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It's not like the guy grabs a handful of dirt and then sells it to the first passing foreigner with a nice sales pitch. What people pay for is the packaging. Th
by zeteo 15y ago
It's not like the guy grabs a handful of dirt and then sells it to the first passing foreigner with a nice sales pitch. What people pay for is the packaging. There are many people who would like to take back a soil sample from places they've visited (e.g. there's a guy in Saving Private Ryan who does that on each new battlefield), but the logistics of doing that are just too much. (I don't even know where to get a proper vial, if I didn't plan to bring one with me, plus I'd like some nice labeling etc.)
- arethuza 15y agoI've got a stack of pebbles at home that I've picked up from round the world. My favourites are some that I picked up walking up a mountain in Torridon - the surrounding sandstone having been eroded away leaving these nice coloured pebbles free after nearly a billion years of being buried. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/289168 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/289168