Merde

France, morning

If there is something typical of France is "merde". It is everywhere.
French people use the word "merde" in almost every sentence...and most of the time the word has not specific meaning in the sentence. It is just to make the concept stronger.
Second, walking on the street, on every street in France, is like walking along a trail with obstacles. The obstacles being dog "merde" (when it is not human, since I even saw a mom helping a kid pooing in the middle of the street) everywhere.
Of course, this morning when I walked to work, I stepped on it.
In Italy we say that it brings you good luck.
I really hope that at least the bad smell and the disgusting feeling of stepping on a dog poo can be paid back by some good luck today.....

PS. I started to read the book "a year in the merde". It is quite funny so far.