If you’re wondering what inspired me to post this topic, you can thank GG. He posted about dogs pooping on the carpet, and it got me triggered.

If I’m being honest, what really grinds my gears are the tiny dog poop smudges plastered across Europe’s crowded city streets. Everybody has a feckin’ dog, and when they walk it, it’s like a twisted game of “connect the poops.” Except instead of a masterpiece, you’re left with little sad streaks smeared across the sidewalk. Some walkers, in a fit of civic pride, bring a tiny bottle of water and pour a bit of it over the mess, as if a few drops will magically erase it. Spoiler: it doesn’t. It just makes the poop softer, stickier, and far more likely to hitch a ride on the bottom of your shoes.

The best part? These smudges are so small and subtle that, if you’re walking at a normal pace, stepping in one is basically a rite of passage. I used to see them and think, where’s the rest of it? Then I caught a dog walker in action, and suddenly it all made sense. It’s a delicate ballet of poop: the dog leaves a gift, the walker picks up the major portions, then “washes” what’s left, and the rest of us get a surprise souvenir on our soles.

Honestly, it’s kind of reprehensible. People drag their dogs through packed narrow streets while the rest of us have to navigate a minefield of microscopic turds. All so someone can keep a dog in a city that clearly wasn’t designed for pets defecating on the streets to begin with. Europe, I love your history, your architecture, and your cafés, but your streets? They smell like a betrayal.

Gamma, you do have a legacy on AN.

You're inspiring clone threads.

You will live on forever on AN.

If I’m being honest, what really grinds my gears are the tiny dog poop smudges plastered across Europe’s crowded city streets. Everybody has a feckin’ dog, and when they walk it, it’s like a twisted game of “connect the poops.”

Are you sure it's dog poop? In California, they're publishing poop maps and they have little to do with dogs.

5 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Gamma, you do have a legacy on AN.

You're inspiring clone threads.

You will live on forever on AN.

Clone threads or clone profiles. Either way, just watch where you are walking.

20 hours ago, BilllyGOAT said:

If you’re wondering what inspired me to post this topic, you can thank GG. He posted about dogs pooping on the carpet, and it got me triggered.

If I’m being honest, what really grinds my gears are the tiny dog poop smudges plastered across Europe’s crowded city streets. Everybody has a feckin’ dog, and when they walk it, it’s like a twisted game of “connect the poops.” Except instead of a masterpiece, you’re left with little sad streaks smeared across the sidewalk. Some walkers, in a fit of civic pride, bring a tiny bottle of water and pour a bit of it over the mess, as if a few drops will magically erase it. Spoiler: it doesn’t. It just makes the poop softer, stickier, and far more likely to hitch a ride on the bottom of your shoes.

The best part? These smudges are so small and subtle that, if you’re walking at a normal pace, stepping in one is basically a rite of passage. I used to see them and think, where’s the rest of it? Then I caught a dog walker in action, and suddenly it all made sense. It’s a delicate ballet of poop: the dog leaves a gift, the walker picks up the major portions, then “washes” what’s left, and the rest of us get a surprise souvenir on our soles.

Honestly, it’s kind of reprehensible. People drag their dogs through packed narrow streets while the rest of us have to navigate a minefield of microscopic turds. All so someone can keep a dog in a city that clearly wasn’t designed for pets defecating on the streets to begin with. Europe, I love your history, your architecture, and your cafés, but your streets? They smell like a betrayal.

Not as bad as the political bull <deleted> that is flooding the streets in certain countries. Some people wallow in it.😉

14 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Gamma, you do have a legacy on AN.

You're inspiring clone threads.

You will live on forever on AN.

Isn't it amazing how GG inspires us in the most profound ways? I never thought about posting a topic about dog poop until he mentioned it in his last topic in the lounge. So much to be thankful for. Hard to imagine what AN would be like without him.

At one point people began to to bring a plastic bag and gloves with them on dog walks. From what you say that appears to be no longer the case.

8 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

At one point people began to to bring a plastic bag and gloves with them on dog walks. From what you say that appears to be no longer the case.

Yes, that's what they do. It's the remnants still left behind on the ground that's the problem.

On 6/9/2026 at 8:05 AM, save the frogs said:

Gamma, you do have a legacy on AN.

You're inspiring clone threads.

You will live on forever on AN.

Please let me explain:

a. I never advocated the creation of a Poop Topic on TV.

b. Also, my sense of humor does NOT include appreciation of Toilet Topics.

c. Most importantly, nothing I have ever written on TV could, in any way, be misconstrued as such that would inspire bathroom humor.

d. Potty Talk and Juvenile Humor, and Gross-out Humor, is always something that I shun.

e. Flatulence is not funny to me, either.

This is not to say that I do not love the humor of Steven Pinker, by the way.

19 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Please let me explain:

a. I never advocated the creation of a Poop Topic on TV.

b. Also, my sense of humor does NOT include appreciation of Toilet Topics.

c. Most importantly, nothing I have ever written on TV could, in any way, be misconstrued as such that would inspire bathroom humor.

d. Potty Talk and Juvenile Humor, and Gross-out Humor, is always something that I shun.

e. Flatulence is not funny to me, either.

This is not to say that I do not love the humor of Steven Pinker, by the way.

Try not to get so stressed about it, Gamma. We don’t want to see you blowing a gasket. It would be a tragedy for the rest of us if there were any interruption to the steady flow of your genius. The world would only survive so long without your wisdom being dispensed upon us plebs at regular intervals. Personally, I say it's better to simply not even give a poop.

7 hours ago, BilllyGOAT said:

We don’t want to see you blowing a gasket.

It is not I that blows gaskets.

Look to yourself, Sir.

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

It is not I that blows gaskets.

Look to yourself, Sir.

I don’t blow anything except smoke up your arse, mate. I can barely get me ball-locks off the sofa. High as a kite and calm as a bloke watching the tide roll in.

9 hours ago, BilllyGOAT said:

I don’t blow anything except smoke up your arse, mate. I can barely get me ball-locks off the sofa. High as a kite and calm as a bloke watching the tide roll in.

If you get out of your house much, or off your sofa, perhaps you should consider hiring a full-time chauffeur,

In the interest of Public Safety, of course.

Could well be from people.