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Cow dung patties selling like hot cakes online in India
AP ^
| Dec. 28, 2015
| NIRMALA GEORGE
Posted on 12/29/2015 7:09:42 AM PST by PROCON
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there's one unusual item flying off the virtual shelves: Online retailers say cow dung patties are selling like hot cakes.
The patties - cow poop mixed with hay and dried in the sun, made mainly by women in rural areas and used to fuel fires - have long been available in India's villages. But online retailers including Amazon and eBay are now reaching out to the country's ever-increasing urban population, feeding into the desire of older city folks to harken back to their childhood in the village.
Some retailers say they're offering discounts for large orders. Some customers are asking for gift wrapping.
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feeding into the desire of older city folks to harken back to their childhood in the village.Incredible.
Nothing like the smell of burning crap to whet your appetite. (GASP, Vietnam flashback!)
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:09:42 AM PST
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
This is what the globull warming alarmists want for all of us.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:13:45 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
To: PROCON
Gee! The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:14:38 AM PST
by
Parmy
To: PROCON
Cow patties are worth money? Who knew? Wait till I tell MrD!
Honey we are rich!
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:14:47 AM PST
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: PROCON
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:15:01 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
To: PROCON
Dung fires from the ‘front porch’ of a hooch............ Awesome. Idiots. That’s where the greenies want us to be before it’s over.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:17:23 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: PROCON
Some retailers say they're offering discounts for large orders. Some customers are asking for gift wrapping.I don't know much about the culture of India, but apparently these people are easy to shop for.
To: Ditter
Hey, E-Bay has made many rich.
You could brag to your friends that your dung tycoons!
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:18:28 AM PST
by
PROCON
(It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea.)
To: PROCON
Do they mix in a little diesel to make it burn better?
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:18:59 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
Don’t get me started; still have the “aroma” in my sensory memory :-)
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:20:23 AM PST
by
PROCON
(It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea.)
To: PROCON
It could NEVER happen in a civilized country like the USA!
To: PROCON
Yes how cool is that!
All I have to do is find someone to make the patties! That might be difficult.........: (
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:21:30 AM PST
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: PROCON
Yes how cool is that!
All I have to do is find someone to make the patties! That might be difficult.........: (
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:21:30 AM PST
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Well, certainly not recently.
India, still a 3rd world country.
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12/29/2015 7:22:13 AM PST
by
PROCON
(It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea.)
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To: PROCON
In Alaska, they used to sell varnished moose turds on earrings, swizzle sticks, etc., in tourist shops. Maybe they still do. Everything has value, I guess.
If I wanted to “harken back to my childhood”, I guess I’d find a hula hoop or Frisbie instead of animal poo.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:22:33 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(TDS: Hating Trump more than loving America.)
To: PROCON
I didn’t expect you, of all people, to start a Donald Trump themed thread. Why not go “all the way” and post as Breaking News and Front Page News? I mean, that is standard procedure these days, afterall.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:24:17 AM PST
by
Rodamala
(This post has been reviewed for offensive anti-Trump content by FR "moderator" staff.)
To: Ditter
Get some of the “Dreamers” to do the dung patties and market them in India as deluxe imported organic grass fed cow pies. Gotta work in such a stratified society.
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:26:20 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: Parmy
"The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm." Have you ordered a couple of pounds recently for nostalgic reasons?
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posted on
12/29/2015 7:28:42 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Flag_This
"The settlers, while heading West, used buffalo chips (dung) to cook their food and stay warm." Have you ordered a couple of pounds recently for nostalgic reasons?
I am old, but not that old.
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12/29/2015 7:34:15 AM PST
by
Parmy
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