Venetian travel memory

This posting may make you sigh - or roll your eyes - or giggle.  Or, perhaps, do all three.

:)

You can imagine that in the labyrinth of calles, bridges and campos that make up the maze that is Venice, that there are a lot of dark, secluded corners.  Venice is known as one of the safest cities in Italy, however it does have a few unexpected dangers.  To whit, the danger of men relieving themselves in the aforementioned dark and isolated corners!  (Could you just imagine the stench of urine that would pervade the city?)

Venice has recognized this danger and has taken steps to remedy matters.  What Venice has done is filled in some of these corners with cement in such a way that should a man urinate on it, the wee would run down the edge and onto the shoes of the malefactor!

Good deterrent don't you think?