Manchester man fined £1,440 after neighbours couldn't open windows for stench of dog toffee

Re: Had to think then

> I'd never heard of 'dog toffee', and it took 5 minutes for it to click you were on about dog eggs

The correct term is dog poo, the author must be American?

Re: Had to think then

"barkers nest" was, I thought, the British term?

Re: Had to think then

I call them "dog logs".

Re: Had to think then

Round my parts they're called "barker's eggs".

The exercise would actually help

>WTF has Type 2 diabetes got to do with it ? - doesn't stop me doing anything.

I suppose he just didn't give a shit.

Standard excuse: I've got diabetes, I can't do it. I've got a manky eye, I can't do it... the list goes on. This general malaise of people not being bothered and expecting others to do stuff they can do (short of having someone wipe their arse too while they're at it) is exasperating.

I'm a type II as well

And I am definitely going to use that excuse to get out of housework, because after I've done 30 laps in the local pool, I'm knackered.

I would guess not far...

Diabetes often has various side-effects, including depression. So it could be that it is a genuine reason - can't face getting out of bed, let alone taking dogs for a walk and a shit in the park like un-depressed people. So dogs go in the garden. Meh, he can sort it out mañana, when he feels better, but hey, what does it matter, what does anything matter?

Lucky you.

I can't stand upright without something to lean on. Makes shovelling shit (constant change of balance and newtonian reaction from flinging it in the wheelbarrow) practically impossible. Same problem leaning down and picking things up. It takes 10 times longer than another person. And no, I'm not overweight.

The only practical method is to shuffle along the floor on your bum dragging a sack behind you. Not impossible, but I can sympathise with his reluctance to get it done.

Depression might have stopped him getting a labourer in to do it on the first warning. Maybe a £1440 fine will push him to do it. Or maybe he can't afford one now and will have to do the shuffle thing.

If there's something to blame him for it's owning three bull terriers whilst apparently being unable to exercise them properly. Now that's unreasonable. I guess the council should have taken them away.

WTF has Type 2 diabetes got to do with it ? - doesn't stop me doing anything

It has stopped me eating sweets.. (But very little else.)

It's also responsible for me heart attack (which definately, really, really didn't have anything to do with my bottle-of-red-wine-a-night habit..Honestly..)

Re: Presumably

> When the officers turned up they asked What's the Story, Morning Glory?

The Classical response would be to ask what all the Bach-ing was about, the smell being (Foul) Air On a G String.

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The smell was probably so great they felt the need to Sit Down.

Seems the court has just rubbed his nose in it.

Re: Action should be faster

Indeed.

the council had "a lot more resources than I do" which presumably include dog wardens to remove the offending animals until he demonstrates that he's fit to look after them?

Re: Action should be faster

A real shame it spoiled her late night parties.....

Re: Action should be faster

My mother used to live next door to neighbours who did this. It was a serious impact on her ability to enjoy her own property. That and the late night parties, of course.

whose parties? theirs or your mothers?

[edit] dammit Tim beat me to that one!