Betteridge's Advice Column
by Miles Klee
Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word “No.”
—Betteridge's law of headlines
Q. My neighbor’s dog often leaves solid waste on the tree lawn in front of his house. The piles are huge (the dog is a St. Bernard), and the owner has never once made an effort to clean up after his pet. The grass is technically the property of the city — should I install a passive-aggressive sign stating that dogs are not allowed to defecate there?
A. No.
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