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britstarfan - May 02, 2008 - 04:36 PM
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Two pieces of dinosaur dung have been sold at auction for $960 (£486) at an auction house in New York.

The fossilised dung, which resembles rock on the outside, and a colourful mineral inside, is 130 million years old, from the Jurassic period.

Auctioneers Bonhams of New York said it sold for twice the expected price. The buyer is reported to be Steve Tsengas, the 71-year-old owner of a company that sells products to treat pet animal waste in Ohio. "Poop is big business in the pet industry," he is quoted as saying by AP. Shocked

Thoughts?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7377982.stm

angel - May 02, 2008 - 06:50 PM
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I think it's appropriate. Pet waste company owner owning petrified dino poo. It goes together. I imagine he'll use it as a doorstop or a paperweight. He can take it home and put it on his coffee table as a conversation piece. I wouldn't mind owning it. But that's too much money for a piece of poo.

Cat - May 02, 2008 - 08:20 PM
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Well naturally I'm horribly upset that I don't own Dino poo. Crying or Very sad

I never get anything.......

angel - May 02, 2008 - 10:29 PM
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Next birthday, you're getting some poo, Girl! Can't promise you it will be dino, but it will be poo! Wink

Cat - May 03, 2008 - 06:07 AM
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angel wrote:

Next birthday, you're getting some poo, Girl! Can't promise you it will be dino, but it will be poo! Wink

Ah, a true friend! Wink

angel - May 03, 2008 - 06:17 AM
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You bet, always! Cool

morgram - May 03, 2008 - 12:30 PM
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Let me know when they find Fred Flintstone`s gallstone.

Susie - May 05, 2008 - 11:54 AM
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morgram wrote:

Let me know when they find Fred Flintstone`s gallstone.

Or, Wilma's necklace.
Seriously, how do they tell the difference between dino poo and a simple rock? Couldn't someone just pick up a rock, call it that and sell it for a big price?

MG - May 10, 2008 - 11:14 PM
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Now you know the truth behind waste disposal. They're burying it as an investment for the future. Wink

Claudia - May 11, 2008 - 12:44 AM
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littlestar - May 11, 2008 - 11:58 PM
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That's how I feel at most auctions....
You never know what shite you're actually buying...

Debb - May 12, 2008 - 08:43 PM
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I guess they didn't have a "curb your pets" bylaw back then.