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June Twenty Eight

6/28/2012

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Breakthrough on the Investigation!

As gregorific fans may have noticed, many serious Mysteries of Human Nature fling themselves across my path. One of these is the concept of a sign for dogs, or is it for the owners? A sign suggesting that they not poop on the sign owner's yard. This sign looks like a dog pooping and has the word ‘No!’ on it. When I saw this sign for the first time I doubled over with teary laughter. So apt, so funny, so graphic to have on your lawn. Because what's worse than poop in your yard? A sign of a dog perpetually pooping!    

If dogs can read the sign may serve it’s purpose.

If dogs cannot read, and sadly I am almost positive mine cannot (yet), then the signs indicate the exact behavior they are trying to discourage. A dog sees the sign and thinks, yeah, I'm gonna do that. 

Most mystifying to me is the creation and sales of these signs. Who thought of this? Who are they targeting? People who don't like picking up poop but don't mind seeing a pretend dog in the middle of pooping on their lawn? All the time? There is an abundance of these signs in an enchanting little town I like to visit called Baltimore.

In recent posts I have documented such signs and wondered, where, oh where for art thee buying such rudimentary -or- sophisticated signage?

Eureka!

I have solved this case! In part. I was wandering about on vacay looking for mermaid ornaments (don't laugh). In the very back of one souvenir shop, through the main store and past the sale porch and over a ramp onto a moving truck, was a weird 'bonus' store. The truck was fixed up with shelves full of random sale items. Under bird baths and baby bjorns was a stack of signs! Who knows how this truck was organized or why but I raced back the next day to document it.

Behold!
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Ahh, it feels good to close a case. And clearly the store is mobile, so it must travel about catering to people experimenting with dogs and owners and their ability to follow different methods of directions. I'm often calling for a study to be done and I think this one is already in progress. Kudos, people!

Did I buy one? NO WAY! Any dog can poop on my yard. I hope their owner scoops it, but hey, last thing I want is art of a dog pooping and an exclamation about it. To each their own. 

~gregorific

In honor of our furry friends, here is a quote that I completely love:

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Immanual Kant 
3 Comments
Maureen
7/1/2012 04:28:59 am

I'm glad that this investigation is reaching a conclusion! It is my theory that folks who enjoy "poop" discussions the most are those who have a kindergartener in their lives. I am in full agreement that the only thing worse than a live dog doing his business is a permanent fake dog on the job. Do we have to talk about it, though?

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Sebastian
7/19/2012 08:04:36 am

This made me laugh, thanks.

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doug
8/21/2012 01:56:34 am

Where was the store please? I've been looking for this exact sign since seeing it on Cape Cod? Thanks

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