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TMI alert - what makes poo float?

59 replies

deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:00

Am sick of finding dh's logs afloat. What does he need to eat/not eat to stop this happening?

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deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:15

f*ck me, a healthy poo is at LEAST 18 inches long!!!!! Greenshoots, you are super healthy.

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deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:16

can't believe I'm spending my wedding anniversary discussing dh's poos with total strangers LOL

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SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:17

Not according to my link - it says 4-8" and teh consistency of toothpaste...

JustUsTwo · 26/03/2007 21:17

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deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:19

It is - Greenshoots has 20 inch shites, she said so earlier

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SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:19

No she said 20cm

Nikki76 · 26/03/2007 21:20

They say you learn something new every day!! From a social point of few, I guess sinkers are the better ones...although I do remember one I had that just wouldn't go away and we had the plumbers coming in that day....DH told me to leave it as we wouldn't be seeing them (was a rented flat) but I quaked in shame at the thought...he then told me to fish it out but I couldn't do that either, so he got a wire coat hanger and fished it out for me.....can still see it balanced on the corner of the hanger....it then got wrapped and chucked down the communal bin chute....

trillium · 26/03/2007 21:21

scroll down for a poo guide

It's a very toilety day today, what with the mil in law who didn't wash her hands thread, and now this.

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:22

If you do get a non-floater. Fill a bucket of water and throw it down in fowl swoop. The increased volume of the flush mechanism will sort it out

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:22

Floaters are OK as long as they flush...

JustUsTwo · 26/03/2007 21:23

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SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:23

That bucket of water should be thrown directly intoteh pan - not via hte cistern...

Billie111 · 26/03/2007 21:28

here's the book for this discussion:
Poop Culture

FrannyandZooey · 26/03/2007 21:31

Greeny my poos are also of superb proportions

we could have a poo challenge

deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:39

ROFL at me thinking Greeny has 20 INCH poos! Ouch!

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Clodhopper · 26/03/2007 21:41

I have not read the whole thing but I was told it's eating too much Aero bars.

deaconblue · 26/03/2007 21:41

or too many balloons

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SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:41

I wouldn't be worried about 20 inch long. I would be more worried about 10 inch girth!!!

Pelvicfloornomorechocolate · 26/03/2007 21:42

Watching to see if this thread makes 500 posts

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:44

Nah it won't make that. We all know everything there is to know about poo now...

...the only way it will make 500posts is if we all follow greenys lead and describe out stools in scientific detail ...

LowFatMilkshake · 26/03/2007 21:48

It's fat. I am on tablets that make me pass more fat (because I am fat )

I now keep a bottle of washing up liquid in the bathroom to break down fatty poo's - makes it nice an bubbly in the loo afterwards too !

Sorry but I am laughing so much because I cannot belive I am sharing this with you - what a charming subject!

Pelvicfloornomorechocolate · 26/03/2007 21:49

lol.

SlightlyMadSpringBunny · 26/03/2007 21:52

And a few less medical descriptions...

  1. The Ghost Poo
The kind of poo where you feel it come out and you know you've done it, but when you wipe, there is nothing on the paper and there is no poo in the toilet. Where did it go?
  1. The Clean Poo
The sort of poo which is so smooth and streamlined that it virtually falls out of your bottom. You can see poo in the toilet but there is nothing on the toilet paper.
  1. The Hot Tar Poo
The kind of poo where even after 50 wipes you are still getting staining on the paper so you have to put some bog roll between your bum cheeks and in your underwear to prevent skid marks.
  1. The Second Thought Poo
Just as you think you've finished your poo and have painstakingly wiped yourself clean and pulled your keks to the knee, you realise there is still some more poo to come out.
  1. The Lincoln Log Poo
The kind of poo that is so huge you're afraid that it will not flush down the toilet unless you break it up into little pieces with a stick. This poo only happens when you are at somebody else's house.
  1. The Sweetcorn Poo
Self explanatory.
  1. The "I Wish I Could Poo" Poo
You really feel as if you need to poo but every time you try, all you manage is a couple of farts.
  1. The Side Birth or The Boo-Hoo Poo
This poo hurts so much that you swear it is coming out sideways - your eyes water and you will probably need stitches.
  1. The Fishermans Bobber or
Floating Poo You do your poo and flush two times but there are still several golf-ball size pieces floating above the water line. 10. The Sultana Poo This type of poo is really frustrating. You get yourself prepared for a "Side-Birth, and spend about half an hour sweating it out on the bog, but all you manage in the end is a small plop resembling a sultana.

And with that I am going to pop to the loo...

Madoldcatlady · 26/03/2007 22:15

That's the funniest thing I've ever read!!!!

tortoise · 26/03/2007 22:22

sms thats so funny!

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