MOSGIEL BLOKE RECKONS THE WIND HAS IT IN FOR HIM SPECIFICALLY
Wheelie bin last seen heading for Outram at pace. Owner not invited.
A Mosgiel man has told police the southerly is conducting a targeted campaign against him, citing four incidents this month involving his hat, his recycling, and a bit of trellis.
Roydon Affleck, 58, of Gladstone Road North, said his neighbour's bin had not moved in weeks. His own bin had been to Allanton. "It knows which one's mine," Mr Affleck told this reporter. "Don't tell me it doesn't."
Pauline Garrick, 71, from two doors down, said she had watched Mr Affleck chase the bin down the road on Tuesday in his dressing gown. "Bin was doing about forty. Roydon was doing about six. No contest."
MetService said wind does not hold grudges. A spokesperson conceded Mosgiel "sits in a bit of a funnel" and that, on the balance of probabilities, vendettas could not be formally ruled out.
The bin was later recovered in Outram by a member of the public, who has declined to return it. He told this reporter "finders keepers" was, in his understanding, the law. My mate at the station reckons the trellis is in Milton.
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Reader Letters
Garry (Halswell)
Back in my day, we fixed three trellises before lunch and the wheelie bins knew their place!
OutramObserver
@Garry (Halswell) True, but these new bins are lighter. They're basically kites on wheels!
Trevor_Mosgiel
Lol, have a few too many, Roydon? The wind isn't out to get anyone, mate.
pantslessPete
@Trevor_Mosgiel Maybe it doesn't start with the wind, but I've seen bins with minds of their own!
Pauline_GladstoneRd
I'm two doors down and I saw the whole thing. Poor Roydon looked like he might fall over. Someone should check if his bin's got a grudge!
bin_bandit
The MetService covering up for Mother Nature again! Open your eyes, sheeple! THE BIN KNOWNS THE TRUTH.
Margaret_F
Mosgiel's got a wind problem for sure, but finding a bin in Outram and not returning it? Now that's just rude.