# Here in Florida, we import New York poop. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526 "2003-12-22T21:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/1 "2003-12-22T21:14:10Z")
[http://www.local6.com/news//2719936/detail.html](http://www.local6.com/news//2719936/detail.html) > [@](#): > > Hazardous material crews are still monitoring a giant, smoldering pile of human waste that spontaneously caught fire at a fertilizer plant this weekend, according to Local 6 News. > [@](#): > > Local 6 News reported that the pile of sludge was from New York. I’m surprised anybody anywhere has a need to import. I know there are a lot of old people here, and the eldery are often constipated, but c’mon. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/2 "2003-12-23T00:22:51Z")
Hmmmm, I shouldn’t think we’d need to import _anything_ else from New York. We have plenty of New Yorkers, and plenty of poop, and plenty of…well, lots of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/3 "2003-12-23T01:25:42Z")
That’s true, if it’s New Yorker poop that we need, well, probably half the poop here is already from New Yorkers. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/4 "2003-12-23T02:17:39Z")
You’ve got half my family’s poop already. And considering the sort of people the NY side of the clan happily shipped off down south, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it actually was their poop and that they set it ablaze themselves. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/5 "2003-12-23T18:30:25Z")
Be proud, New Yorkers! You are helping to raise Florida further above sea level. All you have to do is eat and poop, which you had to do anyway. If you’re eating Florida oranges, well, it’s circular. ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/6 "2003-12-23T19:16:53Z")
I am fixing to have my septic tank pumped out for the third time this year ( I know, I know, it’s the drain field. Getting that taken care of in January, hopefully). If Florida needs human waste that badly, I have a yard full right now. And I will give it up FOR FREE. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-in-florida-we-import-new-york-poop/220526/7 "2003-12-23T19:51:17Z")
That World Series really pissed 'em off, eh?