there is a liquor store tantilizingly close to the course but there is a clear sign on all carts on that particular course NO TAKING THIS CART OFF THE COURSE. Golf in the 'hood.
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:51 AM
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16. Retracting. My bad.... |
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Edited on Fri Apr-27-07 09:30 AM by JustABozoOnThisBus
I assumed a home on the 18th hole would belong to the rich. Bad assumption, I'm sure.
Mea culpa
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Fri Apr-27-07 08:59 AM
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19. Complaining about someone pissing near your home? |
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Not everyone who lives near a golf course is rich. And not all rich people are worthy of such blanket derision.
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Fri Apr-27-07 09:23 AM
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The course near me is lined with a mix of single family homes, garden homes, townhomes, and apartments.
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Fri Apr-27-07 10:05 AM
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25. Very much like a new public course by me |
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everything from modest condos to McMansions.
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Fri Apr-27-07 11:24 AM
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31. There is nothing wrong with pissing on the golf course. |
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Fri Apr-27-07 11:38 AM
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32. Making excuses for the pissers is inappropriate |
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It is rude behavior to take a leak a few strides from someone's patio, in full view of anyone who happens to be there. I don't know if that is exactly her situation, but a course I play has exactly that ongoing issue.
The people who unfortunately moved into the condos facing the popular piss-stop trees have an ugly parade of pissers all day long.
However, facts are facts and with all the beer swilled by many golfers, delivered to them enroute by the "drink cart girl" it is a problem the course should deal with. The course I refer to has one sani-john on the 14th hole. How they picked that spot - and that spot alone - I don't know. Maybe because it is not in view of any houses. Perhaps the residents didn't want the "eyesore" of a sanijohn? If that's it, then they reap what they sow.
Another higher-priced course I've played has about four permanent structures - running water, the whole bit, placed enroute. A couple of them are accessible from both front and back nine. Several others have facilities at least a couple of places.
This is a relatively small cost in the overall cost of building and maintaining a golf course, and should be mandatory, in my opinion.
THEN it would be feasible to enforce the "no public pissing" rules.
I readily admit that, although I don't drink beer, I have more than once found an urgent need to go into the woods to search for a fictitious lost ball...
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Sat Apr-28-07 02:02 AM
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48. You may not agree, but it isin't "Inappropriate" |
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to make excuses for these pissers
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Fri Apr-27-07 02:52 PM
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35. Teed off or peed off? |
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I live on a golf course...ask me anything.
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Sat Apr-28-07 02:02 AM
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47. No, the underlying problem is no porta-potty |
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