Big 10 football - a litter collectors dream!

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I live within sight of Northwestern University's stadium. Last
weekend, Michigan came to give NU a thrashing and also to have its
fans leave piles of beer bottles and litter. The challenge was so
immense that I couldn't take time to find a phone booth to change into
my uniform and cape, emerging instead equipped with my trusty plastic
toter, panama hat and sunglasses. I made my way among the dejected NU
fans, my face by contrast alight with enthusiasm, for no matter who
wins or who loses, I know that there will be loads of litter waiting
for me.

Approaching a pile of about 30 bottles behind an SUV, I asked a person
standing nearby if I could collect them. Sure, he laughed. Alas, I had
run into yet another alien from another planet, one who doesn't know
that on Earth we all recycle, don't give a hoot about throwing funny
looking leather balls around and make sure we take away what we
brought with us, whether on a camp-out or in town. I didn't envy him
as I watching him climb into his huge spaceship with the labels "4x4"
and "OFF ROAD" all over it and leave for his home planet.