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#1 Posted : 07 December 2006 12:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nicholas Morris
Doing an environmental presentation next week to launch our new initiative to managers- need a good environmental joke or two as icebreakers. A quick internet search came up with quite a few american ones but nothing that really seems relevant here. I'm sure there must be someone out there who can oblige please??
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#2 Posted : 07 December 2006 12:05:00(UTC)
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Posted By Sean Fraser
Apologies in advance - I am in a particularly ascerbic mood this week.

Environmental jokes - United States of America
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#3 Posted : 07 December 2006 12:43:00(UTC)
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
And I was going to say planet earth!!!

Bob
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#4 Posted : 07 December 2006 12:49:00(UTC)
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
On a slightly more serious note with a very dry humour try the CITES requirements (Convention in trade of endangered species)

Certain "rare"plants are included. The offence is to possess any part of any specimen listed whether living or dead unless authorised.

Therefore when building a highway in the jungle or cutting down the rainforest you can destroy the last remaining colony providing you do not move it from its location. If you move a plant to safety you commit the offence.

Strange but true!

Bob
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#5 Posted : 07 December 2006 12:51:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Leaman
How do Oil companies usually deal with oil spills? - Slick Lawyers.

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#6 Posted : 07 December 2006 13:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jim Walker


BAT = Best environmental Technique.

BATNEEC = Best environmental Technique not entailing excessive cost.

CATNIP - Cheapest available technique not including prosecution
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#7 Posted : 07 December 2006 13:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Nicholas Morris
CATNIP- excellent! That's going in the presentation!
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#8 Posted : 07 December 2006 13:53:00(UTC)
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Posted By Heather Collins
The BAT of BATNEEC is actually best available technology....
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#9 Posted : 07 December 2006 14:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By Gordon Thelwell
Hi Nicholas, found this for you:

http://www.grinningplane...ental-jokes-cartoons.htm
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#10 Posted : 07 December 2006 15:15:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jim Walker
Thanks Helen,

Brain not connected to my typing finger!
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#11 Posted : 07 December 2006 15:15:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jim Walker
Or even Heather!!!
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#12 Posted : 07 December 2006 15:40:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Packham
Actually CATNIP was something I invented many years ago. Originally it read:

Cheapest Available Techniques Not Involving Prosecution

Chris
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#13 Posted : 07 December 2006 15:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jim Walker
Chris, I wasn't passing it off as my own.

That's 3 people who I know who profess to be the originator of CATNIP.

Always gets a laugh though.
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#14 Posted : 08 December 2006 11:58:00(UTC)
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Posted By Kenneth Patrick
Heather,

It is techniques not technology in BATNEEC

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