Monday, March 26, 2007

Things That Make You Say Oooookay

I'm guessing the Chinese don't know what they are about to do. This is going to be hugely popular if it's marketed right.
BEIJING (AP) -- There's a new Chinese saying: When life hands you panda poop, make paper. Researchers at a giant panda reserve in southern China are looking for paper mills to process their surplus of fiber-rich panda excrement into high quality paper. Liao Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in Sichuan province, said the idea came to them after a visit to Thailand last year where they found paper made from elephant dung. They thought panda poop would produce an even finer quality paper, he said. The base is currently in talks with several paper mills on how to turn the droppings of Jing Jing, Ke Bi, Ya Ya and dozens of other pandas at the base into reams of office paper and rolls of wrapping paper, said Liao. They hope to have a product line available by next year, he said.

3 comments:

Mark said...

Hmm...It might make good toilet paper. I mean, it actually seems most appropriate for that purpose.

Lone Ranger said...

All they have to do is put a cute little picture of a panda on it and the environmentalists will go gaga for it. Panda poop stationary.

Anonymous said...

Or the Democrats could use it to print their War Stategy on...

Maybe Hillary or John Edwards or Osama Obama could use it for their campaign speeches...

This paper could be very useful, when you think about it...