Recividist whistler gets marching orders
Robert Smith from Portland, Maine, has a passion for whistling. The 32-year-old believes it is a gift from God. But Smith's whistling has caused such public irritation that he has been arrested and taken to court for disorderly conduct. He has been accused of whistling as a signal for drug dealing, which he denies. Smith is now free to whistle, but only under one condition: A court has ordered him to only whistle while he walks.
Trendy cyclists degrade Parnell
Daphne writes: "I am sick to death of observing the arrogance and non-observance of road rules by groups of cyclists. Each morning my husband and I walk around Parnell and every day we see groups of cyclists three and four abreast riding up St Stephens Ave, holding up traffic, particularly buses which have to slow to a crawl behind them. On Tuesday morning I was particularly disgusted by a group which had gathered outside the Cathedral on Parnell Rd, creating a hazard on the road and on the pavement, and several were clearing their noses and spitting on to the pavement. Clearly there is no room for a handkerchief in their trendy bike gear."
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