29 MARCH 2003, Page 69

Q. As the picnic season is now upon us, I

am beginning to worry about what protocol I should follow when I see a fellow-picnicker discarding litter.

E.B., Lewes, East Sussex A. Why not follow the example set by the anti-litter society of the 1930s known as the Pugpups (Pick up glass, pick up paper). This group picked up litter and returned it to the offender with the words, 'Oh look, you've dropped something.' When the litter lout replied, 'Oh, we don't want it,' the Pugpup would counter, 'Well, we don't either.'