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(Some Guy)   Canton, Ohio, vows to jail anyone growing grass. No, not the kind you smoke -- the kind you mow and tell kids to get off of   (cantonrep.com) divider line
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Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-05-21 3:08:02 PM  
FTA headline...Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass

Subby fails Reading Comprehension 101
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-05-21 3:34:23 PM  
Bathia_Mapes: Subby fails Reading Comprehension 101

I guess they've solved all other problems, then?
 
Recoil Therapy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-05-21 3:39:39 PM  
Perhaps they aren't cutting it as often because it costs $4/gal for gas.

/or in my case because my farking mower is so old that Deere had to special order a belt for it...
//thinking about putting a herd of sheep out back - maybe that will work better...
 
Kyndig
2008-05-21 3:43:47 PM  
Perhapse somebody flying overhead will drop a box of money to help end their oppression...
 
cubsfan07
2008-05-21 3:54:05 PM  
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Bri_Bri_Gooch
2008-05-21 3:54:51 PM  
Idiots! if you jail them, then how are they supposed to cut the grass. Seems a bit counter productive.
 
GanjSmokr
2008-05-21 3:55:14 PM  
so it's ok to grow the grass you smoke then?
 
Barakku
2008-05-21 3:55:15 PM  
If there's grass on the field...run like shiat!
 
kindms
2008-05-21 3:55:35 PM  
Yay. lets criminalize everything.
 
jjorsett
2008-05-21 3:55:37 PM  
In my old neighborhood, one of my neighbors solved this problem by occupying his property with old washing machines and cars on cinderblocks.
 
Eric_PDX
2008-05-21 3:55:46 PM  
I say we have a 3 strike law.

Strike 1: Notice mailed to owner.

Strike 2: $200 fine.

Strike 3: Bulldozers.

/ problem solved
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2008-05-21 3:55:55 PM  
They may want to think about getting rid of the abandoned houses first. WTF.
 
MrBrightside
2008-05-21 3:56:30 PM  
Yeah, because someone else growing their lawn out definitely violates your rights
 
spacechicken170am
2008-05-21 3:56:37 PM  
Why not cut it and fine them for it. You could easily hire a landscaper to go cut it and add the cost to the fine. Problem solved. Next
 
yeegrek
2008-05-21 3:56:50 PM  
Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.
 
Eric_PDX
2008-05-21 3:56:50 PM  
Bri_Bri_Gooch: Idiots! if you jail them, then how are they supposed to cut the grass. Seems a bit counter productive.

Barakku: If there's grass on the field...

Who knew a thread about grass could be so much fun!!!??!
 
Ms.Maus
2008-05-21 3:57:01 PM  
In my old neighborhood, someone got around this by planting a shiatload of 'wildflowers' in with the tall grass and called it a garden.
 
Farkwaddle
2008-05-21 3:57:16 PM  
Makes you wonder if they pay some guy with a ruler to go out there and determine if fines should be applied.

"nope. it's only 7.38", give it a few more days."
 
Get Lost
2008-05-21 3:57:31 PM  
And why is there no Roundup used by the city??? As long as the grass is green, it'll work.

/Abandoned lots and homes are nature preserves.
//Therefor exempt from this ,so-called, law.
 
tweekster
2008-05-21 3:57:54 PM  
Cities and towns have laws covering this, if you ignore them you will be fined, if you ignore the fines you will be held in contempt and go to jail.

Seems quite a bit more effective than an HOA though. That's right I went there.
 
spacechicken170am
2008-05-21 3:58:25 PM  
yeegrek: Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.

In all fairness we have TV, weight rooms, and all kinds of cool stuff in our jails. It's more like a time out over here.
 
lukelightning
2008-05-21 3:58:45 PM  
It's because grass smokes pot. As biology teacher in college told me: "Sedges have edges, and rushes are round, and grasses have joints when the cops aren't around."
 
kmt11
2008-05-21 3:59:07 PM  
Recoil Therapy: Perhaps they aren't cutting it as often because it costs $4/gal for gas.

/or in my case because my farking mower is so old that Deere had to special order a belt for it...
//thinking about putting a herd of sheep out back - maybe that will work better...

Why don't you hire a gardener?
 
roger77
2008-05-21 3:59:10 PM  
yeegrek: Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.

that's what i came to say. it's good we're paying people to make laws like this when so many are losing houses.
 
MayoBoy
2008-05-21 3:59:16 PM  
yeegrek: Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.

England tried it but then realized that they had confiscated all the lawnmower blades as being to dangerous.
 
PATS0707
2008-05-21 3:59:48 PM  
What does the lawn look like at the football hall of fame? Is it ASTRO?
 
elvisbloom
2008-05-21 4:00:11 PM  
Wow. That was totally worth reading and not a waste of time at all. It was also funny. Do they have a "You'll want your two minutes back" tag?
 
Gasconne
2008-05-21 4:00:14 PM  
In my old neighborhood, someone got around this by planting a shiatload of 'wildflowers' in with the tall grass and called it a garden.

In some parts of California, you could do that and claim it as a ground water reclamation project. The post office I have a box at did that with its lawn. The groundskeeper must have been too expensive to have him mow about 20 sq ft of grass.
 
kindms
2008-05-21 4:00:21 PM  
spacechicken170am: yeegrek: Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.

In all fairness we have TV, weight rooms, and all kinds of cool stuff in our jails. It's more like a time out over here.

How could you forget the free gay sex ?

No Soup for you!
 
Edd17
2008-05-21 4:01:22 PM  
Land of the free? Ha!
 
tarheel07
2008-05-21 4:01:46 PM  
We have to have some of the lamest legislators in the world. Oooooh, "Jail them." Whatever happened to public shamings and stonings?

/speaking of getting stoned....
 
gorgor
2008-05-21 4:01:50 PM  
Laura Ingles is farked!
 
troppo gonzo
2008-05-21 4:01:56 PM  
Looks like someone is at the wrong house...

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FeFiFoFark
2008-05-21 4:02:11 PM  
enforce the law with Banks and Corporations first and let me know how that works out before you start enforcing it with average homeowners. assclowns.
 
PATS0707
2008-05-21 4:02:52 PM  
I let the water run while i brush my teeth. Is this next?
 
satanorsanta
2008-05-21 4:02:58 PM  
Many overgrown lawns in the town do get cut by the city costing $200k, all they are trying to do is recoup the cost by fining the owners and threatening to send them to jail if they don't pay. An overgrown lawn allows more insects and pests, which is bad for the entire neighborhood.
 
Headso
2008-05-21 4:03:03 PM  
It costs tax payers about 25,000-30,000 dollars a year to house an inmate and they are going to jail a guy for a 30 days for tall grass? why not just pay for the grass to be cut instead...it would be cheaper...
 
Helios1182
2008-05-21 4:03:21 PM  
As long as the mayor and city council go to jail anytime one of the city's properties, or those they are responsible for mowing, gets over grown.
 
spacechicken170am
2008-05-21 4:03:33 PM  
kindms: spacechicken170am: yeegrek: Wow, I wonder how the US somehow magically got 25% of the world's prison population. Seriously, name me one free, developed nation that would even consider jailing someone for this.

In all fairness we have TV, weight rooms, and all kinds of cool stuff in our jails. It's more like a time out over here.

How could you forget the free gay sex ?

No Soup for you!

Jail != maximum security prison

/No buttsechs for you!!
/from now on i'm referring to rape as free sex
 
Mnemia
2008-05-21 4:03:39 PM  
Grass lawns have always struck me as rather wasteful of resources. A lot of water and energy resources go into maintaining that grass, and for not a great reason. Sure, some grass is useful for recreation or sitting in outside. But I don't really care for a bunch of grass that is just there for looks.
 
piglet
2008-05-21 4:03:54 PM  
Deck chairs, Titanic, & a heated 'tastes great/less filling' argument.

Farkin' brilliant.
 
NimbleWalrus
2008-05-21 4:04:03 PM  
GanjSmokr: so it's ok to grow the grass you smoke then?

Thats how I interpret it.
 
dc-kid
2008-05-21 4:04:40 PM  
Bri_Bri_Gooch: Idiots! if you jail them, then how are they supposed to cut the grass. Seems a bit counter productive.

things that make you go ummmmmmm...
 
tfischer
2008-05-21 4:05:27 PM  
>>that's what i came to say. it's good we're paying people to make laws like
>>this when so many are losing houses.

And how exactly are these two things related? As long as people are not paying their mortgages, cities should not enforce their codes and laws?
 
loki see loki do
2008-05-21 4:05:42 PM  
kmt11:
Why don't you hire a gardener?

Because Mexicans aren't as readily available in KY as opposed to LA?
 
Acharne
2008-05-21 4:05:50 PM  
Again. Not something the municipality should have any say over.

Wasn't part of the U.S. built on property rights?

Get THE fark off my lawn Government. Not yours to worry about.
 
MDGeist
2008-05-21 4:05:53 PM  
Land of the free my ass! As a child of the 80s it pains me to say that maybe it's time to move to Russia.
 
Cheron
2008-05-21 4:07:01 PM  
kmt11: Recoil Therapy: Perhaps they aren't cutting it as often because it costs $4/gal for gas.

/or in my case because my farking mower is so old that Deere had to special order a belt for it...
//thinking about putting a herd of sheep out back - maybe that will work better...

Why don't you hire a gardener?

Because sheep means never another lonely Saturday night.
 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark]
2008-05-21 4:07:20 PM  
PATS0707: What does the lawn look like at the football hall of fame? Is it ASTRO?

ASTROGLIDE
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/because ass slappin football players are... well you know
 
BlorfMaster
2008-05-21 4:07:58 PM  
I have a neighbor who apparently got upset at all the letters from the city telling him to mow his lawn. He got a few gallons of vegicide and poured it all over his lawn.

A year or two later his lawn is now just a big pile of dirty sand. Matches his trashy house he never upkeeps.

friggin rednecks.
 
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