SKIRMISHER

Owners of a donkey meat pasty restaurant in Beijing wouldn’t want its potential customers to mistake them for something else that they tied a real live donkey outside the restaurant and pasted their advertisement on the strapping animal.

The Beijing Youth Daily reports that this extraordinary idea was thought up by one of the staff working in a nearby donkey meat pasty restaurant. He insisted it was the best way for them to prove to their customers they stuffed their pasties with real donkey meat, as more and more fake donkey meat is appearing in the Beijing market.

The donkey was fastened to the barrier of the northern gate of the Communication University of China. Some local residents realized it was promoting the shop’s products, but thought it was inappropriate to fasten a donkey on a street where it produces bad smells.

Some people also felt sorry for the donkey as, even though at the time it was being used as a promotion, it would not avoid being killed itself and eaten one day.

Donkey meat pasties are a famous snack that originates from north China’s Hebei Province.

We applaud the marketing geniuses behind this little stunt. Of course, when you smell the live donkey and see it plop its shit on the sidewalk, the natural human reaction is “Hmmmm! Delicious donkey meat pasties! Yum!”

Stumble it!