Chinese Exports — The Real Poop
Monday, July 30th, 2007I was a bit grossed out to learn that “The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base has come up with a dung-for-profit scheme that turns droppings from the endangered species into odour-free souvenirs ranging from bookmarks to Olympic-themed statues… .” Such creative marketing cries out for a limerick, don’t you think?
Chinese Exports — The Real Poop
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Did that Chinese-made gift make you whoop?
I must warn you — they may have used poop.
I mean panda dung. Yuck!
Don’t want giftware that’s muck?
Well, at least they don’t use it for soup.
(You can find more of my animal related poems and humor here.)
And now it’s time for a crappy poll:
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