# a Fart/Poop by any other name? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097 "2003-02-14T17:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/21 "2003-02-15T04:55:55Z")
Hey Ruby, if we all fart at once will the snow go away? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/22 "2003-02-15T05:19:11Z")
“dirty bomb” or the dreaded “upper decker” (when you take the lid off the top and poop in there as a prank) ---
**Author:** ![ScoobyTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/23 "2003-02-15T05:52:36Z")
Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl [sup]That’s an American Football reference for all you International Dopers[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/24 "2003-02-15T11:19:40Z")
**Solids:** Hatching a Texan/Okie/Republican/Aggie/insert your set of derided persons here Extrusion/Extruding Feed the Hopper Feed the Troll Vote for Bush **Gases:** Waffling Imitating the Boss Dealt (Who Dealt? as in “those who smelt it, dealt it”) Stepping on a frog Complimenting the Chef ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/25 "2003-02-15T14:28:13Z")
My British husband taught me “reading a chapter” for solids. Ah, the British are so refined. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/26 "2003-02-15T17:16:19Z")
Jean Genet, “Our Lady of the Flowers”, on needing to take a shit: “I have a cigar on the tip of my lip.” And it’s from French literature,so it’s, um…classy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Haywood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Haywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haywood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/27 "2003-02-15T17:59:00Z")
There was a thread recently where someone was in a stall and the person in the next stall stated “Who let the logs out?”. Solids: Birthing a politician, lawyer, used car salesman, insurance salesman Red eye parcel delivery Gas: Buck snorts Carolina car alarm (I have never quite understood this one) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/28 "2003-02-15T18:35:46Z")
I learned while dating **Dread Pirate Jimbo** that his family has always called diarrhea “diapoopus of the blowhole”. You bet I married him! (We use “making a stinky” for both solids and gases, as in “The cats just made a stinky, and they didn’t bury it!”) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/29 "2003-02-15T18:37:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*Jean Genet, “Our Lady of the Flowers”, on needing to take a shit: > > “I have a cigar on the tip of my lip.” > \*\* See also “Prarie dogging”. Think about it. –Raising the tone of the board since sometime last week. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Fescue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hank\_Fescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Fescue)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/30 "2003-02-15T19:05:25Z")
From a portapotty in Tremont PA: Here I sit on the pooper giving birth to a PA state trooper ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/31 "2003-02-15T19:34:36Z")
Mouse on a Harley, was always a favorite. For those who listen to NPR-next, we’ll hear a trouser solo work conducted by Maestro Anus Sphincto. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/32 "2003-02-15T20:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*Bottom burps. \*\* Short, sweet, simple 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/33 "2003-02-16T03:39:38Z")
More the act than the result… “A long-distance call on line 2” ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/34 "2003-02-16T05:03:20Z")
I seriously believe lieu is on vacation. ---
**Author:** ![hashiriya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hashiriya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hashiriya)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/35 "2003-02-16T05:30:09Z")
In your best English accent: " I gotta go cut Brad Pitt outta me movie." Cockney rhyming slang. gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![lukaspriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lukaspriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lukaspriest)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/36 "2003-02-16T07:29:10Z")
What about “drop some boys off at the pool” ? ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Cadet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Space\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/37 "2003-02-16T07:49:01Z")
The very worst of the gaseous emanations are the GDFF’s (Girls Don’t Fart Farts) Always unaccountable, kinda like Kissinger 😉 Also useful in various circumstances: Logging Off (or On, IYP) Downloading a .log file Mad Ass Gassing the Turds Winking Brown-Eye Making Dumplings Bio-Weapons Attack Oh, and for the record, whomever sayeth the rhyme, be guilty of the crime! ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/38 "2003-02-16T14:17:10Z")
I used to call the gaseous bastard in my cube “Butt Yodeler”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/39 "2003-02-16T20:28:37Z")
Oh yeah, I forgot about “smelly gas bum”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097/40 "2003-02-16T23:18:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*See also “Prarie dogging”. Think about it. \*\* See also ‘touching cloth’ ‘The tortoise is emerging’ and ‘The train is about to depart’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fart-poop-by-any-other-name/155097.md?page=3)