Thursday, March 1, 2007

Revenge-seeking customers pooh-pooh enemies

Revenge-seeking customers pooh-pooh enemies

Germaine Paul
Features Writer

A company in Iowa is providing the perfect revenge to customers looking to get back at an ex or a professor who gave them a bad grade.

Ship A Turd is the latest business venture of rocker Jason Eaves, known for his crazy music-promoting antics.

Eaves claims to have crashed Michael Jackson’s trial wearing only diapers and posed as a Fox affiliate to sneak into restricted areas to perform for thousands of screaming “American Idol” auditioners, according to a news release.

Shipaturd.com allows customers to mail poop as “gag” or “revenge” gifts.

“The idea of sending some poop as a gag gift is gross, but I think it’s funny as long as it does not happen to me,” said Lindy Holt, a hotel and restaurant administration junior.

The concept is simple. Customers choose a turd from a wide selection of options at http://www.shipaturd.com, pay less than $20 and, finally, tell Ship A Turd to whom and where to send the package.

Customers receive the delivery confirmation number via e-mail so they can see when the turd is delivered to the recipient.

Ship A Turd declares this to be the “perfect way to get back at that particular person who has rubbed you wrong, or just for a good laugh,” according to the news release.

“I think everyone has wanted to send a box of shit to someone at one time or another,” Eaves said. “I am just making it easier to do that.”

Ship A Turd delivers turds of all sizes and shapes to fit their customers’ needs.

The bigger the better, Eaves said.

Justin Booth, a biochemistry sophomore, loves the idea of Ship A Turd.

“What better way to get back at a crappy ex-girlfriend than to send her some crap,” Booth said. “What can I say? It’s craptacular.”

Eaves said, “The greatest part of it is it can remain 100 percent anonymous.”

Customers also can add a message or a clue along with the turd.

Jessica Hansel, an athletic training sophomore, is not impressed.

“This Ship A Turd idea is quite gross and childish,” Hansel said. “Seriously, who sends someone a piece of crap as a gag gift?”

The crew of shipaturd.com would not say whether the product was real.

“Let’s just say, don’t eat it,” according to the release.

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