Posted on 08/27/2018 4:57:11 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Tourist who took pebbles from Cornwall beach is forced to travel hundreds of miles to bring them back or face £1,000 fine.
There's nothing like taking a pebble home from the beach to remind you of those holiday good times. But beware where you pick them up from – one man who took some from a Cornish beauty spot found himself being hunted down by officials who demanded them back. In the end he was forced to travel hundreds of miles to return them or face prosecution.
The case emerged after complaints that beach visitors are being 'aggressively' threatened with prosecution for taking stones home from Crackington Haven.
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Money hungry government controllers - they are taking every pleasure away from curious children and adults.
Quite possibly the POST OF THE MONTH!
Is there a brush to knock all of the grains of sand from your shoes, sandals, or feet?
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
If everyone takes one stone...
>>Local resident Jackie Carpenter said: ‘They [the signs] ruin the view and they also provide a horrible ‘police-state’ sort of environment.’
the police state is already there, the signs just put visitors on notice
In Hawaii they handle the problem by cursing the rocks if removed.
Go to the heliport in Volcanoes National Park (I think — we stopped there on our helo tour of the volcanoes) — they have a whole museum of rocks that have been returned with letters attesting to the terrible things that happened to people who took them.
(cue “Brady Bunch cursed icon” music)
Everyone should bring a pebble from home or a park and add it to the rock garden on the beach.
If every visitor left an additional rock there...
Typed like 4 paragraphs before I realized you said Curious children.
Could have sworn you said Furious children, and I was going to go all in.
My bad.
Same rule applies in US federal parks.
That’s a funny song. Especially after a few adult beverages. Shel Silverstein eh? I seem to remember that name from Doctor Demento.
Oh me oh my.
I guess forget trying to skip a stone? Are they forced to go into the water to retrieve the rock? Looney. (I expected the rocks to at least be pretty.)
The police will ignore beheadings, gang rape and FGM for the ‘special people.’
If the Arab world knew the West would allow a slow-motion invasion AND fund themselves they would have done it years ago.
BamBam is gonna be pissed. (couldn’t help it).
Well, at least they named it correctly.
You beat me, Slartibartfast!
PS: Me and you gotta have a special day. There will be Disney Princesses hollering about ‘whole new worlds’ and whatnot.
But...they’re high. Give them a bit to adjust.
Soon, you’ll be talking to cartoons just like they’re your family. /s?
Reminiscent of the signs that the late governor of Oregon had placed along the highways in the late 60’s:
Welcome to Oregon. Have a nice visit, but please don’t stay.
So many worthless laws, rules and government acts.
Here's some of their silliness from the 1960s:
I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
We have a similar saying here in VT. Welcome to VT, now leave your wallet and go home.
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