Poop

I took advantage of the beautiful day and went to walk at one of our city's parks today. I couldn't go to the gym because it closes at noon on Saturdays and reopens on Mondays. Just as well because I wouldn't feel right about going to the gym on Sunday. Seems ... not respectful or something.

Anyway, beautiful fall day. The lake was low on water, but the geese and ducks were still out in force. Saw a family feeding them. The park discourages people from feeding them, but it still happens. Some people get quite irate when they see people feeding the geese. Our local newspaper publishes letters ever so often with the writer pointing out how that disrupts the natural behavior of the waterfowl and how it encourages them to stay and poop all over the sidewalks. Yes, that's the main thrust of the letters is how the birds poop everywhere.

It is amazing how much poop they poop. In years past, rain washes the poop away, but because of the drought, the poop is still sitting there. And there. Over there, too. You definitely have to walk the park looking down. Or wear shoes you can take off and put in a sack before you get back in your car. Which is what a friend of mind says she does when she walks in the park.

I've wondered why the city doesn't spray off the sidewalks a couple times of week -- the birds seem to prefer about three areas so it wouldn't be a huge job -- but maybe they do and the birds just keep pooping. By the way, you write "pooping" enough, and it starts to become funny. Don't know why, but it does. Try it; I'll wait.

These birds aren't that afraid of humans. They've learned they're safe in the park. If you have picnic, several brave birds may visit and demand a piece of bread. Sometimes they're quite menacing, especially when they pull a knife and start trash talking. I don't know if you've ever been flogged by a bird, but it's not as much fun as you might think. In fact, geese have such strong wings that they have actually killed men before. No, seriously, I'm not making up this fowl story.

So when people give you the bird, just be grateful that it isn't a geese. And that you don't have to worry about where you walk. Small blessings make up a good life, you know.

Talk to you tomorrow.

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