# When the Shit Hits the FLOOR????? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720 "2007-02-11T13:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/1 "2007-02-11T13:00:00Z")
[Actually, it _is_ the floor!](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUILDING_WITH_MANURE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) > [@](#): > > Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it’s no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves. And the resulting product smells just fine. > > The researchers hope it could be part of the solution to the nation’s 1.5-trillion- to 2-trillion pound annual farm waste disposal problem. I’m thinking that this every political office should be retiled with this stuff immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/2 "2007-02-11T13:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > And the resulting product smells just fine. I think I’ll pass, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/3 "2007-02-11T13:10:09Z")
No. Never. I’ll sue. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/4 "2007-02-11T15:34:52Z")
Probably a pretty good idea that people are, unfortunately, too immature to accept. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/5 "2007-02-11T15:43:07Z")
I think \*\*Cisco \*\* is right. People, the world is literally covered in feces. You touch it, you breathe it, it’s IN YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW. They build whole houses out of it in some places. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/6 "2007-02-11T15:51:21Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] I think \*\*Cisco \*\* is right. People, the world is literally covered in feces. You touch it, you breathe it, it’s IN YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW. They build whole houses out of it in some places. [/QUOTE] :eek: Get it out, get it out, get it out! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/7 "2007-02-11T15:54:09Z")
They didn’t mention wallboard, which along with flooring could give a whole new meaning to being “in the shithouse.” ---
**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:** [February 11, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/8 "2007-02-11T15:58:07Z")
[QUOTE=Richard Parker] :eek: Get it out, get it out, get it out! [/QUOTE] (Psst! Nobody tell him about dust mites!) ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/9 "2007-02-11T16:06:04Z")
Can’t sleep - there’s shit in my floors. Can’t sleep - there’s shit in my floors. Can’t sleep - there’s shit in my floors. :eek: Um - I’m going to run to the nearest semiconductor facility and sleep in their cleanroom. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/10 "2007-02-11T16:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] (Psst! Nobody tell him about dust mites!) [/QUOTE] Next you’re going to tell me that there’s bacteria living \*inside \*me! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/11 "2007-02-11T16:30:01Z")
“Y’know, most wood floors creak when you walk on 'em. How come yours just kinda _squish?_” What they need to do is come up with a consumer-friendly name for the stuff. Like, _Coproboard_ (made with 100% biodegradable post-consumer material!) ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/12 "2007-02-11T16:40:23Z")
My grandparents always called particle board “pressed horse shit,” as in, “Don’t buy that TV center. It’s made of pressed horse shit.” Gotta go-- I need to call my grandparents and tell them to file a suit claiming that someone stole their idea. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/13 "2007-02-11T16:55:26Z")
In other words, we’ve had a hundred years of rapid technological innovation, just so we can go back to building our homes with anmal waste?!? This is progress?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/14 "2007-02-11T17:45:15Z")
Never mind using it for building! Would you believe some people eat food that has been grown in fields supplemented with manure? How unbelieveable is that?? **Bosda** , you’d never let those food items touch your lips now, would you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/15 "2007-02-11T17:49:09Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Never mind using it for building! Would you believe some people eat food that has been grown in fields supplemented with manure? How unbelieveable is that?? **Bosda** , you’d never let those food items touch your lips now, would you? 😉 [/QUOTE] _Some_ people eat stuff that pops right out of it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/16 "2007-02-11T20:55:24Z")
This is an outrage. I blame Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/17 "2007-02-11T22:18:52Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [Actually, it _is_ the floor!](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUILDING_WITH_MANURE?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)I’m thinking that this every political office should be retiled with this stuff immediately. [/QUOTE] See, now you’re just being redundant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/18 "2007-02-11T22:50:43Z")
A cosumer-friendly name for it? Soylent Brown? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/19 "2007-02-12T00:29:27Z")
I wonder if its smell (or lack of thereof) is good enough to fool all pet dogs and cats, with an emphasis on bloodhounds, beagles, etc. Because any house-training bets are off if they sense the truth, no? ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720/20 "2007-02-12T00:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Richard Parker] Next you’re going to tell me that there’s bacteria living \*inside \*me! [/QUOTE] According to Kevin Trudeau (of the “Natural Cures _They_ Don’t Want You to Know About” infomercial notoriety), “For a thousand years, it was believed that bacteria couldn’t live in the stomach!” Pretty amazing, since bacteria were only discovered a little over 300 years ago… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-shit-hits-the-floor/391720.md?page=2)