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April 19, 2008 at 3:25pm

Parks Appreciation Day and poop

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As has been noted around the blogosphere many times already, today was Parks Appreciation Day. Hordes of do-gooders showed up from 9 a.m. to noon all over Pierce County to lend a helping hand to the little patches of green in the South Sound that make life just a little bit better.

Scott Fontaine of the News Tribune checked in from Bonney Lake and Wapato Park.

And my neighbor, Mr. Cole Cosgrove, added his two cents about Parks Appreciation Day this morning on the Trib’s Grit City blog.

Sadly and predictably, I didn’t clean up a park this morning. I did spend a good 20 minutes scooping up dog shit in my yard, though, and that’s got to count for something.

Here’s the proof.

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For scale, I asked NFL superstar Peyton Manning to stand next to the pile of fecal matter I collected. He gladly obliged.

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Maybe you’re more motivated than me. It wouldn’t be surprising. Anyone out there have a good story from Parks Appreciation Day, or better yet a picture of dog poop that rivals mine?

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