In all Bottle Caps Forgotten….

Howdy collectors!

Have you ever noticed that when engaging in littering it is a lot more acceptable for our conscience when the trash at hand is small (especially when under the influence)?  One can easily discard a bubble gum wrapper or flick a butt without being noticed.  However, if one chucks a soda bottle from a moving vehicle the action would be incorrigible to onlookers….

I raise this point because of its pertinence to Area 57.  We have become aware that tailgaters are trashy people (no kidding…).  They leave SOLO cups, beer bottles and cans and other evidence of their festive behavior in our sacred gravel lot.  But, at some point after a tailgating party and before the next celebratory gathering in this parking lot, most of the trash DISAPPEARS!  Whether it is the magical trash fairy or some benevolent trash collector that clears the blemishes from the littered landscape is a moot point.  The critical point however, are the SMALL THINGS FORGOTTEN:  cigarette butts, beer tabs, plastic cigar holders, plastic champagne corks and bottle caps!

My fixation with the wee specks of trash has manifested itself in the collection of bottlecaps (butts aren’t as colorful or decorative).  To date, I have gathered 30 types of caps.  Who would’ve thought that Vandal tailgaters were such a sophisticated crowd of beer drinkers.  Although I wouldn’t exact call these folks beer snobs;  a large portion of the caps are COORS lite, Rolling Rock and BUD light Lime.

Further investigations have revealed that there are a lot of dorks (like myself, but not archaeologists) on the internet that collect bottle caps.  These websites are a great resource for classifying my precious bottlecaps………….

-Wendolina