# Eating poop in the US **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 19, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323 "2016-09-19T02:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/1 "2016-09-19T02:57:54Z")
If I took my dog for a walk outside and he pooped, would I be legally allowed to pick it up and eat it? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/2 "2016-09-19T03:02:32Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMfW2X2IB-4/hqdefault.jpg "Pink Flamingos. Escena final del perro (Español)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMfW2X2IB-4) Looks legal to me ---
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/3 "2016-09-19T03:09:00Z")
I am very antisocial and I want to put myself in a situation where a lot of people call the police on me even though I am not breaking any law, although I doubt I could actually go through with this… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/4 "2016-09-19T03:17:05Z")
Then you are just not antisocial enough. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/5 "2016-09-19T03:24:22Z")
> [@copperwindow](#): > > I am very antisocial and I want to put myself in a situation where a lot of people call the police on me even though I am not breaking any law, although I doubt I could actually go through with this… Sounds like a reasonable course of action. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/6 "2016-09-19T03:50:31Z")
Not a sound plan, I would invite you to eat any dog crap you found in my yard and not call the police. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-poop-in-the-us/766323/7 "2016-09-19T03:50:47Z")
> [@copperwindow](#): > > I am very antisocial and I want to put myself in a situation where a lot of people call the police on me even though I am not breaking any law, although I doubt I could actually go through with this… **Moderator Note** **copperwindow** , you’ve been warned previously for trolling. This and your previous thread on eating insects make me think you might be getting back into bad habits. I’m closing this. Don’t start threads unless they are serious questions. Colibri General Questions Moderator