This cartoon by Paul Thomas from The Daily Express relates to a new study which claims that organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over conventionally produced food. Read more >>
We see a man working in his garden. He says to his neighbour: "Turns out my organic manure was just bull****."
EXPLANATION
Asterisks are used in place of the word 'shit' because shit is a 'rude' word. If you refer to something as 'bullshit' (i.e., bull's excrement), you think that it is nonsense or completely untrue. Manure is animal faeces that is spread on the ground in order to make plants grow better. Organic manure contains no synthetic fertilizer. The humour resides in the play on the word bullshit, which could refer to the composition of the manure or to the fact that organic manure is no better than the non-organic variety.
Asterisks are used in place of the word 'shit' because shit is a 'rude' word. If you refer to something as 'bullshit' (i.e., bull's excrement), you think that it is nonsense or completely untrue. Manure is animal faeces that is spread on the ground in order to make plants grow better. Organic manure contains no synthetic fertilizer. The humour resides in the play on the word bullshit, which could refer to the composition of the manure or to the fact that organic manure is no better than the non-organic variety.
LANGUAGE NOTE
When the man says 'turns out', he really means 'it turns out'. In everyday speech, people sometimes drop the subject pronoun. • Could be a nice day. • Seems like a good idea. • Can't think why.
