Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Answer

In Dutch, hond is dog (pronounced hunt), honden is dogs (en is plural) and we all know what poep (poop) is.

The technique here in Holland is to carry a long handled but small plastic shovel while you are walking your dog.  When the dog squats, you hold the shovel under the dog's rear, then deposit the deposit into one of the ubiquitous hondenpoep containers: clever solution for a messy problem. 

Apparently the problem with the solution is a lack of shovels.  The majority of people do not carry them.  However, the dogs know where the poep belongs and are drawn to the area around the containers.  Consequently, it almost impossible to deposit anything into any one of them without stepping into a large pile of you-know-what.  Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? 

On the other hand, maybe importing small plastic shovels into The Netherlands would be a good business to get into?

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