# Giant Colon Comes To Philadelphia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006 "2003-10-01T22:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/1 "2003-10-01T22:30:00Z")
[Behold](http://www.preventcancer.org/colossalcolon/Tour/philadelphia.htm) We must go. We simply must. How often does one get the chance to be inside a giant colon? [sub]Well, there was that waitress who invited me on a, as she called it, ‘back door tour’. Butt (heh) That’s neither here nor there.[/sub] Who’s up for a colon crawl? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/2 "2003-10-01T23:00:07Z")
Wow. Is it coming to NY? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/3 "2003-10-01T23:06:04Z")
The Giant Colon will indeed be visiting the Big Apple. > [@](#): > > When > Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. > Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. > Friday, Oct. 24, 2003 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. > Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. > > Where > Plaza at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building > 163 W 125th Street ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/4 "2003-10-01T23:14:54Z")
Sure, it’s a good cause and all, but THAT’S the best theme they could come up with? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/5 "2003-10-01T23:33:35Z")
At Love Park, no less. Hehehehehehe. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/6 "2003-10-01T23:36:03Z")
You should see the size of the scope that goes in that thing! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/7 "2003-10-01T23:36:14Z")
I swear I though this was an NFL thread about Frank Ferrara. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/8 "2003-10-01T23:49:52Z")
**DocCathode** , my wife volunteered at the Colossal Colon this morning. She said the experience was quite, um, moving. \ ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/9 "2003-10-02T00:41:27Z")
Am I the only person seized by an urge to sneak into the colon after hours and have sex inside? I will need a partner, as I am single at this time. Any ladies want to volunteer? [sounds of horrified screams and a crowd fleeing into the distance. Then, crickets.] ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/10 "2003-10-02T19:06:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > Am I the only person seized by an urge to sneak into the colon after hours and have sex inside? So are you saying you want to have sex in the butt? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/11 "2003-10-02T19:20:41Z")
You suppose a giant period will be coming next? Oh, wait, _that_ kind of colon. In that case, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/12 "2003-10-02T19:48:38Z")
I pass this thing on my way to and from work every day. At least from the bits I’ve seen peeking through the tent, it certainly looks… unusual. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/13 "2003-10-02T19:53:16Z")
Man, look what the Franklin Institute started! First a giant heart, now a giant colon…what’s next? Oh dear lord. Soon they’re gonna make an entire person. A gi-normous, plastic and fiberglass, see-through, walk-through person with convienant viewing windows. Then, they shall take over the world. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/14 "2003-10-02T20:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NinjaChick \* > \*\*Man, look what the Franklin Institute started! First a giant heart, now a giant colon…what’s next? > > Oh dear lord. Soon they’re gonna make an entire person. A gi-normous, plastic and fiberglass, see-through, walk-through person with convienant viewing windows. > > Then, they shall take over the world. \*\* Then I shall be convinced that I am in Desires realm and start looking for himher in the heart… [sub]Why yes, maybe I _have_ been reading too much Sandman lately. ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/15 "2003-10-02T20:15:44Z")
I was sure this was going to be a rant about John Ashcroft. I’m _so_ disappointed… ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/16 "2003-10-02T20:31:41Z")
Consecutive thread titles: Giant Colon Comes To Philadelphia Get me outta here! It’s toooooo hot! Man. Hot _and_ stinky, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![parkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parkov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkov)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/17 "2003-10-02T20:35:39Z")
I was thinking Limbaugh’s keynote at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in the Pennsylvania Convention Center this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/18 "2003-10-02T20:43:38Z")
You tell me they are raising awareness about breast cancer with a couple of Titanic Ta-Tas I can jump on get lost in the cleavage, and I’m there. As for the Colossal Colon, I think I’ll stick to my plan of eating right and avoiding any in-depth tours. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/19 "2003-10-03T00:18:01Z")
perhaps the tour of the colon and the philly dinner night could be combined? rumour has it that the colon is open for business until 7pm. tour the colon and then perhaps some bangers at fado… ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006/20 "2003-10-03T01:26:26Z")
I know what you’re all thinking (and hoping). The Next Big Thing 😃 will be a Giant Vagina. Luckily for us Dopers, our very own adorable **auntie em** [has already opened](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187123) hers up for public tours. I’ve met Gargantua in the flesh at a couple of fests and all I can say is wow. But wow. Human anatomy is truly amazing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-comes-to-philadelphia/205006.md?page=2)