Bird Poop

Bird Poop

Spending a lot of time outdoors, I have seen a lot of bird poop. I always look down while walking so that I don't step in anything nasty. I'm sure that sometimes people watching me laugh as I attempt to place my feet into the "clean" spots. I can't help it. I don't like the thought that anything that gets on the bottom of my shoes ends up in my house.

Years ago, I don't remember where, I saw a scientific study. The researchers had people walk through some powder that could only be seen under a black light. The subjects would then enter a home and live a normal day. At the end, the researchers turned on black lights and found the powder everywhere, even on the peoples faces! It scared me. To this day I am abnormally concerned with avoiding germs. Now you can imagine how I feel about bird poop.

So there I was one day, looking down the track for my train. It wasn't in sight. I happened to glance down at my feet. I was standing in a patch of poop. There must have been a hundred little gifts from our feathered friends. I just stood there frozen, like a deer at a headlight convention. And then it happened, something hit my left shoulder. No! Yes, bird poop! So what did I do? I looked up! Luckily, the bird didn't poop on my face, he just laughed at me.

Rule: If you see bird poop on the ground where you are standing, move, and do not look up.

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