Breaking news: Rudolph apparently has a nose for the jewelry business.
Jewelry lovers who are hoping for, say, a nice tasteful pair of diamond studs or an inexpensive gemstone piece for the holidays this year might be disappointed to find a lovely pendant made out of that rarest of materials – reindeer dung – under the tree instead.
Yup. Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are indeed on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up their dung Christmas ornaments last year. The limited-edition Magical Reindeer Gem contains dried, sterilized reindeer droppings — sprayed with glitter (of course) — on a beaded chain. They’ll be available at the Bloomington zoo’s gift shop for $15, or by mail for $20.
Miller Park Zoological Society spokeswoman Susie Ohley told the Chicago Tribune that while ‘silly’, she estimates the zoo could make as much as $16,500 – a welcome windfall since they lost $200,000 under city budget cuts this year.
Stop ‘taking crap’ and sell it instead – not a bad business plan.
What do you guys think? Would you wear jewelry made from Dancer’s droppings? Or are you strictly a dung-less consumer?
Comments (3)
This reminds me of the controversial art exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum which included the painting made of elephant dung, which Rudolph (that’s a pun) Giuliani was offended by. So I guess HE won’t be buying a reindeer dung necklace for anyone, but who cares what he does lately anyway. Both Rudolphs aside, I guess one person’s “resourcefulness” is another person’s “gross out”?
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True, Danal. Recycled jewelry is all the rage these days and this, well, takes the idea to new levels. 🙂
They might not have Giuliani on board (nice pun) but I’m sure Al Gore would be be ‘flushed’ at the opportunity.