"These steel hoops outside of people’s front doors in Bordeaux"
A: “Boot scrapers.”
“When those were installed, horses were probably the main transportation option, and in addition, nobody carried dog poop bags. I have seen quotes that NYC in 1900 dealt with 2.5 million pounds of horse poop per day! Vibram hadn’t been invented, so I would guess not a lot of lugged soles. That would make these both very necessary and probably fairly effective.”
So not a butt plug.....?
Paige NO!