# Poop found on Mars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823 "2008-08-04T17:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/21 "2008-08-05T05:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] (That bulge in my cheek is my tongue.) [/QUOTE] And I thought you were just happy to see me. On topic… they got poop, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/22 "2008-08-05T09:31:52Z")
Well that’s just great, here we are, looking for a possible getaway for humanity in the future, a new Earth, a fresh start – and what do we find? It’s just as much of a shit hole as the old one. 😛 Joking aside, though, I must admit to being a tiny little bit excited about those news. But I think it’ll come out the same as that meteorite a few years back – lotta back and forth talk, but in the end a great big ‘we’re not sure’. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/23 "2008-08-05T16:04:31Z")
Looks like the big secret is [Perchlorate.](http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/aug/HQ_08199_Phoenix_Results.html) Poop. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/24 "2008-08-05T16:11:40Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] And I thought you were just happy to see me. [/QUOTE] Ha! (We never did meet up for that drink.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/25 "2008-08-05T20:12:56Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Every party needs a pooper! [/QUOTE] [Tasty Taste] It ain’t that kind of party. [/Tasty Taste] ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/26 "2008-08-06T00:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Ha! (We never did meet up for that drink.) [/QUOTE] [Off Topic]Oh, snap, I forgot about that. I got transferred to another store down in Georgetown several months back and I haven’t even gone out for a drink with my old crew. ☹ Maybe we’ll have to try trivia night at the Old P with the rest of the Seattle crew - I haven’t been there in a long while either. I don’t get home until nearly 8pm these days, so it’s been tough. [/OT] [On topic] No poop then, eh? So no chili dogs, either? What kind of planet is this Mars, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/27 "2008-08-06T02:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Rich Mann] I find it weird bordering on surreal that they mention growing asparagus on Mars twice in that article. I had to go back up to the top to see if it was from The Onion. [/QUOTE] Bizarre. Ten years ago, I wrote a science fiction story about growing asparagus on Mars. Except my premise was that asparagus was the only thing you _couldn’t_ grow on Mars, hence the need to kidnap an asparagus farmer from earth to figure out why. The subtitle was _Ad Astra per Asparagus_. It seemed like a clever idea at the time. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823/28 "2008-08-06T05:34:50Z")
[QUOTE=bibliophage] Bizarre. Ten years ago, I wrote a science fiction story about growing asparagus on Mars. Except my premise was that asparagus was the only thing you _couldn’t_ grow on Mars, hence the need to kidnap an asparagus farmer from earth to figure out why. The subtitle was _Ad Astra per Asparagus_. It seemed like a clever idea at the time. [/QUOTE] Tell me the farmer was from Kansas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poop-found-on-mars/458823.md?page=1)