Even A Garbage Can Deserves A Day Out

December 24, 2021 7:06 PM

Aussie Carl Stanojevic got a text from his neighbor asking him if he would take out his neighbor's garbage bin. Being a conscientious neighbor, Stanojevic proceeded to do so. (SLGrauniad)

Highlights of Binnie's Day Out included getting tattoos, a trip to the local bar, seeing the ducks, and other hijinks.

posted by NoxAeternum (11 comments total)

Like the song has it, I've bin everywhere, man.
posted by zamboni at 8:06 PM on December 24, 2021 [8 favorites]

Bin caught stealin'
Once
When I was 54
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:33 PM on December 24, 2021 [5 favorites]

Needs more Aardman Animation music.
posted by wenestvedt at 8:51 PM on December 24, 2021

Is this wheelie the best of the web?
posted by flabdablet at 9:57 PM on December 24, 2021 [7 favorites]

This was clever and fun and while very obvious was carried out in an unexpected way.

I'm glad you posted -- it brightening my evening!
posted by hippybear at 10:07 PM on December 24, 2021

On the phone, talking trash.
posted by NorthernLite at 10:55 PM on December 24, 2021 [1 favorite]

Back in the '80s, we were visiting friends and spent the night after a party, to wake up and find an Elvis lamp (like this, only with more of a bordello-themed lampshade) in the back seat of our car. As this was a tradition these friends had, we were not allowed to return it immediately, so we took him home.
We were living in DC at the time, so we decided to show him the city. We have pictures at the monuments, the White House, the Supreme Court, the Folger, the IRS, with tourists, etc.
It's fun to interact with the passers-by while doing this.
posted by MtDewd at 8:01 AM on December 25, 2021 [1 favorite]

Like the song has it, I've bin everywhere, man.

Appropriate, as the song originated in Australia.
posted by Bee'sWing at 8:31 AM on December 25, 2021

This is sending my inner crouton-petter crazy. I’m so happy for the bin! After years of doing nothing but carrying rejected stuff up and down the guy’s drive and being otherwise ignored, someone finally looked at it and really saw it and made it feel special!

My life is tiring sometimes.
posted by penguin pie at 5:00 PM on December 25, 2021 [2 favorites]

the song originated in Australia Wollongong
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 5:44 PM on December 25, 2021

So the garbage man coming down the street noticed that Carl's bin wasn't on the footpath for garbage collection and he shouts out "Carl, where's ya bin?" and Carl sitting on his front step, smoking a durry says "I bin on holidays, mate!" and the garbo says, "nah mate, where's your WHEELY bin?" and Carl says "ya got me. I've wheely bin in gaol."

BTW, me and my kids used to feed the great great great great (30 years worth) grandparents of those ducks.

I went to a restaurant in Mackay and ordered Chicken Parmagiana. When the meal was delivered, the waitress announced "here's your chicken in pyjamas - don't know why they call it that, looks nothink like them bananas in pyjamas."

Early one morning, about 6am, a man walked up to me and said "do you know where I can get some mice?" and I asked if he was going to feed them to his snakes. No, he was a taxidermist.

Mackay was an interesting place to live.
posted by b33j at 9:06 PM on December 25, 2021 [4 favorites]