# When did you last tread in shit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841 "2012-07-30T12:09:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/1 "2012-07-30T12:09:46Z")
Poll to follow. When did you last tread in shit? (In an actual, physical, non-metaphorical sense) And if you want to post in the thread, how did you deal with it (i.e. walk it off, wash your shoes, throw them away, etc)? ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/2 "2012-07-30T12:22:41Z")
It was in my living room. It was dark. I was barefoot. I swore furiously, then washed my foot. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/3 "2012-07-30T12:40:24Z")
I suppose within the last year. People here usually pick up after their dogs. As for what I do - walk it off. Maybe step in some sand, if I can find some. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/4 "2012-07-30T12:42:43Z")
We have a couple of 16-year-old dogs. That’s probably all I need to say. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/5 "2012-07-30T12:43:08Z")
Tread shit, as in treading water? Or _stepping_ in it? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/6 "2012-07-30T12:44:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Tread shit, as in treading water? Or _stepping_ in it? IN. Tread _in_ shit. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/7 "2012-07-30T13:13:44Z")
I live on a farm and wear boots, so it isn’t 24/7, but is a daily thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/8 "2012-07-30T13:19:56Z")
For me (and the reason for this thread) it was this morning, on the way to work. For the first time in maybe 5 years. I trod in something that seemed to be a mixture of shit and coarse grit. Didn’t notice until I got to my desk. Went back outside and scraped off the worst on a brick, then back indoors and scrubbed the sole over the toilet (using the toilet brush), then washed and rinsed with liquid soap (over toilet - not hand basins) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/9 "2012-07-30T14:01:37Z")
Within a month. Some asshole JERK of a dog owner let his fucking mutt poop right in front of my mailbox. I wasn’t fully awake yet, and guess what happened? I washed my shoes. They were sandals, so it was easy. But I am still pissed about it, and I think I know who it is too. It doesn’t exactly make me happy with dog owners but I try to remember this is just one asshole and everyone else I see picks up their poop (I watch, when I see them). Honestly, who _does_ that? Who just lets their dog poop in front of someone else’s mailbox and then wanders off like a dipshit? I wondered if it was targeted; as far as I know, we’re the only non-white people in the entire neighborhood. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/10 "2012-07-30T14:15:51Z")
I own a farm. It gets wiped off. The work boots remain in the garage area. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/11 "2012-07-30T14:24:57Z")
Two years ago now, I think. Got warned, but _right_ as my foot was coming down so there was nothing I could do to stop it. Rinsed the sole off in a nearby puddle. ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/12 "2012-07-30T16:35:34Z")
A rafter of wild turkeys has moved into my neighborhood and they seem to be as productive as geese. Found it in bare feet. I walked off most of it, then washed in the bathtub. BTW - never heard of rafter as a collective noun for turkeys, but this page claims it: [http://palomaraudubon.org/collective.html](http://palomaraudubon.org/collective.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/13 "2012-07-30T16:42:45Z")
This the stupiest poll ever. So just now. Oh excuse me. I thought it said ‘When did you last threadshit.’ Couple weeks ago…multi-use trail that had some horse droppings on it. Furtunately, horse is about the least offensive poop there is. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/14 "2012-07-30T18:06:50Z")
It has happened to me maybe three times in my life (I am a city girl). I remember that the last time I rubbed some off on the grass and when I got home took the shoe and washed it in the laundry tub with a scrub brush and laundry soap. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/15 "2012-07-30T19:05:07Z")
God this is an awful topic… why would anyone want to respond to a poll like this. Oh, sorry… I thought it said shit in a thread, and I wanted to answer “just now.” Seriously… I’ve got two big dogs and three lazy kids. Enter the back yard at your own risk several times a year (it does get cleaned up most of the time… but there are times…) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/16 "2012-07-30T19:08:22Z")
Last Saturday, at a friend’s party out in the country. They had set up “Pasture Pool” where you hit golf balls through the weeds with different things like a handball racket or croquet mallet. The worst part was trying to find your ball in the weeds, and of course I stepped into a cowpie (actually backed into it). Just shuffle your feet a bit and take off your shoes when you go into a house. Reminds me of the old 4-H/county fair joke: Two old-timers were at the county fair, and the first one said, “Hey! Did you see that?” The second one said, “What? Where?” The first one said, “It was a beautiful girl - you missed her!” A little time later the first one said, “Hey! Did you see that?” The second one said, “What? Where” and the first one again said, “It was a beautiful girl, better than the first one - you missed her!” A little while later the first one again said, “Hey! Did you see that?” The second one said, “Yeah, yeah, I saw it!” The first one said, “Well, why then did you step in it?” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/17 "2012-07-30T19:44:36Z")
Chickens. They poop quite a bit, but it’s not too noxious at least. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/18 "2012-07-30T19:59:28Z")
I feed horses twice a day - it’s a daily occurrence. StG ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/19 "2012-07-30T20:04:24Z")
I went hiking recently on a trail that is often used by horses. Avoiding all of the shit was not really possible. Edit: To clean it off? Just walked it off. Hiking boots anyway, who knows what schmutz is caked on them? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841/20 "2012-07-30T23:07:06Z")
**Knorf** : Me too! I just got back from a hiking trail used by people with dogs! (To be fair, some of the poop is coyote poop. No one is responsible for scooping that up.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841.md?page=2)