Little blue thingies WTF??!

In the middle of a gravel walking path, a puddle of blue... uh... what are those?

They look like segments of plastic straws. I figure they were leftovers from some construction project, and the bag blew away, snagged on the gravel, and broke open. Man, it was nearly impossible to clean up! Finally, I realized that if I shoveled rocks and all into a pale of water, the plastic bits would float to the surface. Success!

ONE GOOD DEED: Clean up plastic mess from a walking path.