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Title: Frisbee throwers on LA beaches to be hit with $1,000 fine
Source:
The Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new ... s-to-be-hit-with-630-fine.html
Published: Feb 10, 2012
Author: Nick Allen
Post Date: 2012-02-10 20:26:13 by Esso
Keywords: None
Views: 197
Comments: 11
Fines of up to $1,000 (£630) are to be imposed for throwing American footballs or Frisbees on Los Angeles beaches in an attempt to protect sunbathers from flying objects. The penalties will be enforced during the peak summer months against anyone who tries to "cast, toss, throw, kick or roll any ball, tube or light object, other than a beach ball or beach volleyball, upon or over any beach". Anyone intending to use a spherical football for a kick-around would need special permission and "no structure used for ball-playing purposes," such as a goal, is to be allowed. The severe sounding measures were included in a 37-page local law drawn up by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors which sought to clarify what is allowed on beaches, and the powers and duties of lifeguards to keep order. There had been a previous general restriction against the throwing of "light objects" that could be dangerous. But anything other than a beachball or beach volleyball has now been specifically banned between late May and early September. The Board of Supervisors said it was the first time beach rules had been updated since the 1980s, and the clarification would allow them to be better enforced. A spokeswoman said: "The rules are in place so that during a busy, crowded summer beach day, no one is put at risk by a spontaneous football game." Other outlawed activities deemed potentially dangerous to beachgoers include the digging of any sandpits by children that reach a depth of more than 18 inches. Exceptions to that rule may be granted for film and television productions. Poster Comment: FREEEDUMB!
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#1. To: Esso (#0)
How long before anyone realises that beach football could be easily played with a volleyball in these amateur situations?
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
No shit. What a police state! Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson We're gonna need some strict, new ball control laws.
"tube?" Like inner-tubes? Would it still be allowable to carry them to and from the water, as long as they weren't actually being rolled in an upright fashion? "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I DEMAND ZERO-TOLERANCE! Do drinking straws count as tubes? If so, I hope we can keep this law out of Indiana, because just today a waiter passed me a "tube" from a distance of at least half a yard at a popular public location. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
and you'll probably get it :( "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
D is one of the cunning people of Indiana. He'll no doubt wind up in prison with all the other dixiestraw-wielding terrorists. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Not to mention being a cunning linguist. "I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
#2. To: Esso (#0)
#3. To: Dakmar (#1)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#4. To: Esso (#3)
"cast, toss, throw, kick or roll any ball, tube or light object, other than a beach ball or beach volleyball, upon or over any beach"
#5. To: Dakmar (#4)
Would it still be allowable to carry them to and from the water, as long as they weren't actually being rolled in an upright fashion?
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#6. To: Esso (#3)
We're gonna need some strict, new ball control laws.
#7. To: Esso (#5)
I DEMAND ZERO-TOLERANCE!
#8. To: Dakmar (#6)
Do drinking straws count as tubes? If so, I hope we can keep this law out of Indiana, because just today a waiter passed me a "tube" from a distance of at least half a yard at a popular public location.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#9. To: tom007 (#8)
D is one of the cunning people of Indiana.
#10. To: tom007, Dakmar (#8)
D is one of the cunning people of Indiana.
#11. To: Original_Intent (#10)
Not to mention being a cunning linguist.
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