"delicately balanced on top of it."

[JBDivmstr]

:dubious: I hesitate to question the “All knowing one” (hereafter, referred to as “the Master”) or His sources. But the statement,

As one of Brunvand’s correspondents notes: “I was not completely convinced of the efficacy of such a system [upon first hearing of it]. My skepticism proved justified when, a block later, my dog backed directly onto one of the plastic bottles and left one large turd delicately balanced on top of it.”

is hard to picture, let alone believe.
I’m fully cognizant of the fact that the Master has not claimed to witness the aforementioned act firsthand, but seeing as how he has seen fit to epitomize the act, I humbly ask for corroboration of some sort.

[Indian]

How dare you You diss the master?

Even I thought the same thing, when I read the column.

[StusBlues]

The obligatory link to the column in question.

[TriPolar]

Entirely possible. Blackjack has two means of marking offensivee objects left in his yard. That would be the one reserved for the most serious offenses.

[Irishman]

Plastic bottles like milk jugs or 2Liter bottles tend to have sloping sides and a very small neck, so balancing a turd directly on top of it seems unlikely.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

@Irishman

Plastic bottles like milk jugs or 2Liter bottles tend to have sloping sides and a very small neck, so balancing a turd directly on top of it seems unlikely.

That just means that it’s a … rim job.

[TriPolar]

@Irishman

Plastic bottles like milk jugs or 2Liter bottles tend to have sloping sides and a very small neck, so balancing a turd directly on top of it seems unlikely.

I don’t suppose you’ve ever seen a turban have you?

[Princhester]

The bottle could have been on its side. Not that I don’t think this anecdote has probably been exaggerated by Cecil for comic effect…

[Beware_of_Doug]

Is anybody else thinking, “Hey, new dog agility event”?

[foolsguinea]

I have dogs, I’ve walked dogs, I’ve had to clean up after dogs and cats. I don’t find this hard to believe.

[gamerunknown]

I don’t suppose you’ve ever seen a turban have you?

Are you comparing a turban to faeces?

[TriPolar]

@gamerunknown

Are you comparing a turban to faeces?

I suppose I could make a joke about a Moslem sect, but I’ll leave my comparison to refer to the topological form.

[Irishman]

Don’t turbans take some deliberate effort to hold in place while wrapping? I don’t think a dog is going to make that kind of effort.

[TriPolar]

@Irishman

Don’t turbans take some deliberate effort to hold in place while wrapping? I don’t think a dog is going to make that kind of effort.

You don’t know dogshit.

[Irishman]

I’ve never tried to make a turban out of it, if that’s what you mean.

[gamerunknown]

I suppose I could make a joke about a Moslem sect, but I’ll leave my comparison to refer to the topological form.

Nowhere in the Quran are Muslims instructed to wear turbans (some do in emulation of Muhammad). Guru Gobind Singh Ji, however, instructs all Sikh men to wear turbans. I’ve had a turban wrapped around my head by a Sikh man before - the process took over a minute, had several layers and was tight enough to make my ears smart and bring tears to my eyes (I was only ten or so). I fail to see how the process could be replicated on a bottle (which is nothing like a head) by a dog’s anus (which is nothing like a Sikh man).

[TriPolar]

You have the wrong sect, I didn’t make the joke, and you are reading something into my comment that was not there.