There's nothing we can do about people allowing their dogs to shit in the street. We don't live in a police state.

[Caligula]

OK, that's not exactly what the woman from the council said when I phoned to complain, but it was very similar. 3 times she mentioned the police state. She backtracked a bit when I asked her searching questions about how many wardens there were, how many prosecutions there had been in the last year or so, what the council was pro-actively doing about the problem, but in essence, her response was that as we don't live in a police state, the council can't enforce the law. Apparantly it costs too much to put up notices and/ or poo-bins.

Imagine if they took the same approach to parking. "Can't enforce traffic laws - it's not a police state".

Am I over-reacting by being quite so peeved about it?

So Welsh is big in Patagonia then? And do they wear those hats there?

How come Maidstone isn't a police state and Ashford is?

caligula (if you can stomach it)
put it on her desk then

I cant tell you how irrate I get seeing irresponsible dog-owners allowing their dogs to foul the pavement. Where I live has a cluster of 7 schools ranging from nursery to secondary. I see on a daily basis dogs pooping sometimes outside the gates of the nursery, all along the walkway and everywhere else.

I just want to pick it up and rub it in the owners face.

For crying out loud if they dont want to pick it up can they not gently tug the dog so that it fouls the gutter?

I think they should be given on the spot fines (or a punch in the nose)

Caligula, you must go and get a blue rinse forthwith if you're going to start using the word hooligan a lot! I agree with you and think pinching and running off laughing would be most satisfying