It turns out that America isn’t all just homicides and j-walking; after I’d finished laughing about Britney Spears crashing her Mercedes whilst putting on make up last month (hit me baby one more time!), I happened upon a heart-warming tale of human decency from our friends across the pond...
A solid waste transfer station inspector, working in Montgomery County, Maryland, received a call on his radio from the ‘trash bays’ in the public unloading area one morning, informing him that a member of the public had reported hearing a cat meowing in the number 13 trailer.
The inspector ordered the trailer to be pulled to the tipping floor inside the transfer station building, where it became the job of two unfortunate contractors to climb in and empty the entire trailer by hand.
After 35 minutes of sifting merrily through filth, no cat was found. With hopes of finding the kitten rapidly dwindling, the inspector received another call informing him that the cat was still meowing near trailer bay 13. The search was moved back to the trailer area, but still no moggy…
Feeling there was no more they could do, the men returned to work. But one determined animal lover refused to give up and kept on searching until he found the kitten hidden in the trailer bay. He has now given the kitten a home and named it ‘Lucky’! Aaaah, it makes you feel all warm inside... and then a bit pukey.
Speaking of fluffy felines; never mind the expression ‘not enough room to swing a cat’ - you couldn’t fit a cat in this month’s artfully overloaded skip if you passed it through a blender first (please don’t try this - trust me, it’s true).
This gem, sent in by TDB Morris Environmental Ltd, scores double points. It’s obligatory for any self-respecting overloaded skip to feature either a matress or an old sofa - but this has both!
Can anyone beat this for quality? Email your overloaded skip photos to pr@theskip.net or post them to - The Skip, Baxall Business Centre, Adswood Road, Stockport, SK3 8LF.
