Sri Lanka Pushing Stationery Made of Dung

[RedEarth]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A Sri Lankan company that made personalized stationery for President Bush (news - web sites) from paper made of elephant dung is asking people to use its products to help the country's dwindling elephant population.


Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had presented Bush with a box of elephant dung writing paper, envelopes and name cards in a visit to Washington in July 2002.


The elephant is the symbol of Bush's Republican Party, but it was not immediately known whether he has used the paper. Sheets have a unique color and texture, depending on the diet, age and dental health of the elephant that has produced the dung, said Rohan Martis, a marketer for the company, Maximus.


"We produce the paper using 75 percent elephant dung," Martis told The Associated Press on Monday. "Fully digested fiber gives the paper a smooth finish, while half digested fiber makes the paper coarser."

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[realisticphish]

1. that would make my day

though id rather hear he was using it to roll cigars

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[Spinzonner]

2. Perfect for RNC Press Releases

[Chicago Democrat]

3. All my stationary is made from Elephant Dung....

I got it at The Body Shop

[pinniped]

4. Nah, think I'll stick to papyrus.

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