# Grab the poo! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605 "2018-12-24T03:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/1 "2018-12-24T03:42:33Z")
I just saw a commercial for [Flushin’ Frenzy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEtM1gwCkP8). It’s a toy whose point is to catch flying feces. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/2 "2018-12-24T03:52:39Z")
Ick! ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/3 "2018-12-24T04:04:22Z")
I don’t give a flying…oh, wait. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/4 "2018-12-24T05:13:54Z")
If you play with that toy how will the poo-poirie stuff work? Isn’t that unsanitary? ETA I don’t think that’s a skill most kids need to hone. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/5 "2018-12-24T05:31:13Z")
Is it South Park or is it reality? Who can tell anymore? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/6 "2018-12-24T06:21:21Z")
But it doesn’t look like the poop emoji! What tipped me off that it’s most likely real was the Mattel logo in the corner. I’m guessing that using it in a parody would involve a lot of red tape. Check THIS out. SFW. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FqC9w7kFxTU/hqdefault.jpg "Dr. Pimple Popper Pimple Pete Board Game Review | Spin Master") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqC9w7kFxTU) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/7 "2018-12-24T06:30:39Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > I don’t give a flying…oh, wait. That reminds me of a bit of doggerel that was making the rounds when I was in elementary school. _The night was dark, the sky was blue And out of nowhere a big turd flew It hit a bump, a scream was heard A lady was hit with the flying turd She couldn’t swim, she couldn’t float A ton of crap went down her throat And on her gravestone somebody writ ‘Another victim of the flying shit’_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/8 "2018-12-24T06:31:39Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Is it South Park or is it reality? Who can tell anymore? I saw the commercial twice on AMC. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/9 "2018-12-24T14:58:58Z")
Breakfast just took on a whole new flavor. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/10 "2018-12-24T15:32:00Z")
I’ve seen this at Walmart around Thanksgiving. There’s a good number of poo-related toys on the market now, for whatever reason. I guess it’s the zeitgeist. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/11 "2018-12-24T15:38:43Z")
_Everyone Catches Poop_. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/12 "2018-12-24T15:54:24Z")
My 4 year old grandson and 6 year old granddaughter are all about poo jokes and games. I bought them a poo toy of some sort for xmas, but they’re wrapped up so I can’t tell you much more than that at present. When they are singing the eeneymeeneymineymoo song, they replace several words with poo. This cracks them up. We had pooping unicorns a few months ago. Those were amusing for a little while. The poop shot a pretty good distance, for a unicorn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/13 "2018-12-24T16:04:55Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > We had pooping unicorns a few months ago. Maybe for a Christmas treat, you can make them poopcorn. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605/14 "2018-12-24T16:19:36Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > My 4 year old grandson and 6 year old granddaughter are all about poo jokes and games. I bought them a poo toy of some sort for xmas, but they’re wrapped up so I can’t tell you much more than that at present. When they are singing the eeneymeeneymineymoo song, they replace several words with poo. This cracks them up. > > We had pooping unicorns a few months ago. Those were amusing for a little while. The poop shot a pretty good distance, for a unicorn. > > 🙂 Yeah, I’ve seen those pooping unicorns, too. My daughters are 4 1/2 and almost 3 and they think poop is the funniest thing in the world. And they love unicorns. So, of course, I had to show them the (in)famous [Squatty Potty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q) commercial featuring them both. I mean, I remember poop being funny as a kid, but I don’t remember it being quite as popular as it is today. Big Poo has really ramped up their advertising efforts. The first major effort was the poop emoji, and now we got shitting unicorns, [poop Play Doh](https://www.target.com/p/play-doh-poop-troop-set-with-12-cans/-/A-53605486?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=PLA_Toys_Priority%2BShopping&adgroup=Toys_Priority_TCIN%2Btop%2Btoys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9021736&gclid=Cj0KCQiApILhBRD1ARIsAOXWTzsN2_BfuilGXsyFspML36ruRodmqYEoxJrtlpKvsIx5xfFY5u--zlAaAl6PEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) (aka, just mix all the colored Play-Doh together), a [poop card game](https://breakinggames.com/products/poop-the-game), the [Doggie Doo](https://www.target.com/p/doggie-doo-game/-/A-52207161?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=PLA_Toys%2BShopping_Local&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=s&device=c&location=9021736&gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&ds_rl=1246978&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Toys+Shopping_Local&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=s&device=c&location=9021736&gclid=Cj0KCQiApILhBRD1ARIsAOXWTztng9NkyzJXJ6HD3C8_8QCGkIT00iecsWp4OxJU0krMgA3fbo906jQaAtFbEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) game, in addition to the OP’s game, etc… When I was a kid, all I remember is that fake plastic or rubber poo you’d get at the trick shops or other novelty stores. Big Poo has taken poop mainstream!