Public spirited people

Our language is rich in names  to describe the low-life that allow their dogs to defaecate on our streets and paths and here, in the grass where the village children play.

Fool, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod, dope, ninny, chump, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, loon, dork, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, chucklehead, knucklehead, muttonhead, pudding-head, thickhead, wooden-head, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, jerk, nerd, dipstick, donkey, noodle, nitwit, twit, numpty, clot, plonker, berk, prat, pillock ,wally, git, wazzock, divvy, nerk, twerp, twonk, charlie, mug, muppet, schmuck, bozo, boob, lamer, turkey, schlepper, chowderhead, dumbhead, goofball, goof, goofus, galoot, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, sap, cluck, clunk, ding-dong, dingbat, wiener, weeny, dip, simp, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, yo-yo, dingleberry,  nut, drongo, dill, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead, tomfool, noddy, clodpole, loggerhead, spoony, mooncalf, to name but a few.

Even when these anti-social dog owners  are caught in the act it would appear that to fine them is just a waste of time as most simply don't bother to pay up. Between 2011 and the end of 2015 Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council between them issued 160  penalties amounting to £8,130; the City is still to recover £5,115 and the Shire has £840 outstanding, meaning that  more than two thirds of fines remain unpaid.

Rant over for this week!