Budapest is a great city....for me to poop on!
Posted on 08/24/2005 9:51:58 AM PDT by Cowman
Budapest to wipe out dog waste Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:14 AM BST
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's capital is launching a 200-million-forint (500.000 pounds) campaign to rid itself of hundreds of tonnes of dog waste which land on the city's sidewalks and parks each year, the daily Nepszabadsag reported.
City officials estimate that Budapest's 400,000 dogs produce around 14,600 tonnes of dog waste each year, more than the weight of the Eiffel Tower and the London Eye combined, creating a health hazard and a public nuisance.
The city will spend the money on public awareness television advertisements, hundreds of dog waste disposal bins and sidewalk cleaning machines.
Budapest has one of the largest dog populations in Europe. Vienna has just 60,000 dogs while Frankfurt has only 12,000, the paper adds.
Narrator voice: "Your dog poops. Deal with it."
Budapest is a great city....for me to poop on!
That is not my dog.
"Woof Woof Bark Growl Woof Whimper Growl Woof"
Time for your ping list!
At the turn of the millennium, the Boston Globe ran a look back at all the "silly" predictions from the turn of the previous century about what the 20th century's great accomplishments would be.
One that they mocked was a scientist who predicted the eradication of the housefly. But the Boston Globe author was too stupid or ignorant to recognize that the scientist had been correct. What made the prediction seem silly was that (1.) the prediction had been 99.9999% correct, and (2.) that the Boston Globe author, not knowing that the prediction was correct, had no inkling at what a problem housefiles were in 1900.
Because horses were still the predominant form of transportation in 1900, the streets were literally full of sh-t. And with all that sh-t came terrible swarms of housefiles, spreading maggots, filth and disease into every home. The prognosticator recognized that the horseless carriage (automobile) would soon eliminate urban horses, and chose a profound effect of that development which has been forgotten.
Translation:
"Dig a hole first, then poop in the hole, then cover it up. You do it for bones, it can't be that hard."
The cats of Buda and Pest could not be reached for comment.
Cats don't cause this problem. Everyone should have cats.
Is it just Europe that has this problem? Paris also has a dog poop problem. Name a city in the US where they have so much dog crap that it's a problem.
One of the best places I have ever been. I really liked the city and the Hungarian's a great deal.
And the air pollution created in the summer (and other dry times of year) by all the horse manure drying and then being pulverized by hooves and the wheels of the wagons . . . unbelievable! A greenish-yellow haze hung over New York and Chicago pretty much year round . . . ack!
I wonder if they're looking for a spokesman. My dog has done an outstanding job of increasing the public awareness of dog poop throughout Louisiana. His methods, though controversial, are effective beyond measure.
Heh... I butchered the punch line, which was supposed to be "who would they think is in charge?" But I guess the meaning came through anyhow :~D
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