Showing posts with label Turd on the Run (song). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turd on the Run (song). Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2019

Turd (not) on the run. File under "Viking droppings."


I saw the article and thought of the song. Let us turn now to York, England for a most unusual musem exhibit.

Lloyds Bank Coprolite: An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop (Atlas Obscura)

This piece of fossilized Viking poop is so well-preserved, one paleoscatologist called it as “precious as the crown jewels.” Archaeologists have dated the dung back to the ninth century, when what’s now York was ruled by Norse warrior-kings.

This coprolite (human feces) was discovered in 1972 in York under what was to become a local bank. As such, it’s been named the Lloyds Bank coprolite, or more colloquially, the Lloyds Bank turd ...

And don't forget this one:

We all do it, so learn more about it: "The Toilet: An Unspoken History."