HOSPITAL INUNDATED WITH STOOL SAMPLES

A Paris hospital which made a public appeal for stool samples for a study on intestinal diseases has suspended the project after being inundated by donors. Saint-Antoine hospital had put up a couple of posters offering compensation of 50 euros ($57) if accepted. In fact, the study requires a rigorous selection process involving a series of blood and stool tests as well as an extensive interview on the donor’s medical history. But someone took a picture and it spread rapidly on the internet and social media, and people thought it meant: “Give us your stools, we’ll give you 50 euros.” The telephone hotline and email for potential donors was quickly overwhelmed, and some even showed up in person, and it’s still going on, according to the hospital.
* It’s a going concern.
* You’ve never seen so many anxious people in one place.
* “Is this the place for the French stool sample study?” “Oui oui.” “Oh, I can give you that, too.”
* There were also a couple dozen people who showed up with actual wooden stools.
* And they say the euro isn’t worth crap.
* I paid $57 for crap once. I took the kids to see “The Emoji Movie”.