# Definition of a "Poonado" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696 "2015-01-23T18:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Timetrvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/1 "2015-01-23T18:11:41Z")
“Divers ‘soaked in faeces’ in whale ‘poonado’” Story from [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02hh3zp)😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/2 "2015-01-23T18:15:21Z")
Hey, it was a sperm whale, it could have been a hole lot worse. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/3 "2015-01-23T18:23:35Z")
Who else thought this would be the next SyFy movie? ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/4 "2015-01-23T18:35:59Z")
I assumed it was what happens when a twister hits the Red Light District. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/5 "2015-01-23T18:40:46Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Hey, it was a sperm whale, it could have been a hole lot worse. Hole? :dubious: And nah, I don’t think a spermnado would be as bad as a poonado. I’ve read whale breath is pretty nasty, too. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/6 "2015-01-23T18:40:54Z")
_Poonado, noun:_ a shitstorm. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/7 "2015-01-23T18:47:06Z")
I also use this defense mechanism. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/8 "2015-01-23T19:58:14Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I also use this defense mechanism. I tried, but(t) couldn’t get the correct spin. The best I can do is straight line poo, which does not sound nearly as cool. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/9 "2015-01-23T20:30:14Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I tried, but(t) couldn’t get the correct spin. The best I can do is straight line poo, which does not sound nearly as cool. The training to perfect the spinning technique involves a electric whisk on ever increasing speed levels. It’s not for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/10 "2015-01-23T21:20:24Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > The training to perfect the spinning technique involves a electric whisk on ever increasing speed levels. It’s not for everyone. And besides, you have to pay extra for the anal spin, a LOT extra! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/11 "2015-01-23T21:28:05Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > The best I can do is straight line poo, which does not sound nearly as cool. Kinda like a shape charge? Sounds mighty effective. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/12 "2015-01-24T01:34:33Z")
> [@black\_rabbit](#): > > I assumed it was what happens when a twister hits the Red Light District. That’s kind of where my mind went. Instead of Poo-nado My brain parsed it as Poon-ado, like El Dorado, the lost city of poon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/13 "2015-01-24T02:14:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Who else thought this would be the next SyFy movie? SyFy After Hours. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/14 "2015-01-24T02:25:56Z")
Oddly enough, [one of Cecil’s earliest columns](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/5/how-deep-is-whale-shit)was about whale shit. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/15 "2015-01-24T03:48:36Z")
I have a 6 month old. I assumed it was about babies. Because, you know, _anything_ could be in that diaper. Eventually you open it like it might be the Ark of the Covenant. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/16 "2015-01-24T03:59:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I have a 6 month old. I assumed it was about babies. Because, you know, _anything_ could be in that diaper. Eventually you open it like it might be the Ark of the Covenant. I’ve opened many diapers. Never found one full of sand. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/17 "2015-01-24T08:49:32Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Oddly enough, [one of Cecil’s earliest columns](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/5/how-deep-is-whale-shit)was about whale shit. That column is now in need of update. It states that whale shit “has little substance and no depth.” The diver reports that the poonado, at its full extent, was about 30-40 meters in diameter. Taking the surface as one bound, and noting the diver’s comment that sperm whales typically evacuate at the surface before a dive, that seems to indicate that whale shit is, in fact, about 30-40 meters deep. I imagine the diver would also have a firm opinion about the substance involved. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/18 "2015-01-24T12:03:20Z")
I’m not sure if this beats surfacing next to the dive boat and finding out that someone didn’t follow the instructions of not using the toilet at the dive sites, the one that discharged next to the climb ladder. Unfortunately my suggestion of going 18th century on the perpetrator and making him walk the plank didn’t pass. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/19 "2015-01-25T05:15:59Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > That’s kind of where my mind went. Instead of Poo-nado My brain parsed it as Poon-ado, like El Dorado, the lost city of poon. I say poonaydo, you say poonahdo. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696/20 "2015-01-26T05:19:31Z")
Holy crap! (literally) That would be the best defense mechanism ever. I’d be in the shower for a week after that photo shoot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-a-poonado/710696.md?page=2)