The Front Stoop Poop Story

So this is bit of a cop-out, and really more of a post appropriate for a personal blog, but I just can’t pass up this story.

May 2-4 weekend pretty much marks the beginning of summer. Either everyone goes camping, or somebody picks up 4 kegs and throws a bash. We went with the latter.

Cailin O’Neil was visiting from Halifax (amazing chick, we had an absolute blast together), as were 11 other guys and one of Matt’s friends. I mean, it was practically our duty to extend a warm Newfoundland welcome, and so we purchased our kegs from the Quidi Vidi Brewery.

We’ve never had so many people in our house before, the place was swarming. It was a great crowd though, no rowdiness or trouble-makers involved. But I guess we should have paid attention to the first warning sign that our neighbours were pissed, because some idiots from a few houses over were throwing rocks into our backyard as we were tapping the kegs.

First of all, throwing a keg party should be no big deal in our neighbourhood as I’m routinely woken at all hours of the night throughout the week by loud, drunken fools outside. You just kinda learn to deal with it.

I don’t remember what happened next, but this is how things unfolded.

People were getting ready to leave the house. One of the girls, very drunk, walked out onto the front step and stepped into a giant pile of poop. Human poop.

Then the 11 guys visiting from Halifax were leaving, and in the chaos ensuing from discovering human shit on our front step, the shit footprints tracked around the front of our house were inevitable.

Real conversation between Cailin and I, the morning after.

Real conversation between Cailin and I, the morning after.

So while some people were trying to keep the shit from entering the house, and then trying to keep people from stepping in it outside, one roommate was crying and my other roommate and his buddies hatched a plan to start serial shitting on our neighbours’ steps. This poses problems because 1) we had no proof the neighbours did it 2) How does one shit on command?

I actually find the whole thing hysterical. We never did figure out who did it, but we spent most of Sunday hosing down our step. I could almost feel the eyes of the Serial Shitter on us as we cleaned up the mess, probably giggling with glee.

Lesson learned: no more keg parties while living in the ghetto.

Cailin and I, doing St. Johns

Cailin and I, doing St. John’s

Cailin will have a sweet travel video of her trip to Newfoundland up and running soon, it should be a blast. I sincerely apologize for having you drag my drunk ass all over downtown, Cailin. You’re welcome back any time!

  • May 24 2010

    Poop on the doorstep and not in a paper bag set on fire…boggles the mind.

  • May 24 2010

    This made me laugh so hard my tummy hurts!! But what a great evening diversion!!

  • May 24 2010

    Laughed SO hard at this!! NOTHING wrong with sharing this on a travel blog. ;-)

    • May 29 2010

      Hahaha, I thought people might be amused!

  • May 24 2010
    d_travelbug

    I don’t care if this is travel related…it’s f’in funny!

    • May 29 2010

      I’m still laughing about it, despite our front porch still kinda smelling like poop.

  • May 24 2010

    That is just an awesome story. Your text image shot completely cracked me up.

    • June 04 2010

      Lol, yeah, I laughed a lot when Cailin showed me

  • May 24 2010

    Hahaha! Love how after your poop text, the next logical piece of information is “brewery tour at 4!”

    • June 04 2010

      Hahahaha, beer is always the solution!

  • May 25 2010

    hahahahaha awesome!!!! I will come back this summer!! But hopefully next time we have more than two nights to party!!!!!!

    • May 29 2010

      Like… a WEEEK long?! Perfect. ;)

  • May 25 2010

    I’m really glad you didn’t post any more photos. What a neighborhood. I mean, what if the guy (or gal) had been caught in the act? I’m sure even more hilarity would have ensued.

    • May 29 2010

      I’m actually blown away that someone would even have the balls to do it. There were a LOT of men at our keg party!

  • May 25 2010

    Lol i saw the poop msg on facebook and was hoping you might write more about this. Had a good chuckle about this. Sounds like it was a good party!

    • May 29 2010

      Hahaha, excellent party! Nothing broken, just the poop incident…

  • May 25 2010

    I see so you humans just leave your poo on doorsteps, and they judge me for flinging it.

    • May 29 2010

      Man, can you imagine the mess if someone had flung it?

  • May 25 2010
    Poi

    I’m jealous how keg parties are normal for you guys, we’re having to do weeks of planning to get one to our house for a party!

    • May 29 2010

      Oh, totally not normal! We haven’t hosted one in years, it gets too messy.

  • May 25 2010

    Wow – who does that, really?! ha

    • May 29 2010

      Our sleezebag neighbors, I think. :-/

  • May 26 2010

    Hm. I’m not sure what to say. Thank goodness your writing is so funny — or I might be traumatized! And how did I have no idea you and Cailin were hanging out that weekend?! I love it!!! So glad you girls had fun!!

    • May 29 2010

      Hahaha, it was an AMAZING weekend! And hopefully an indicator of the total mayhem that will be NYC. ;)

  • May 27 2010

    Poop on the stoop. Sounds like a fraternity boy prank, doesn’t it.

    • May 29 2010

      Ahhh, poop on the stoop! That really should have been my original essay title.

  • May 27 2010

    Hey Cornelius – we don’t judge you. We just stay out of the way.

    This is bloody hysterical. The lighting on fire thing is slightly worrying, linlah.

    Candice, this definitely belongs on a personal blog. Thanks for sharing =)

    • May 29 2010

      hehehe, as long as it got a few laughs, right?

  • May 27 2010

    This is disgusting and horrible and hilarious all at the same time! I would have puked and had double to clean up!

    • May 29 2010

      I’m SO glad I blacked out for those few minutes when it all took place.

  • May 27 2010

    Okay seriously.. lol. I didnt know that kind of stuff actually happened in real life! Props for sharing such an … uh interesting story!

    • May 29 2010

      Man, it’s nearly a daily event in my life. Hah!

  • May 29 2010

    Wow, Candice, this is far more graphic than what I learned on Twitter. I didn’t know someone stepped in it and I didn’t know you suspected a neighbor. Pooping on your porch was a pretty drastic reaction to a little noise.

    • May 29 2010

      Hahaha, hope it wasn’t TOO graphic! You can only imagine what it was like to clean up…

  • June 07 2010

    I’ve had a similar experience, my mates house was trashed upon leaving uni, although to be fair it was another of my friends doing the front stoop stoop.many years back

  • January 10 2011

    Hahaha! Can’t say this has ever happened to me. I have had some neighbors complain when I’ve thrown parties, but never has poo appeared on my doorstep! I would be pissed, though I would probably also laugh hysterically :)

    • January 10 2011

      Oh it was hysterical, until we had to scrub it off the step…hahaha.

  • January 10 2011

    Haha, did I really never comment on this?
    I remember that party so well… and the poopiness of it.. and when I was leaving one of my friends picked up some of the poop with a papertowel and smeared it on your neighbour’s door handle… ;D
    and just think, every time I celebrate the anniversary of moving into my current house, you can celebrate the anniversary of the poopy keg party! ;D

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