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City: Mom's claim stinks
The Stamford Advocate ^ | 5/8/08 | Alexandra Fenwick

Posted on 05/13/2008 7:52:55 AM PDT by girlangler

City: Mom's claim stinks

By Alexandra Fenwick Staff Writer

NORWALK - A New York woman who took her family to visit the Maritime Aquarium has filed a $100 claim against the city, saying her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces early last month outside the Maritime Garage. Norwalk officials will deny the claim, city attorney M. Jeffry Spahr said. "The official response is her claim is denied and poop happens," he said.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: dogs; feces; lawsuits; responsibility
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1 posted on 05/13/2008 7:52:55 AM PDT by girlangler
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To: Grammy; Diana in Wisconsin; Gabz; gardengirl

Can you imagine the horrors this child would suffer if he stepped on cow poop?

Heck, when I was a kid we’d have cow poop wars in the pasture, throw this stuff at each other.


2 posted on 05/13/2008 8:03:43 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: girlangler

*APPLAUSE*

Good for this city attorney! It’s so rare to see somebody with common sense in a job like that.


3 posted on 05/13/2008 8:11:43 AM PDT by lesser_satan (Save the earth. Make biofuels out of eco-fascists.)
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To: girlangler
...shoes were ruined..

psst. Hey lady, poop washes off. Get a hose.

4 posted on 05/13/2008 8:15:29 AM PDT by Sax
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To: girlangler

horse apples fly farther.


5 posted on 05/13/2008 8:23:18 AM PDT by patton (cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
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To: girlangler

Hmmmm. Good thing, I guess, that the 1-year-old did not mistake it for a brown sidewalk crayon...


6 posted on 05/13/2008 8:31:50 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
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To: girlangler; Diana in Wisconsin; Gabz

What about the nice shiny green boots you got walking through the milking barn? Bwahaha!


7 posted on 05/13/2008 8:45:45 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: Hegemony Cricket

“Good thing, I guess, that the 1-year-old did not mistake it for a brown sidewalk crayon...”

...yeah, or a tootsie roll!!!


8 posted on 05/13/2008 8:49:24 AM PDT by J40000
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To: J40000

LOL!


9 posted on 05/13/2008 8:49:55 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Friends with umbrellas are outstanding in the rain.)
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To: girlangler; Grammy; Diana in Wisconsin; Gabz; gardengirl; patton

This is just too danged funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL! Poop happens — priceless.


10 posted on 05/13/2008 8:59:05 AM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: J40000; All; Grammy

LOL. With a one year old that could have easily happened.

Yes we were exposed to lots of poop in our lives, as we always had a dog, as did everyone else we knew.

I have two dogs now, in a fenced yard. I had some visitors last summer (kids, ages 7 to 16), and they freaked when they stepped in some. Their Mom threw away their shoes (expensive shoes) rather than clean them. They sat around complaining, I guess they thought I was supposed to get rid of my dogs to keep from inconveniencing them.

A waterhose will take care of the problem el pronto. I also noted that none of my visitors never offered to pick up the poop and remove it from the yard (as I was busy cooking, cleaning, building a fire in the firepit to make smores for these visitors). They simply sat on their butts and whined because I had poop in my yard.


11 posted on 05/13/2008 9:01:19 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: girlangler; Gabz; Diana in Wisconsin

If you don’t wear shoes, you don’t have to worry about ruining them! LOL Don’t you hate the way chicken poop squishes between your toes?! At least dog poop is big enough to see and avoid!

Those kids sound like prime candidates for a horse apple bomb or a flying cowpattie!


12 posted on 05/13/2008 9:05:20 AM PDT by gardengirl
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To: girlangler

We’ve become a society of victims. What a drama queen.


13 posted on 05/13/2008 9:09:01 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I've done here today doesn't force you to have a negative opinion of me....)
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To: girlangler

Good grief -— I’m sorry but some people are just much too prissy.........SHEESH

Folks that come to my house know exactly where the dog’s “territory” is — if they fail to heed the warning they are pointed to the hose!!!!


14 posted on 05/13/2008 9:09:37 AM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: gardengirl

LOL. Oh Lord, if they had to experience that they’d be visiting a therapist for years!!!!!

Actually we never even wore shoes in the summer when I was a kid. I’ve actually had hot pavement (from walking down a road) imbedded in my feet!!!


15 posted on 05/13/2008 9:11:26 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: gardengirl

LOL. Oh Lord, if they had to experience that they’d be visiting a therapist for years!!!!!

Actually we never even wore shoes in the summer when I was a kid. I’ve actually had hot pavement (from walking down a road) imbedded in my feet!!!


16 posted on 05/13/2008 9:11:37 AM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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To: girlangler

This item has been pulled by the mods at least once last week. We’ll see if it lasts this time.


17 posted on 05/13/2008 9:13:26 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (If my dog had hands, he could be a surgeon. He's already smart enough.)
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To: girlangler

Oh
My
God!!!

When things get tough these people will starve to death.


18 posted on 05/13/2008 9:21:36 AM PDT by Grammy
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To: girlangler

Meadow muffins...


19 posted on 05/13/2008 9:29:38 AM PDT by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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To: girlangler

The only time we wore shoes after school was out was when we went to town or church. I could run flat out on walnut size gravel and never feel a thing. Kids are too sissified nowadays. LOL


20 posted on 05/13/2008 9:39:16 AM PDT by gardengirl
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