[poo] an increasing hazard for the unwary

Keep an eye on that overhead feathered friend

Ross Fountain quite rightly points out that poo can get you into all sorts of trouble. As Koreans are well aware, it can leave to you needing to withdraw from university and suffer public humiliation and satire.

However, there is a serious side to this:

Scientists are now reconsidering that notion after having made disturbing discoveries such as bacteria levels being so high at some beaches that people have to stay out of the water. One of the culprits that has been found to significantly raise the bacteria levels is dog poop.

So clearly it's time for Mrs. Beaton's Guide to Dog Poop, with such gems as:

1. Take your dog for a walk. [presumably prior to casing your hare] ...

This is a serious issue which all dog-walkers and non-walkers alike should step into. Once we get onto the topic of bird poo however, the advice is even more apt:

It happens to us all at some time or another. You're minding your own business in the outdoors when you feel something warm land on your head ... and so on ...

It's always seemed to me that it's a question of the feral rather than the owned pet which is the problem, either cats or dogs, after all:

once a queen always a queen, she will mate and mate again and again

This causes me to pause and reflect on my own current thrust and the eternal question - who holds the whip hand, the king or the queen?