“Sam quote- "stop blameing the university/students they don't teach seagulls"

SEAGULL 1- "I'm thinking of enrolling for a Uni course"
SEAGULL 2- "What subject?"
SEAGULL 1-"Advanced aerodynamics”

“It's an art installation entitled "modern decay" paid for out of the public purse. A challenging and brave work, it highlights the essential transience of our existence by juxtaposing order and chaos, progress and decay, all in a suburban theatre showcasing the retroactive synergy inherent to the paradigm.”

“hello, it's my rubbish you see first in the photo unfortunatly i had my bags stolen about 3 wks ago and if you look furthur don the st there's a house with about 4 brown bags outside no doubt stolen from other residents in the st. i agree that the filth strewn about the st week in week out is disgusting i also agree that the st sweepers do an amazing job at getting the area back to normal and only apologise to them for my lack of sturdy bin bag. as is, i pay my council tax and am sure it covers the cost. if i could be at home just befor the bin men arrive to hand them my bins i would but ive got a job! instead of blaming students/doctors/deans/fraudsters why not come up with some suggestions for our council, maybe porvide wheely bins for inner city homes or sort some seagull pest control, or have the bins collected earlier or gimme my bags back!!! and thank you sooo much for taking the time to get a snap shot of the mess and sending it to the local paper!!
p.s. stop blameing the university/students they don't teach seagulls, i think the university and its students are an asset to the city!p. p.s. sorry if my grammer offends all the student haters who no doubt have no more than a G.C.S.E. in english 'get your air rifles out innit', idiots!!”

“hello it's my rubbish you see first in the photo. unfortunatly i had my bags stolen about 3 wks ago. if you look furthur down the st there's a house with about 4 brown bags outside no doubt stolen from other residents in the st. i agree that week in week out the amount of filth strewn about the street by the seagulls is disgusting and if i could be at home just befor the binmen arrive to put my rubbish out i would but i have a job. i also think the street sweepers do a fantastic job of getting the street back to normal and only apologise to them for my lack of sturdy bin liner! as is, i pay my council tax which im sure covers the cost to clean up the problem although this isn't fixing it, so instead of slating each others grammer/students/doctors/deans and the like why not make some suggesttions to our council. maybe provide wheely bins for each house in the st as it isn't the wind that blows the rubbish all over the place or some seagull pest control or get the rubbish picked earlier...........or gimme bag my brown back!!!!! and thank you soo much for taking the photo and sending it to the local paper!!p.s. stop blaming the students/university they dont teach seagulls!!! i think the university and it's students are an asset to the city although you could pipe down a bit in the early hours!!pps sorry if my grammer offended all the student haters who no doubt have no more than a g.c.s.e in english!! 'get your air rifles out innit' idots!”

“I walked past this street on my way to work @ 7.30am and can confirm it was actually seagulls on this occasion-unless of course a group of 20 or more students were all in fancydress with beaks and wings...?!”

“@hattie

Do you not have anything to comment on, apart from the comments?
Seems to me as little miss 'so well educated i can take the mick out of the dyslexic' has nothing better to do than come on here and mock people who don't have immaculate grammar.

Grow Up.”

“Having sent my pictures and concerns to the Herold, I've been quite surprised that this story has turned into a student issue. At no point did I mention students as the cause of the mess and I feel I've been somewhat misquoted in that respect. I'm not sure that there are many students living in that particular street. Similarly I did report the problem to the council but not until that evening. The street cleaner had already taken it upon himself to come that morning as its usually a mess on bin days. He does an excellent job in our area.
I think the main problem is the lack of use of the nylon heavy duty sacks which seem fairly good at deterring the seagulls. Secondly the seagulls themselves which once they get a scent of food are unstoppable. If the residents took pride in their surroundings, bagging their rubbish suitably, the seagulls wouldn't be attracted to the area in the first place. What also stuck me as strange was that no one had taken it upon themselves to at least clear up their rubbish strewn on their own doorstep. Its a very strange state of affairs!”

“I'm always bemused by those people who say that they hate students; doctors, lawyers, teachers and many other professionals were all students once, but presumably the hard core of student loathing doesn't manifest itself when one of its proponents is lying on a trolley in A&E waiting to be treated, or over a desk at parents' evening.

Thoughtless anti-social behaviour is not the exclusive preserve of one group of people - it can be found anywhere, amongst any age group and any section of society. Yes, some students are a pain in the backside and the best way to deal with them is to report them to the University with a view to having them removed from their course. Most of them will tow the line at the threat of this, as it involves explaining an awful lot to mum and dad - those that won't conform even after a good telling off are of the obnoxious variety and would be so even if they weren't students.

The seagulls are an unfortunate bi-product of living in a coastal city. A controlled cull might help and I'm sure there's a former student out there with a degree in something like "Coastal Bird Management" who would be happy to carry out a feasibility study into this.”

“@ Student Hater.You don't need to say you're not a student. When you type 'weather' instead of 'whether', your lack of education is implied.

@ dan. What's a doll scrounger? is it like a toy collector?”

“As long as the idiots who leave black plastic bags out on a street, for more than a couple hours....the bags will be torn open by seagulls, cats, rats, and kicked open by very stupid drunks !”