A really shitty message

[Michael Oltmans <moltmans@>]

Today's message is about the worth of a load of crap.

Now, if it was your birthday what would you do?  Go out for dinner, grab 
a drink with friends?  Nahhhh, you should steal 100 cubic yards of 
manure from your local farmer.  Holy shit!  Now that's a great idea.  In 
fact it was such a great idea that the Monrad Professor of Economics 
Martin L. Weitzman did exactly that.  Unfortunately, he did a crappy job 
and got caught.  Now he's the one, both literally and figuratively, in 
the doo-doo.  His wife was so embarrassed that she stayed home for 
several days getting shit faced on crappy bourbon and ate moo-pies.

At this point you are probably thinking that this story is full of shit 
(and you are right), but this is a serious matter.  How much should this 
100 cubic yards of manure cost?  Well, being a computer "scientist" I 
did some research.  You can get a 5 pound bag of very high quality 
organic buffalo manure on ebay for just $4.99 
(<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20540&item=4371195166&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW&tc=photo>). 
 Granted your average Rockport farm manure is not of such high quality, 
but still it apparently goes for around $35/cubic yard.  I'm not sure of 
the density of Rockport manure, to do the conversions and figure out how 
many ebay purchases you need but you're all smart people, figure it out.

The Herald was quick to wade into the steamy story with an article 
titled "Purloined poop lands Harvard prof in doo-doo."  And yet more 
aromatic details can be found from our neighbors at CCC (Crimson 
Community College): http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article506946.html

So come tonight to an evening of above average bull shit at . . .

           +-                                                  -+
             girl scout benefit -+-  5:30 pm  -+- 32-G9 lounge
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              For those coming from elsewhere: Building 32 is
               <http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32>
          Once you are in 32, just take the G-elevator to the 9th
      floor and we will be in the lounge that you will be looking at


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