In Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the dog shit situation has simply gotten out of hand.

When it comes to confronting its own historically low approval ratings, Congress is less of head-on type than a head-up-its-own-ass type.

In a creative twist on the old "dog poop on the porch" gag, one small town has been scooping up abandoned canine excrement and shipping it back to the dog owners who failed to pick it up.

[Happy Thursday. That's Anne Hathaway picking up dog poop in the East Village. Image via INF]

• Above: dog poop, Boerum Hill.
  

A poster on the Daily Heights message board has an important plea for his neighborhood's dog owners: