Dog poo
There is a definite accumulation of dog poo everywhere as the slovenly British Public seem to think that in lockdown no one is going to notice if they don't pick it up. So now it's everywhere, and you have to keep your wits about you to avoid treading in the stuff. Sometimes you sidestep on in the middle of a path, only to end up in another one hiding on the edge. It's like Russian Roulette.
Yesterday I ended up getting dog shit in my EYE. I was walking along the paths round the back of Bagnor with Dolly and suddenly felt something land on my eyeball. Thinking it was a bit of mud, my first reaction was to rub the eye to see if whatever it was would come out. And then the most God awful smell hit me and I knew it could only be one thing. Still rubbing my eye (and cursing the Universe) I was not only in agony physically, but now had to mentally process the realisation that it wasn't mud but significant clot of dog poo.
As an unsympathetic friend commented yesterday, this was a feat that may well defy the laws of physics. Never mind physics, it was the most disgusting and painful thing that's happened to me in a long time.
To turn back or not to turn back, that was the next question. Loyalty to my dog and a stubborn streak meant I chose to continue, blinking furiously and in a great deal of pain.
I eventually made it home and after decontaminating in the shower and many, many salt eye baths later, the pain and swelling gradually began to subside. This morning I'm relieved to look a little less like the Elephant Man. Suffice to say family and friends thought it was hilarious; sympathy nil.
Yesterday I ended up getting dog shit in my EYE. I was walking along the paths round the back of Bagnor with Dolly and suddenly felt something land on my eyeball. Thinking it was a bit of mud, my first reaction was to rub the eye to see if whatever it was would come out. And then the most God awful smell hit me and I knew it could only be one thing. Still rubbing my eye (and cursing the Universe) I was not only in agony physically, but now had to mentally process the realisation that it wasn't mud but significant clot of dog poo.
As an unsympathetic friend commented yesterday, this was a feat that may well defy the laws of physics. Never mind physics, it was the most disgusting and painful thing that's happened to me in a long time.
To turn back or not to turn back, that was the next question. Loyalty to my dog and a stubborn streak meant I chose to continue, blinking furiously and in a great deal of pain.
I eventually made it home and after decontaminating in the shower and many, many salt eye baths later, the pain and swelling gradually began to subside. This morning I'm relieved to look a little less like the Elephant Man. Suffice to say family and friends thought it was hilarious; sympathy nil.
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