back to article Fingered: Pants-down 'poo jogger' alleged to be corp exec

A corporate exec has resigned from his job after being alleged to be the "poo jogger" of Brisbane, after his neighbours set up a a night vision camera to catch the defecator with his pants down. Douglas Macintosh, 64, is alleged to have befouled a footpath outside an apartment block 30 times in a year. He was charged on 4 June …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    Shiat happens...

    See title...

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    These execs thinking they can shit on everyone, beggars belief. I would have gone for logger jogger myself.

  3. Jason Bloomberg Silver badge

    The question begged is...

    Why?

    Was it simply a deliberate act of obnoxiousness or something else, more necessity and lack of other facilities?

    The Pope is Catholic and Paula Radcliffe shits in the street.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The question begged is...

      "Why?"

      Almost certainly a mental health issue

      1. bombastic bob Silver badge
        Pirate

        Re: The question begged is...

        if it had been me, it would be on the grave of my ENEMY[ies]

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The question begged is...

      One thing in life is that it matters not how little or how much money you have you still gotta shit. Where you chose to shit on the other hand is a personal choice, maybe he was trying to connect with his hunter gatherer roots as being a CEO is as far as possible from that existence as you can get.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: The question begged is...

        From the article; "Douglas Macintosh, 64, is alleged to have befouled a footpath outside an apartment block 30 times in a year."

        Even if he *did* have the abrupt need to crap on occasion, doing it that often in exactly the same place pushes the credibility of that justification out of the window.

        1. Robert Helpmann??
          Coat

          Re: The question begged is...

          ...doing it that often in exactly the same place pushes the credibility of that justification out of the window.

          But not down the drain?

          1. TRT Silver badge

            Re: The question begged is...

            Well, what we are talking about in privy terms is the latest in front wall fresh air orifices combined with a wide capacity gutter installation below.

        2. Anonymous Coward
          Anonymous Coward

          Re: The question begged is...

          Carrying loo paper indicates a degree of pre-meditation.

      2. DJV Silver badge

        "Where you chose to shit on the other hand is a personal choice"

        I prefer not to shit on either hand, thank you very much!

        1. Fred Dibnah

          Re: "Where you chose to shit on the other hand is a personal choice"

          No idea if this is true or not:

          Young man [after seeing Churchill leave the bathroom without washing his hands]: "At Eton, they taught us to wash our hands after using the toilet."

          Churchill: "At Harrow, they taught us not to piss on our hands."

          1. Anonymous Coward
            Anonymous Coward

            Re: "Where you chose to shit on the other hand is a personal choice"

            Unless they also taught you to take a piss without touching your dick wash your fucking hands.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The question begged is...

      Why? Why do you think they were sent to Australia in the first place?

    4. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The question begged is...

      He's obviously a seagull manager, so called after the way they deal with a crisis:

      Flap flap

      crap crap

      flap flap.

    5. FuzzyWuzzys

      Re: The question begged is...

      It seems funny at first but the guy obviously has a serious anti-social mental health problem that needs attention. Taking a dump in public once, we'll you're just a prat who got caught because you weren't prepared or just plain lazy. This guy did it 30 times in the same place, that's some sort of OCD related mental health problem or an unresolved cry for help or attention. The guy doesn't need criminal charges, he needs to see a specialist before it completely tears his life apart.

      1. VikiAi

        Re: The question begged is...

        His reaction to being photographed in the act does seem to favor the 'cry for help' argument.

      2. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: The question begged is...

        that's some sort of OCD related mental health problem or an unresolved cry for help or attention.

        Probably. But we should consider the possibility that it started off as a wilful anti social act, he got a kick out of it, and repeated it because that gave him a thrill of doing it and not being caught. In which case there's no excuse, he's just deliberately creating a public nuisance because the small pleasure of doing it and getting away with it counts more to him than the squalid public nuisance.

        I say make him force feed him a few turds, so that he learns that they aren't a nice thing to have to clear up.

    6. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The question begged is...

      Why?

      Too many people didn't give a shit. He decided to give a shit.

  4. Crisp

    That Exec could obviously see which way the wind was blowing

    Looks like he's up some kind of creek now...

  5. tip pc Silver badge

    could he not afford a toilet?

    where there no toilets at work?

    was it in the same spot or area all 30 times?

    i wonder how many other people like to poo in public spaces that are not toilets?

    Are these the same people that make a mess of the toilets too?

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Should charge him with anti-terrorism laws

    It's bio-terrorism, you don't know what lethal fecal-borne diseases he might be carrying.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Should charge him with anti-terrorism laws

      No more than the rest of us I would imagine.

  7. SilverCommentard
    Coat

    Spelling?

    "The firm confirmed to the paper that he had stepped down from the role."

    Roll, surely?

  8. }{amis}{
    Big Brother

    "He was also a member of a Brisbane council advisory board"

    Sead it before ill say it again, One rule for the govner and another for everyone else.

  9. 0laf
    Facepalm

    My old man was a jogger in his middle age. He said that jogging often made him need to go potty whilst out and about. He would proudly point out the places he'd taken a dump (not in the street) and tell the tale.

    But then he used to fart in elevators before sending it back down and various other 'pranks'.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      My mother-in-law takes a roll of paper with her when she takes the dog for a walk in the woods.

      Apparently exercise affects her the same way it affects the dog....

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      "But then he used to fart in elevators before sending it back down and various other 'pranks'."

      My little brother did something similar prank to me... we were in a crowded elevator at a very nice hotel near Disney Land in California. he ripped the loudest fart I have ever heard. then looked directly in the eye as he exclaimed out loud "what's wrong with you.. why could you not wait until we got out of the elevator" blaming the fart on me. que everyone looking at me with disgust and everyone getting off at the next floor. I didn't think it was very funny then, 25 years latter I look back on it a laugh. it was a pretty good prank.

      In the case of the poo-jogger, if it had been once or even twice as a prank, I could laugh it off, but 30 times... that's the sign of a disturbed individual.

      1. VikiAi
        Megaphone

        When I first moved to China, the change in food had a very strong effect on my gut bacteria's gas-production. I ducked into a fire-escape stair-well to save everyone from my emissions. Unfortunately the stairwell had the acoustic properties of a trumpet-bell and my bowel itself the properties of a very determined tuba learner. All through the several-story building!

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      But then he used to fart in elevators before sending it back down and various other 'pranks'.

      Hello, son!

  10. Ima Ballsy
    Facepalm

    Ahhh .....

    This was just a shitty article ....

    Now my Thursday is crap ....

    No way I can WIPE that image out of my mind ......

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Beautiful sub..

    I just glanced at the El Reg frontpage and caught that subheader - beautiful :).

    Thanks for that, made my day

  12. MiguelC Silver badge

    It's pure luck..

    ...he was just jogging and not having the runs...

    1. TRT Silver badge

      Re: It's pure luck..

      Can't a guy practice his downhill skiing posture in peace nowadays?

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    Angel

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  14. Tom 35

    Figuratively shitting on the employees under him was no longer enough to satisfy him.

  15. 89724102371719531892324I9755670349743096734346773478647852349863592355648544996313855148583659264921

    Give the guy a break!

    IBS is a modern epidemic

  16. Dog11

    Perhaps he was aiming for a spot on the Privy Council?

  17. x 7

    Presumably he did it each time after a night in the pub.

    Says a lot about Australian beer

  18. Richard Jukes

    Is there an extreme shitting club?

    First rule dont tell anyone about extreme shitting club.

    Second rule go for a jog and shit whete ever you can.

    Third rule do it all again.

    This really does seem to be becoming a thing.

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