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Family Spray Urine On Lampposts to Lure Back Lost Dog

Posted by samzenpus on from the thinking-outside-the-doghouse dept.

The Baltesz family is using a radical method to get their runaway dog to come back home. The family is marking trees, lampposts and the local streets with their own urine in the hopes it will lure their Labrador, Simon, back. Having presumably tried all methods that didn't involve pouring pee out of a soda bottle, the family decided this approach was the best. Mrs Baltesz told the Bristol Evening Post, "I know it sounds bizarre and I'm embarrassed to mention it but it makes sense if you think about it. Simon may pick up our scent because dogs have an incredibly powerful sense of smell. Despite having two other dogs, the house is so quiet without him."

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  1. New legal ground by Kligat · · Score: 1

    Does it have to be expelled out the genitals in public to count as public urination, or can it be saved up and discarded like dumping a bucket of melted ice into a parking lot? Laws on the books in my state define the severity of the penalty for littering as dependent on volume and weight; does the entire solution count as the pollutant, or just the solvent after the water solute has evaporated?

    I'm sure somewhere out there is a lawyer eager to attack this, not for anything against the family's actions or anything, or even for monetary reasons, but just as some sort of absurd mental exercise. Also, yes, I'm ashamed to be on Idle, too.

    1. Re:New legal ground by RockDoctor · · Score: 1

      Does it have to be expelled out the genitals in public to count as public urination,

      Consider the case of a hypothetical catheterised or fistulated person, voiding their wastes in a public space. They don't expose their genitals to the outside world, so there's nothing there for people to object to. So the offence would be one of public littering (though there may be specific issues in English law about the disposal of human waste, but that doesn't stop people throwing used nappies into the bins in a park, so I doubt that's a problem in practice). With plain human urine, with no offensive exposure and no lascivious intent (try proving that in court, either way!), I doubt they'd get anything held against them.

      I wouldn't use a soda bottle (well, I wouldn't waste time on this at all - the dog is probably dead and dumped in a ditch and I'm sure the adults know this even if they're lieing to the kids) ; I'd use a plant sprayer.

      Actually, that reminds me that a number of well-known radio gardening personalities encourage the use of chamber pots to add various minerals and nutrients to the compost heap ... so if someone were to challenge them as they walked the streets spraying a line back to their home, they could use a "fertilising the pretty flowers" argument. Follow that up with a strange laugh and most people would back off.

      Also, yes, I'm ashamed to be on Idle, too.

      Why - it's not as if you're using your own time here are you? You're at work, avoiding doing your job now. Surely?

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    2. Re:New legal ground by curmudgeon99 · · Score: 1

      It all depends on the technique. To be considered true public urination, the pee-er must be standing with at least one leg in the air, with a look of bliss on their face, mouth agape, and that steam must rise from the wee as it spreads on the ground and transfers its heat into the ground. If it comes from a jar--unless it has just been made and is still warm so that it steams, does not qualify.

  2. Anonymous Cowardon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Someone needs to edit the code that generates this page...
    "Anonymous Coward" + "on" = "Anonymous Cowardon" ... needs a space.