I think you're missing the bigger problem:
WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU HAVE A SEPARATE "REMOVE SHIT" CALL FOR EACH ITEM? DEAR GOD, WHY?!
1. Put each item in a list.
2. Do a for loop over the list calling your "remove shit" function on each item.
3. Wrap the call to "remove shit" in a try/except block.
4. ???
5. SANE CODE!