{"id":266,"date":"2006-11-14T05:55:03","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/14\/volunteers-to-count-poop\/"},"modified":"2010-11-23T00:49:17","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T05:49:17","slug":"volunteers-to-count-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/14\/volunteers-to-count-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers to count poop"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>A civic group in Vienna, Austria, gathered 157,000 signatures on petitions in May and presented them to city officials to encourage a government program toward cleaner streets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* oddplanet_inpost_smallsquare *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2967767859\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 200;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 200;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p> Under the proposal, the government would assign the populace the task of counting and mapping dog droppings as a first step to greater penalties for owners who fail to clean up after their mutts. 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