New kids' card game is a load of poo

Kids like Top Trumps. Kids like talking about poos and wees. Now the genius that is Chris Barnado has combined both elements in the game of Plop Trumps.

40 different types of animal stool have been lovingly photographed then rated in terms of frequency, hardness, length, width, smelliness and yuk factor. Mr Barnardo's initial study was gecko droppings from his family's pet lizard Houdini but his search soon sent him further afield to the Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

'When I got to the zebras, the keeper told me, "They're mean b*****ds" but I persevered, and I'm pleased with results,' he told Metro newspaper.

Plop Trumps are available from Mr Barnardo's single fathers' website www.dadcando.com and were inspired by his 11-year-old son's interest in the less savoury side of the animal world.

A Design and Development Engineer, Mr Barnardo is a named inventor on over 25 patents. However, this is his first venture into the world of pig plops, dog dung, locust lumps and elephant excrement.

Sensitive parents will be pleased to know Plop Trumps have been carefully written to contain no offensive language and therefore are suitable for inquiring minds of any age. The are also a sneaky way to introduce children to biology, containing interesting facts to read and learn such as, if food is scarce, young cockroaches can live by eating their parents' droppings.

'They said it couldn't be done, they said it shouldn't be done', said Mr Barnardo, 'But we went ahead and did it anyway'.

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