Stonehenge

This relates to my previous post. Some speculate that Stonehenge was constructed by aliens. This leads me to believe that my previous Gamla Stan poop may actually be alien poop.

Poop with a view

As you know, my mission is to cover poop as it occurs on Södermalm. But, this week I went on location to Gamla Stan to get a sense of the poop situation there. I sniffed around and this was what I came up with: Gamla Stan has some of the most scenic pooping areas in the city. Who can blame a dog owner for being so enchanted with the scenery that they "forget" to pick up after their hound?

FYI: Next week I will be in London and L.A. and I may perform some cross cultural poop investigating. I can only hope that the next picture is not the bottom of my shoe. Until next time, remember to always watch the ground when walking in Söder!

PS: When I examine this poop formation closer I believe it bears a strong resemblance to Stonehenge.

"How to pick up dog poop?"

Some good quotes from a forum called "How to pick up dog poop?"

• "I use sandwich bags. I put one inside out around my hand, pick the poop up, then close the bag and put that inside another baggie. Breathing through your mouth helps quell the gag reflex."
• "There is even a freezing spray you can purchase that is made to harden the poop so it's easier to pick up."
• "We use recycled plastic grocery store bags. After you do it awhile, it only takes a fraction of a second. Like they have told you above, just put your hand in the bag, pick up the poo, close your bag covered hand over it and turn the bag inside out. Twist the top of the bag and knot it. Always have more than one bag because as soon as the dog sees you knot the bag, she will make another package!!!! It is amazing how warm that sealed bag will keep your hand in the winter till you get to a place to deposit it. "

Nice. My kind of people.

Quick Dog Poop fact

"In the US, the poop that dogs produce could fill an 800 ft tall football field each year."

Source: Ideal Bite

For you Europeans that is an area of 91 meters long, 41 meters wide and 244 meters high. Sounds like nirvana for a fly. Damn.

Poop and cigarettes

This one especially caught my attention on a walk today. I could just imagine the dog squatting there while smoking a cig. Or, more probably, the lazy owner smoking a cig while watching his hound poop and then adding insult to injury by failing to pick up the poop and throwing his cig butt into the crime scene. Lazy, smoking, poop-leaver! I am on to you and I plan to do DNA testing on the cig butt in order to bring you to justice!

Even my skeptical poop-scene assistant Cecilia saw the humor in this one.

A tribute to my unknown mentor and muse

My Mission: De-Poopify Södermalm

My mission is to rid Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden of dog shit. Seriously, this part of town has become the Paris of the North (and I don't mean because there are people wearing berets and making-out in public).

The amount of dog shit here is of epidemic proportions. I shall document the offenses and hopefully provide some humor along the way (I really do find poop funny, after all). But, make no mistake, I want Södermalm free of dog poo. Now.

This blog is dedicated to the individual who sporadically started planting Danish flags in dog poop in my neighborhood. One day I would like to meet you as we are potentially soul-mates (in a non-gay way). I only know one thing about you for sure: you are probably not Danish!