Comments on: Mr. Floatie sez: Poop Day continues! http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/ Science served wet and salty Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Miriam Goldstein http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-399 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:37:43 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-399 Jarrett, you’re right – Poop Day is totally a Jewish holiday. After all, Freud is one of the more famous poop-philosophers, and he was of the tribe.

Mark, I did see that he ran for mayor – and was cruelly taken off the ballot. No rights for the post-digested. I meant to put that in but got all distracted once I got going about San Diego. Crap!

Keeping sulfer-oxidizing clams in the lab is pretty hardcore. I don’t have any science-related poop stories (yet), but I did once have to dive into a poop-geyser that was shooting down Mt. Washington. At the time, I was working at Lakes of the Clouds, and the sewage system was then a rather antiquated flush system. When it got overloaded – BOOM! Then the pipe leading into the storage barrel had to be manually switched. After that, leveling the cones of waste that formed beneath the seats of the composting toilets was positively delightful. (and I developed a lifelong love for composting).

]]> By: Mark Powell http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-398 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:30:42 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-398 How about a poop contest…who got the most down and most dirty? I nominate myself, dredging Solemya reidi from the Hyperion sewage outfall off LA. When labmates complained about the smell of my work, I just responded that it “smells like a Ph.D. to me.”

]]> By: Mark Powell http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-397 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:23:06 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-397 Great shit. Did you notice that Mr. Floatie actually ran for mayor of Victoria? I had a hard time figuring out whether he was “a serious poop candidate or just another frivolous person dressed up as feces and campaiging for mayor.” What do you think?

]]> By: jebyrnes http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-395 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:56:40 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/12/18/poop-day-continues/#comment-395 In honor of Poop Day (hey, if we’re using the Hebrew calendar, and started poop day at sundown, it’s still the same day!) might I suggest that you head off to Trader Joe’s and procure a packet of dried tamarind pods with brown sugar and chili? I believe they’re new, and, well, have to be seen to be believed. They are also delicious.

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