# Giant colon goes on tour **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790 "2006-03-02T18:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/1 "2006-03-02T18:49:05Z")
[Giant colon goes on tour](http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4574830&nav=9qrx) Are there pics available anywhere of the GIANT COLON? ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/2 "2006-03-02T19:37:22Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Are there pics available anywhere of the GIANT COLON? Right here: [\*\* Giant Colon \*\*](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/PAPHImut.html) About 1/2 way down page. You can’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/3 "2006-03-02T19:43:54Z")
Looks like the monster from _Tremors_. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/4 "2006-03-02T19:43:56Z")
Well, we’ve got the [real giant colon](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/pa/PAPHImutcolon2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/exhibit/colon.html&h=196&w=280&sz=11&tbnid=mcJXoN-TgAqS-M:&tbnh=76&tbnw=109&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolon%2Bmutter%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)! ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/5 "2006-03-02T19:45:54Z")
: Giant colon. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/6 "2006-03-02T20:56:18Z")
[Yes.](http://homepage.mac.com/smcgroty/PhotoAlbum9.html) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/7 "2006-03-02T21:43:26Z")
Giant Colon’s going on tour?! Man, I LOVE that band! _ducking_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/8 "2006-03-02T22:03:48Z")
Ahhhh, Giant Colon has to be the one in the Mutter museum. Glad not to be disappointed. (IIRC it had about 2 years worth of backup in it – ouch!) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/9 "2006-03-02T23:54:06Z")
Y’know, it takes a certain amount of intestinal fortitude from a museum director to agree to display this item… > [@Crandolph](#): > > Well, we’ve got the real giant colon! Holy crap! :eek: Did this belong to someone who weighed 600+ pounds, or what? ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/10 "2006-03-03T00:02:55Z")
I think Cleophus was the only one who read the article. I was thinking of the Mutter one too. The Mutter one belonged to a normally sized man who pooped almost never, iirc. It’s a medical condition called “megacolon” > **[Toxic megacolon: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Image](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17189.htm)** > > Toxic megacolon is characterized by extreme inflammation and distention of the colon. Common symptoms are pain, distention of the abdomen, fever, rapid heart rate, and dehydration. This is a life-threatening ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/11 "2006-03-03T00:10:03Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Giant colon goes on tour](http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4574830&nav=9qrx) > > Are there pics available anywhere of the GIANT COLON? The article said it was being shown in Columbus. Interesting bit of linguistic ‘convergent evolution’ there! ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/12 "2006-03-03T01:38:16Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Ahhhh, Giant Colon has to be the one in the Mutter museum. Glad not to be disappointed. (IIRC it had about 2 years worth of backup in it – ouch!) No Pschit? . . . . . Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/13 "2006-03-03T02:12:15Z")
Hey, I blame everyone else for linking to the Mutter museum 🙂 Speaking of which… “Toxic Megacolon” is an even better Band Name! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/14 "2006-03-05T01:56:01Z")
> [@spingears](#): > > Right here: > [\*\* Giant Colon \*\*](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/PAPHImut.html) > About 1/2 way down page. You can’t miss it. I love this quote from the article: “…Doctors were applauded for being able to correctly diagnose this whopper a gross enlargement of the colon …” IANAD, but even I can tell that that’s pretty gross! ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/15 "2006-03-05T05:11:37Z")
Good GAWD! :eek: 'scuse me while I make sure I have lots of Raisin Bran ™ available for tomorrow morning. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/16 "2006-03-05T13:56:41Z")
[museum sign] This display has been moved from GQ to MPSIMS [/museum sign] ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/17 "2006-03-05T14:55:40Z")
I’m thinking that a Dopefest to the Mutter would be a long time coming… Robin ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/18 "2006-03-05T16:55:43Z")
I got to crawl through a giant colon–see! [Me as poop!](http://boxie.home.mchsi.com/measpoop.jpg) [A poop-eye view of the world](http://home.mchsi.com/~boxie/dannyjeremypoop.jpg) [Funniest sign ever](http://boxie.home.mchsi.com/exitonly.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/19 "2006-03-05T19:03:35Z")
I thought this might be another thread about Fred Phelps. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-colon-goes-on-tour/346790/20 "2006-03-05T19:57:27Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I’m thinking that a Dopefest to the Mutter would be a long time coming… I was there about 6 weeks ago, try to stop in about once/year. Great place; great first date place! (Weed out the weak early…)