It must be real, given the heart-rending postings from certain ladies on here when the latest Heart-throb Of The Month gets killed off. I mean, no-one would get that worked up over the death of a fictional character, would they? Would they?
Oh yes, John_Virgo has reminded me. I was sat outside a riverside pub t'other day when a swan deposited a poo just a few feet away. The poo wasn't particularly smelly, but it was surprisingly large.