The place where I live gets quite a bit of stick.
In 2007 it was voted 9th worst place to live in the whole of the UK. Vehicle theft is nearly twice the national average, house burglary is common and public health and education statistics are poor.
SO it warms the cockles of my heart that apparently Mansfield District Council have decided to take action against one of the more disgusting problems in the area, dog fouling, (and when I talk about dog fouling I must point out this post has absolutely nothing to do with small furry animals running around in football shirts and legging each other over just for the hell of it. )
I’m talking poo again folks.
It seems that in certain areas of my hometown, namely the Oak Tree Heath, dog dung is in abundance, strewn willy nilly about the place like small brown chocolate sprinkles on a very large, erm, green cake.
So what is their ingenious plan to rid us of this unpleasantness?
How will the council prevent the poo perpetrators, or more to the point their feckless owners, from leaving smelly disease-ridden piles of faeces dotted randomly about?
Wait for it…
They will spray the canine crapulence PINK.
Brilliant isn’t it?
Yes?
No?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I mean, is it me? Am I missing something, or is that just silly?
According to BBC News 24, the theory is that on seeing the pink poo the guilty dung deserter will be shamed into, erm, picking up any’ future’ pet ejecta and disposing of it in a more appropriate manner. But, well, I don’t think that will work. I mean, if the git doesn’t care that their hapless hound has left a large brown pile of poop on the pathway today, why would they care if they returned tomorrow to find said pile still there, but now painted a more pleasing pink? In actual fact it’s probably doing them a favour as they’re more likely to see it and therefore less likely to step in it.
Now if they were to spray the owner pink…
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June 20th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
you know, what worries me is that a whole bunch of executives will have mulled and cogitated over this for weeks, *sigh*. Oh but you must post photographic evidence of the pink poop
June 20th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Doesn’t it take roughly the same amount of effort to paint it pink as it woudl take to remove it?
Am I missing something?
June 20th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Ha. Haha. Hahahahahaha. Ok, really, I have nothing else to say. That’s just…heeheeeee
June 20th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
THat is crazy. ummmmm the only thing that is going to do….like you pointed out…is make it more visable, so you might not step in it. LOL that is nuts!
have a great weekend Jo! hugs!
June 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
OMG. I had to check my calendar and make sure it wasn’t April Fool’s day. heeeeehehehe
June 20th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Yeah, I think they’re putting a little too much hope and a little too little “keeping it real” into that plan of there’s.
You’ll take pictures of the pinkness for us though, won’t'cha?
June 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
It’s good to see that money is being spent in the right places. I mean really, who wouldn’t see the logic? I have a funny image in my head of some guy in a suit hiding behind a tree with a can of pink spray paint just waiting to jump out and spray the feces. I wonder how much these poop sprayers are going to get paid? Can you imagine having that on your resume? Hee, hee.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
That’s what you get for living in a place named after a decapitated actor.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Better have an officer patrolling out there handing out hefty tickets to offenders. And put up a lot of bins with poop baggies with a sign on it that says what the fine is for not picking it up.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
you’re on to something. spray the owner.
that person is NEVER going to come back and pick up their poo. and LESS likely to pick it up colored!
if they want someone to pick their poo up? they should stick pound COINS in them!!!
good bob. people really should call me first before doing silly things.
June 21st, 2008 at 7:40 am
ah man, i don’t want to follow holly in the comments. sometimes she is actually funny (but not this time!).
so they are going to further deplete the ozone layer? lovely.
June 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
It’s unlikely that anyone will claim a heap of pink poo!
What will they think of next??
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Belle, if you click the link it leads to the story and there is a man posing with pink poop. I couldn’t bring myself to put the picture on my blog. Shiver.
DMDiva, yes, but, but..no, I’ve got nothing.
Lilacspecs, that’s what I did when I read it. It’s just mad.
Corey, I’m just a bit worried that small kids who like pink, like Miss M, might think it’s some kind of cute toy. Bleurghhhhh.
Lee, I know, it’s just crazy.
Kim, definitely, and I promise if we see any of the pink poop we’ll show pictures.
Erin, I thought that too but the sprayers are voluntary. That will look even weirder on their CV though. I mean, they’re not even getting paid. Mad people.
WT, hee hee, but she nicked her name from us, we were here first I promise.
Nora, they’ve done all that already and it’s not helped much. It does make me mad though as we always picked up after our dog.
Holl, LOL, tha would do it, snort.
missburrows, yep, that’s how it goes in my town.
Akela, I know, in fact, I’d be worried if someone did in a way.
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
actually i *just* looked back at that picture. you crack me up with your photoshopping. i think i was too tired last time to notice that probably you didn’t download a copy of that spray off the web. and if you did, i want some!