'Poop Smart'

[KQ]

Wow. Just when you thought you'd heard it all.



'Poop Smart' if you visit the Skagit Valley tulips this season

A campaign called 'Poop Smart Skagit' has some advice before you visit the tulips this season.
Author: Amy Moreno

The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is in full swing with blooms decorating fields in Skagit County. But officials are warning of issues related to human waste that could spoil your visit.

The festival is one of the most picturesque event in Washington every year — drawing visitors from around the world.

“You see something here that you really can't see outside of Holland, so it’s truly unique,” Tulip grower Brent Roozen explained. “It's a wonderful experience and we think it's something everyone should see at least once.”

There are flowers and tulips of just about every color blooming all month long.

“If I hear wow, I've done my job." Jeannette DeGoede explained. DeGoede and her husband have been running Tulip Town for decades. She said, "Over 86,000 people will come through our farm in the course of a month."

Along with all those visitors comes the traffic. And when you've got people going places, sometimes they have to go. That problem has turned into a bit of an issue and now the County Public Works Department and EPA have a public information campaign to encourage people to “Poop Smart Skagit.”

They've had issues with human waste within downtown Mount Vernon and nearby fields, which can be bad for animals and growers.

“We grow a lot of food. Not just for the county, but for the country, as well," Roozen explained.

The tulip growers try hard to minimize the impact on other fields in the community and educate visitors about the county’s agricultural significance.

There are portable toilets in several locations and Poop Smart Skagit suggests everyone heading out should have a plan on how you're going to handle things when nature calls. The only time you're supposed to squat next to these tulips is for the perfect photo.

[SumJongGuy]

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[Skistack]

Taking a dump in a field of tulips sounds delightful.

[El Kanone]

Whole new new meaning to the expression “tiptoe through the tulips”.


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[oftpiste]

Saw this the other day. Pretty funny. I'd love to have been at the county council meeting when this civic initiative was pitched and the budget requests proferred.

[rideit]

Now THIS belongs in the ‘Shit That Annoys You’ thread...

[Art Shirk]

Poop Smart Skagit suggests everyone heading out should have a plan on how you're going to handle things when nature calls.

Is there a group of people out there that I am unaware of who travel specifically to Skagit county to enjoy the beauty of the tulips who fail to assume they will be shitting in toilets if the need arose? What other plan would I have? Ok Art, if you have to shit, I think you should consider a toilet as a solid plan.

[KQ]

Is there a group of people out there that I am unaware of who travel specifically to Skagit county to enjoy the beauty of the tulips who fail to assume they will be shitting in toilets if the need arose? What other plan would I have? Ok Art, if you have to shit, I think you should consider a toilet as a solid plan.

"solid plan" LOL!

[Vt-Freeheel]

Everyone needs to carry a bag to shit in.
And pitch it in the next gas station rubbish barrel. Don't leave it behind!

[KQ]

Ask yourself.... are they really just squatting down for that perfect picture or are they pinching a loaf?

[AK47bp]

"solid plan" LOL!

Huh, no shit.

[mtngirl79]

We've had poop smart for a while now..

[KQ]

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Super Poop!

[ill-advised strategy]

I thought for sure this was going to be about not pushing too hard....hemorrhoids and whatnot.

[Norseman]

I thought for sure this was going to be about not pushing too hard....hemorrhoids and whatnot.

same. but now i'm considering my tulip bed in a different light... nah, Roozengaard ain't too much further

[mtngirl79]

i find it hard to believe it’s the visitors leaving the shit behind unless skagit authorities have rebranded their homeless population and transient labor force as ‘visitors’.

Not sure about Skagit but we have porta potties where homeless congregate and on trailers towed around for field workers.

They also tow one behind the sherriff's work crew van.

Everyone has a place to poo.

[TWINS]

I could see the excitement of having tulips tickle your sack while dropping a deuce.
Sounds like a bucket list item...

[BobMc]

I’m currently searching the googles for this mythical like place, SFB will be booking a one way ticket.

[iceman]

4.75 million cups sounds like a lot of water for one person to contaminate in a day. That's almost 300,000 gallons.

[mtngirl79]

I’m currently searching the googles for this mythical like place, SFB will be booking a one way ticket.

It's called the nooksack river!

[riser4]

Babe Ruth.

[old goat]

Maybe the reason that the tulips are so beautiful is that they're well fertilized. In Sacramento we have a lemon tree that's unusually productive--turns out it's growing on top of a broken sewer line.
Or maybe if you tell people the tulip fields are full of shit people won't trample the tulips.

[steff]

I could see the excitement of having tulips tickle your sack while dropping a deuce.
Sounds like a bucket list item...

two lips?

[ill-advised strategy]

Everyone has a place to poo.

Rule number one
!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also rule number 2: see rule number one

And yes, that does include so-called “sharts” and “air biscuits”

[Peruvian]