Why though?

So now, instead of complaining when you step in dog poo...

I think these guys got the metaphor wrong. It's not that you *can't* polish a turd, it's just that it's a waste of effort because all you get is a shiny turd, which is little if any more valuable than a regular turd. In view of the "three or four days of constant polishing" these guys spent, I'd say the "myth" is proven, not busted.

I'm still waiting for Jamie to do a show in his full Bondage & Dominance regalia.

http://customjeweler55.blogspot.com/2006/02/fossilized-dinosaur-dung-or-coprolite.html

http://www.tellmewhereonearth.com/Web%20Pages/Poop/Poop_Page_1.htm
>> ^wormwood:

I think these guys got the metaphor wrong. It's not that you can't polish a turd, it's just that it's a waste of effort because all you get is a shiny turd, which is little if any more valuable than a regular turd. In view of the "three or four days of constant polishing" these guys spent, I'd say the "myth" is proven, not busted.

You've got an unnecessary "ing" in the title.

Again, they've got the myth wrong. The expression is polish a turd. Not polish some reconstituted turd material. A turd is the object that comes out. To polish a turd, they would have had to keep the original shape and just polish that.

Artist makes perfect shiny balls of mud (Hikaru Dorodango) has been added as a related post - related requested by Zawash on that post.