"Yeah, I guess so," she says.
"Really? That's crazy. Like, did you know anyone who would just throw their garbage out the car door?"
"I'm sure I did."
"Did you do it?"
Long pause.
"Probably!"
Later she asks my dad the same question and he says he never littered. He had to pick garbage up along the roadside near the farm in Wenatchee growing up. It annoyed him and he vowed to never become one of those lousy litterbugs.
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| 'The International Tidyman' (my what pointy legs you have) Image via Wikimedia Commons |
They both remember a TV public service announcement that was enough to scare any no-good garbage-hurler straight. Here it is in all its heartbreaking glory.
We all agreed that the PSA takes on an extra layer of sadness in that this guy—a genuine Native American named 'Iron Eyes Cody'—was forced to make his living off anti-littering commercials. Instead of living off the land, he was pimping out his own sorrow just to earn a buck!
But, guess what? That's wrong. He wasn't a genuine Native American. Iron Eyes Cody was actually 100% Italian and just decided to based his entire Hollywood career on portraying American Indians.
You could've fooled me, Iron Eyes! If that's even your real name. I suspect it isn't.
That's all,
Margaret
P.S. For the record, I doubt Nadinski littered.
P.P.S. Remember this?
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