# Attack of the Forty Foot Colon!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705 "2003-05-07T16:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/1 "2003-05-07T16:56:23Z")
I heard this news story on the radio, this morning. Apparently, some health advocacy group has built a 40 foot long, four foot high model of a human colon, somewhere in Houston. The public is invited to _crawl through it_ and learn about healthy versus unhealthy colons. Hoo, baby! Do them Texans know how to party, or what? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/2 "2003-05-07T17:01:31Z")
Dave Barry’s [been there](http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/5721513.htm). [You can, too!](http://www.rollingtorecovery.com/colossalcolon.htm) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/3 "2003-05-07T17:01:50Z")
I walked thru a giant model of a heart - it had the audio of a heartbeat. So what would the audio for a colon sound like? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/4 "2003-05-07T17:03:04Z")
It was pretty much my commute route to work today. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@El\_Marko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Marko)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/5 "2003-05-07T17:34:20Z")
I think I saw this topic discussed somwhere around here already. Ah yes, [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=178163&highlight=colon). If you check out the second link from ArchiveGuy, it will show you all the cities it will be visiting on its tour across the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/6 "2003-05-07T18:20:37Z")
If you get tired crawling through the colon, is there a stool at the end to sit on? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/7 "2003-05-07T18:28:33Z")
No, there are no full sized stools but I hear they’re giving away samples… ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/8 "2003-05-08T01:08:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Marko \* > \*\*I think I saw this topic discussed somwhere around here already. Ah yes, [here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=178163&highlight=colon). If you check out the second link from ArchiveGuy, it will show you all the cities it will be visiting on its tour across the U.S. \*\* Awww, crap! I guess I didn’t do the search correctly. But, it’s coming to Boston! Yippee! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/9 "2003-05-08T05:25:53Z")
Nothing, I repeat nothing, could prepare me to follow that link and eventually stumble upon a photograph of a K9-Unit officer in body armor and full tactical uniform, pistol on her hip, leaning against the side of a massive colon, while her canine partner lounged inside the rolling walls of the great orifice. Nothing can spoil this moment for me, not even the realization that I’m obvious far more disturbed than even I knew, because [I think I’ve just fallen in love](http://www.rollingtorecovery.com/images/DSC00877.JPG). So much for the therapy. ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-forty-foot-colon/173705/10 "2003-05-08T12:23:35Z")
Sounds like a shitty day out… 😛