# A nasty start to 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067 "2011-01-01T18:39:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/1 "2011-01-01T18:39:57Z")
Mundane, pointless, disgusting and a little TMI. It’s raining fairly heavily here, so I dug out my fall raincoat again. I last wore it sometime in November. As I put it on, I thought “What’s that nasty smell?” You know that happy feeling when you put your hand in the pocket of a jacket you haven’t worn in months and you discover a $50. bill? Well, I’ve discovered the exact opposite. I put my hand in my pocket only to discover… a bag of dog pooh that I had neglected to throw in the trash sometime in November. :eek: :eek: :eek: Man, I hope the new year improves from here… ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/2 "2011-01-01T18:40:54Z")
um. ew. 'course, I was half expecting you to say it was a mouse or something that got in there and died. not sure which would be worse. ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/3 "2011-01-01T19:04:48Z")
You put dog pooh in in your pocket??? Ay yi yi, there are just no words! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/4 "2011-01-01T19:09:18Z")
Ugh. Wow. I once left a used poop bag in the trunk of my car overnight and it took months before the smell disappeared. I can just imagine how a couple months’ time would ripen it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/5 "2011-01-01T19:09:19Z")
Ugh!! I haven’t been outside yet today. Should I worry? > [@Finally](#): > > You put dog pooh in in your pocket??? Ay yi yi, there are just no words! Many people collect their dog’s poop as they walk, so that it does not impede others’ use of the public parks and ways. I’m not sure whether this is ickier than cleaning a cat’s litterbox. ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/6 "2011-01-01T19:13:50Z")
Oh no, you misunderstood. :o I clean up after my dog but wouldn’t put the pooh in my pocket. Just me I guess! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/7 "2011-01-01T19:30:22Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > \ > > Man, I hope the new year improves from here… It pretty much has to, doesn’t it? 😃 Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/8 "2011-01-01T22:00:59Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Ugh!! > > I haven’t been outside yet today. Should I worry?Many people collect their dog’s poop as they walk, so that it does not impede others’ use of the public parks and ways. > > I’m not sure whether this is ickier than cleaning a cat’s litterbox. Cleaning up dog poop is much ickier than cleaning the litterbox. I have both species and I’d much rather clean the litterbox than pick up dog doo. The cat litter and scoop buffers the grossness a bit, while with dog poop is usually just my hand and a plastic bag. At home I can use my dog poop scooper, but since I take my dog lots of places, the plastic bags are more convenient away from home. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/9 "2011-01-01T23:40:54Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Ugh!! > > I haven’t been outside yet today. Should I worry?Many people collect their dog’s poop as they walk, so that it does not impede others’ use of the public parks and ways. > > I’m not sure whether this is ickier than cleaning a cat’s litterbox. At least with the cat’s litter box you don’t have to _carry it around with you_ as you continue walking the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/10 "2011-01-02T00:35:32Z")
The other thing about the dog poop bags is occasionally I put a hole in one with the nails on my right hand. Like with so much else, I’ve learned to use my left hand which has no nails, so I’m just down to that first and last walk of the day when I’m too sleepy to think clearly about the best way to do things… Fuc|\ **Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/11 "2011-01-02T00:47:27Z") I read your opening sentance as : I was farting heavily here. Dog poo in the pocket is much worse. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/12 "2011-01-02T00:54:35Z")
You made my 2011 start with a smile, so thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/13 "2011-01-02T00:58:32Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Mundane, pointless, disgusting and a little TMI. > > It’s raining fairly heavily here, so I dug out my fall raincoat again. I last wore it sometime in November. As I put it on, I thought “What’s that nasty smell?” > > You know that happy feeling when you put your hand in the pocket of a jacket you haven’t worn in months and you discover a $50. bill? Well, I’ve discovered the exact opposite. I put my hand in my pocket only to discover… a bag of dog pooh that I had neglected to throw in the trash sometime in November. :eek: :eek: :eek: > > Man, I hope the new year improves from here… So find out where your favourite politician lives and exercise your freedom of speech right. This is a lemons/ lemonaid situation. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/14 "2011-01-02T01:14:52Z")
It’s interesting that you bring that up, Declan. When I turn the bag inside out on my hand, I use it as a sock puppet and have it quote my most hated political commentators, politicians or sports figures. “The bike lanes on Jarvis Street cost $6 million” - Rob Ford “Empathy can lead you to some very bad decisions” - Glenn Beck Then, I cruelly stuff their mouths with shit and knot the bag. Does this make me a bad person? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/15 "2011-01-02T01:21:27Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Does this make me a bad person? A bad person is a judgement call by other people, regarding actions taken. Some people would call being shitbagged an assault and maybe battery, but we call them lawyers and crown attorneys. So if makes you think your bad, accept the label with pride and ask what others did to further the political process. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/16 "2011-01-02T02:49:14Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > . . . I use it as a sock puppet and have it quote my most hated political commentators, politicians or sports figures. . . Does this make me a bad person? That is absolutely endearing. And your discovery beats the way I welcomed in the new year. Or does burning a pan of sausages into charcoal bring luck? ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/17 "2011-01-02T06:00:26Z")
Most political commentators could only dream of being as intelligent as a sock puppet. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/18 "2011-01-02T06:06:30Z")
> [@Finally](#): > > You put dog pooh in in your pocket??? Ay yi yi, there are just no words! This. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/19 "2011-01-02T06:43:13Z")
Yark. That’s nasty. When we had a dog, and I’d take her for a walk, I’d scoop it up with a bag, and tie the bag shut, but then I’d just carry the bag gingerly in my free hand until we got to a garbage can. Putting it in your coat pocket…eeew. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067/20 "2011-01-02T11:05:48Z")
May that be the worst 2011 offers you. But I absolutely love the idea of the shit-eating sock puppet. I ever get another dog, I’m going to have to remember that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nasty-start-to-2011/566067.md?page=2)