"DOG SHIT!"

Today I was reminded of an incident I witnessed several years ago in an airport somewhere in Europe. The rules are different there, and even though I knew that, I was still frequently surprised to see people bring their pets into public places such as restaurants or the aforementioned airport. That's why it caught my eye to see a well heeled lady marching through the terminal with a beautiful and very large German Shepherd that outweighed her by a good 20 pounds. As she was moving along with the shepherd in tow the leash suddenly brought her up short. When she turned to look at what had captured the dogs attention she quickly, and to her horror understood. The canine was moving into a canine squat! Yup...the dog was about to take a giant crap right in the middle of the airport. Well I'll tell you that the superhuman strength this woman exhibited was amazing. She literally started to drag the dog along the tiles on it's haunches in an attempt to forestall the inevitable. Alas, the only thing she achieved was to spread 3 or 4 huge logs over a distance of 5 or 6 feet. Once she got the dog back on all 4 feet, and without even a glance behind her she picked up where she left off in her march through the airport. and at an even faster pace than prior to the "incident". Apparently she was not one to hang around to deal with the embarrassment she had just undergone.

If I remember correctly I was killing time waiting for a flight and as such I came back upon the scene of the crime some half hour later. It was with some amusement and also a great sense of relief that I was not involved, to see that the dog shit had now been tracked over a strip a good 6 feet wide and 30 feet long! Because she hadn't dealt with what was initially an uncomfortable but manageable situation the result was a disaster that would require a major cleanup effort!

My analogy?

When we don't deal with our embarrassment, shame, or guilt in a timely manner does it inevitably result in a whole bunch of shit we never had in the first place??

I bet you're wondering what reminded me of this story ? What else? A dog taking a crap! In an effort to not bury my own moment of humility I need to share this with you.



Yes indeed my friends,....If you happened along Ridgewood Ave in Guelph at about 7:30 this morning you would have seen me on the other end of these leashes. "NO SHIT!" I'm glad that since I haven't lived in this city for more than 25 years I don't think anyone recognized me. The things I do that I never, ever thought I would catch myself at. Of course I didn't let the dogs take a dump in the middle of the sidewalk. I walked them up to the Baptist church at the end of the street and let them relieve themselves there. And no I did not "stoop" to the next level. The little turds that these little turds were capable of remain exactly where they were deposited. My rationale is that by having crapped at the church the resulting poop was now, "HOLY SHIT!" I'm sure that in the teachings of at least one of the worlds major religions it would be sacriliges to even think about messing with it! I rest my case! And if you don't like my rationale all I have to say is "TOUGH SHIT!"

...I selected this one because it made me laugh and it had the operative word in it...

“I wouldn't mind dying - it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the SHIT out of me."---Anon

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