Breaking: Bat Guano is Healthier than a Big Mac

[GoddessOfGuinness]

[XemaSab]

1. K&R

:patriot:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Ooo!

A recommendation! I'm honored... :toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Well, Colonel Bat Guano, if that is your real name...

;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Kentucky Fried Bat Guano is not as healthy as raw...

I should have specified that... :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. Sorry, it was a Dr. Strangelove reference.

<--- Film nerd :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. ...

I've never seen it, believe it or not...So it went completely over my head. :toast:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Then get to it!

:P

Seriously, it's a classic movie.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. One of those classics I never got around to...

I will!

[gmoney]

18. He doesn't look so healthy to me...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Only a prevert would say that.

One with preversions. ;)

[Burma Jones]

33. You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.

[DarkTirade]

3. That would depend on what the serving size really is though...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. For that matter,

Is the serving size of a Big Mac one sandwich?

[Maestro]

4. Wow

I am going to hurl. I hate Big Macs and I haven't had one since the 80s.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I like the sticky

that says McDiabetes... :D

[texanwitch]

9. I just saw the movie Super Size Me,

Just watching the movie made me sick.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Yeah...I had the same reaction.

:puke:

[texanwitch]

17. I almost didn't finish watching that movie.

:puke:

[bridgit]

10. You wanna Super Sized side of fries with that Bat Guano...

x(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Thanks...I'll stick with the cave sediment!

:D

[Jamastiene]

19. I'm still not eating bat shit.

No way. It is an interesting little tidbit of information to have though. I'll think about it next time I eat a Big Mac. :rofl:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. I'd eat batshit before I'd eat a Big Mac...

But they'd have to be about the only two things to eat on the planet...

[VLC]

22. that's ironic

because if you're eating meat, you're already eating feces. And the animals you're eating were probably fed the feces of other animals, too.

http://www.newsrx.com/newsletters/Health-and-Medicine-Week/2001-10-01/20011001333195W.html

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. I read somewhere that dogs

often include fecal matter in their diet because it's high in nutrients.

[Akoto]

23. Bat guano is healthier, but you just eat more of it.

That's how it gets you.

:silly:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Sound like good food for dieters...

No more starving yourself!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. tweaking for the weekday crew

[Crabby Appleton]

27. You can't get bat guano on every corner where I live so Big Macs

are considered an acceptable substitute.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Maybe McDiabetes needs to consider McGuano with amphipods!

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

28. Guano Islands Act 1856

Under jurisdiction for all US laws you will see a line stating that island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other Government or something like that is in the jurisdiction, this act is why. Guano was also used to make gunpowder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act

The Guano Islands Act was federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress on August 18, 1856 which enables citizens of the U.S. to take possession of islands containing guano deposits. The islands can be located anywhere, so long as they are not occupied and not within the jurisdiction of other governments. It also empowers the President of the United States to use the military to protect such interests.

Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other Government, and not occupied by the citizens of any other Government, and takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as appertaining to the United States. (first section of Guano Islands Act)
The Guano Islands Act is currently embodied in federal statutes as U.S. Code, Title 48, Chapter 8, Sections 1411–1419.


Background
In the early 19th century, guano came to be prized as an agricultural fertilizer. In 1855, the U.S. learned of rich guano deposits on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Congress passed the Guano Islands Act to take advantage of these deposits.

The act specifically allows the islands to be considered a possession of the U.S., but it also provided that the U.S. was not obliged to retain possession after the guano was exhausted. However, it did not specify what the status of the territory was after it was abandoned by private U.S. interests.

This is the beginning of the concept of insular areas in U.S. territories. Up to this time, any territory acquired by the U.S. was considered to have become an integral part of the country unless changed by treaty, and to eventually have the opportunity to become a state of the Union. With insular areas, land could be held by the federal government without the prospect of it ever becoming a state in the Union.

More than 100 islands have been claimed. Some of those remaining under U.S. control are Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Howland Island, Kingman Reef, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Midway Atoll. Others are no longer considered United States territory. In the Caribbean, Navassa Island is claimed by both the United States and Haiti. An even more complicated case deals with Serranilla Bank and the Bajo Nuevo Bank, where multiple countries claim ownership. In 1971, the U.S. and Honduras signed a treaty recognizing Honduran sovereignty over the Swan Islands.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. I believe certain caves in VA and PA were used by Colonials

as a source of saltpetre for gunpowder...

[guitar man]

29. the two of them

probably taste about the same! :silly:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. I'll bet the guano tastes better...

:puke:

[Arugula Latte]

30. Introducing the new McGuano sandwich ...

with its own special sauce ... :9

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Mmmm

As long as they don't deep-fry it!

[Parche]

36. Big Mac

I would eat an Anteater before I ate a Big Mac........:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Me too...

And since that will never happen, it will be even longer before I eat a Big Mac! :D