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Purloined poop: Who's the victim? - As man was shopping, thieves stole droppings, then fled
The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 5, 2002 | By ROY APPLETON / The Dallas Morning News

Posted on 12/05/2002 2:32:38 AM PST by MeekOneGOP


Purloined poop: Who's the victim?

As man was shopping, thieves stole droppings, then fled holding the bag

12/05/2002

By ROY APPLETON / The Dallas Morning News

Matt Boswell had that holiday spirit after Christmas shopping this week in Frisco.

Then he saw some stinking thief messing around in the back of his pickup truck outside Stonebriar Centre mall.

"I yelled at him," said Mr. Boswell, who watched the dirty dog haul two plastic bags from the truck to a waiting car and flee. The Little Elm resident didn't give chase or waste his time calling police.

No. 1, the loss was a mere drop in the bucket.

No. 2, this is the season of sharing, a time for surprises.

"I sure wish I could have been there when he opened the bags," said Mr. Boswell, "entremanure" of a pet waste-removal company.

Those gift bags together contained about 25 pounds of leftovers from lawns in Irving and North Dallas.

"I just couldn't stop laughing," said Mr. Boswell, who had parked in the open so people, including thieves, could read the words painted on the sides of his truck.

"It's pretty obvious what we do," he said. "It says we scoop poop."

Mr. Boswell said he and his three employees weekly take in about a ton of dung.

And if the guys in the black, four-door sedan want some more, he said, "we have plenty where that came from."

E-mail rappleton@dallasnews.com


Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/120502dnmetpoopthief.d36d8.html


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: merrychristmas; poop; poopscoop; stuffhappens; thieves
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To: lysie
(in an Internet discussion forum for animal-waste specialists)

Now.... that has got to be an interesting forum.

Not as interesting as you'd think. They just hang around all day talking s**t ...

21 posted on 12/08/2002 8:13:05 PM PST by strela
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To: MeeknMing
This sounds a bit like an urban legend. But if it is true, I would have loved to see their faces too.
22 posted on 12/08/2002 8:17:00 PM PST by Temple Owl
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To: Temple Owl
See update on #14. The guy was making it up. He got caught telling on himself on a "Waste" chat room.....
23 posted on 12/09/2002 5:55:26 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: strela
LOL !
24 posted on 12/09/2002 5:56:03 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: MeeknMing
Yeah, something smelled about that story.
25 posted on 12/09/2002 7:25:05 AM PST by Temple Owl
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To: Temple Owl
hee hee !
26 posted on 12/09/2002 8:17:46 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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