# Fucking leaf blowers. I am so sick of this goddam shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749 "2008-09-15T22:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kdunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@kdunn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdunn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/61 "2014-02-13T06:49:19Z")
the way to kill two problems at once would be to execute all morons. that would likely take out the blowers too. or vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/62 "2014-02-13T06:57:52Z")
Holy resurrected thread, Batman! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/63 "2014-02-13T14:36:10Z")
> [@kdunn](#): > > the way to kill two problems at once would be to execute all morons. that would likely take out the blowers too. or vice-versa. You should hope that list of morons doesn’t include those who join a northern Hemisphere message board in Winter just to resurrect a 6 year old thread with an off-season topic ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/64 "2014-02-13T20:24:45Z")
Join date: Today Posts: 1 Posting in: Long dead thread. Yup. Seen this one happen lots of times before. I think such things should result in an immediate temp ban, followed by a perm on the second offense. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/65 "2014-02-13T20:37:00Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Join date: Today > > Posts: 1 > > Posting in: Long dead thread. > > Yup. Seen this one happen lots of times before. I think such things should result in an immediate temp ban, followed by a perm on the second offense. And it was _such_ a useful post, too. ---
**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/66 "2014-02-13T21:41:54Z")
I fully endorse this pit and would like to add my own layer of insult: If you are blowing your shit onto the street you are breaking ordinance and costing tax-payers money and possibly obstructing traffic. Stop. If you are blowing yard waste in my direction while walking or biking by you are effectively assaulting me. This may seem like a minor bitch until a twig is embedded in my eye. Get a rake you lazy fuck. Unless you are using it on pavement, get a fucking rake. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/67 "2014-02-13T21:50:24Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > If you are blowing yard waste in my direction while walking or biking by you are effectively assaulting me. This may seem like a minor bitch until a twig is embedded in my eye. Its all fun and games til somebody loses an eye. …that twig? That tiny little twig? It’ll _never_ grow up to be an oak tree… ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/68 "2014-02-14T01:54:27Z")
Why are you guys such assholes to newbies? A lot of people find the Dope through Google, and if they’re not used to posting on boards, don’t always know to check the dates. You might be chasing off some good contributors. I do agree with the original pit. I’m not crazy about winter weather, but it’s sure a lot quieter around here. I can probably do better than a lot of you: several neighbors have yard “services”, so the leaf blower, lawn mower and weed eater are going \*at the same time. \* Holy Hell. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/69 "2014-02-14T14:08:15Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Why are you guys such assholes to newbies? A lot of people find the Dope through Google, and if they’re not used to posting on boards, don’t always know to check the dates. You might be chasing off some good contributors.[snip] I’m more than willing to chance it. Take a good hard look at the post. Think we’re going to get quality stuff out of a guy who recommends mass executions in his first message? This is the pit. If you don’t like it get on your big white condescending horse and get the fuck out. (See **Helena330** , I can be an asshole to the regulars too.) And how in the hell did he find this thread in the first place? I’m more impressed with that little move than anything that was said. Go ahead everybody, try some google-fu and see if you can get this thread to show up on the first page (using “straight dope” in the search doesn’t count) ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/70 "2014-02-15T23:47:36Z")
I haven’t read any of this thread, just wanted to say what a **GREAT** original post, Spectre of Pithecanthropus, you nailed it perfectly in words like … perfectly. I own a thing called a “rake”. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/71 "2014-02-16T00:40:50Z")
God, I was a dick back then. ---
**Author:** ![YoungKusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3e96dc/32.png) [@YoungKusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoungKusher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/72 "2014-02-17T23:29:07Z")
Fuck this topic. I live in a wooded neighborhood. If I didn’t have my $800 leaf blower that I can clean my roof, eaves troughs, and get virtually every leaf off of my 1 1/2 acre property with in less than 2 hours, then I would be spending inordinate amounts of time on that BS. I only need to do what’s described above 4-5 times a year to keep my yard clean. I don’t think it’s ever a valid complaint when referring to people doing yard work during the day. Like was already said, use some damn ear plugs… I recognize that I live in a neighborhood where it’s required to do these things, and we have way more leaves than most other people. My neighbors and I chose to live here which is probably why I’ve never heard anyone complain about it before. But still, don’t be a narcissistic jerk about petty bullshit. The problem probably doesn’t lie with the person doing the yard work. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/73 "2014-02-18T14:02:50Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Join date: Today > > Posts: 1 > > Posting in: Long dead thread. > > Yup. Seen this one happen lots of times before. I think such things should result in an immediate temp ban, followed by a perm on the second offense. Yeah, because the SDMB is thriving and healthy and has so many new posters every day that we can afford to flush one down the toilet because some obsessive-compulsive tard is emotionally crippled by the fact that he’s reading _old words_ :eek:! In other words, shut up you douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/74 "2014-02-18T14:09:58Z")
_whimper_ I miss leafblowers. Stupid winter is stupid. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/75 "2014-02-18T14:22:06Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Yeah, because the SDMB is thriving and healthy and has so many new posters every day that we can afford to flush one down the toilet because some obsessive-compulsive tard is emotionally crippled by the fact that he’s reading _old words_ :eek:! > > In other words, shut up you douchebag. Bullshit! This is the pit. The newbie had to have read this thread and figured out that this is a free for all area. Add that to the fact that this board IS thriving and healthy and we DO get many posters every day. Some actually continue to post although way too many just post one line of useless crap and never return (even after a genuine friendly welcome not at all like mine). Some people just get their jollies by driving by message boards and leaving useless remarks I suggest you take your junioir-mod douche bag and cram it where the sun don’t shine. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/76 "2014-02-18T14:23:25Z")
I hate leaf blowers. Why aren’t they required to have mufflers? Goddamn it, someday somebody is going to snap. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/77 "2014-02-18T14:38:58Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Yeah, because the SDMB is thriving and healthy and has so many new posters every day that we can afford to flush one down the toilet because some obsessive-compulsive tard is emotionally crippled by the fact that he’s reading _old words_ :eek:! > > In other words, shut up you douchebag. Go eat a bag of dicks, and don’t forget to swallow. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/78 "2014-02-18T15:30:09Z")
I drove past some leaf-blowing dudes the other day at 6:15AM when it was pouring rain. Very odd. I often see them out in parking lots on really windy days too, which seems counter productive. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/79 "2014-02-18T15:36:46Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I drove past some leaf-blowing dudes the other day at 6:15AM when it was pouring rain. Very odd. I’ve seen this too, and did a double-take— literally blowing puddles around in a rainstorm. Unfortunately they weren’t using the electric type. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749/80 "2014-02-18T16:19:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I drove past some leaf-blowing dudes the other day at 6:15AM when it was pouring rain. Very odd. I often see them out in parking lots on really windy days too, which seems counter productive. Assuming someone is giving them a paycheck, they’ll stand around blowing stuff that is already blowing. The money spends the same either way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-leaf-blowers-i-am-so-sick-of-this-goddam-shit/463749.md?page=5)