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September 14, 2006
Thinking out of the box...
Sometimes ya wonder what goes through the mind of a guy who stands there all day, looking at sheep. If he is of an entrepreneurial bent, then he's lookin' to maximize that dollar value.
After all, ya can't just let that revenue slip through your fingers.
One day, Lawrence Toms of Creative Paper Wales picks up a handful of sheep poo, mushes it around in his palm and checks the minute detail. That takes a certain quality of character I don't care to possess.
The inventive soul then has that proverbial eureka moment. A million dollar idea, right there under his feet the whole time.
He puts it through some washing and sifting, and winds up looking at a batch of fiber. After some experimentation, he finds that if you sift enough shovelfuls, you can make Sheep Poo Paper.
The process is so original it won a $37,000 Millennium Award.
Now, if they would put Osama's picture on it and sell the stuff as rolls of toilet paper, it would have that karmic symmetry we're all looking for.
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