You know your local economy has hit rock bottom when you start importing, rather than exporting, shit.
For years now, Flat Rock, Michigan, has been receiving truckloads of shit from Toronto, with many local residences turning a blind eye, accepting their place in the economic pecking order. But their pride was put to the ultimate test early Wednesday morning when a 50-ton truck loaded with Canadian shit
dropped its load in a downtown intersection after skidding to a stop.
"I looked at this and said, 'Oh, shit,'" said Steve Tallman, Flat Rock's police chief. "It smelled unbelievable."
The foot-deep pile took more than five hours to clean up, at an estimated cost of $10,000.
Michigan's state motto is
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice -- "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you."
Look about you, indeed.