Comments on: Don’t Eat This Trash Can http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan Brantley http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-38189 Dan Brantley Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:08:14 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-38189 Wick, Thank you for the mention! And Wes, I have to add that the can was also using an offensive odor as part of its camouflage. Dan Wick,
Thank you for the mention!
And Wes, I have to add that the can was also using an offensive odor as part of its camouflage.
Dan

]]> By: Wes Mantooth http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-37037 Wes Mantooth Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:17:05 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-37037 This is just camoflage. The trash can is entirely edible, but preserves itself by notifying potential predators that it is not edible. Come on, didn't you guys take biology in high school? This is just camoflage. The trash can is entirely edible, but preserves itself by notifying potential predators that it is not edible. Come on, didn’t you guys take biology in high school?

]]> By: Karen http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-36987 Karen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:59:30 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-36987 Sadly, my thought is that the sign was for the homeless, letting them know that there might be chemicals or dangerous items, if people had also accidentally thrown food in there. Sadly, my thought is that the sign was for the homeless, letting them know that there might be chemicals or dangerous items, if people had also accidentally thrown food in there.

]]> By: Nate http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-36982 Nate Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:54:36 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-36982 Maybe it's warning other trash cans against their form of cannibalism? Maybe it’s warning other trash cans against their form of cannibalism?

]]> By: ????? http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-36977 ????? Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:49:47 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-36977 can't some things just be funny? can’t some things just be funny?

]]> By: Gwyon http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-36949 Gwyon Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:30:40 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-36949 Do you think trash cans labeled "glass" are made of glass? Do you think trash cans labeled “glass” are made of glass?

]]> By: jamesn http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/07/19/dont-eat-this-trash-can/comment-page-1/#comment-36948 jamesn Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:37 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15892#comment-36948 Doesn't seem so odd really. The trash can is telling the user to not put consumable trash into it. You know like food. I'd guess there are other trash cans around that opposite labeling. Why two different sets of trash cans? The stuff in the can pictured goes to the land fill and/or gets recycled and the stuff in the other can goes to pig farmers or something similar. Just a bit of public school trivia. Doesn’t seem so odd really. The trash can is telling the user to not put consumable trash into it. You know like food. I’d guess there are other trash cans around that opposite labeling.

Why two different sets of trash cans? The stuff in the can pictured goes to the land fill and/or gets recycled and the stuff in the other can goes to pig farmers or something similar.

Just a bit of public school trivia.

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