# Hey, that's a strange poop, sir. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520 "2000-07-31T06:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/1 "2000-07-31T06:48:44Z")
I ate a hugemous amount of Blueberry cobbler. My poop has been purple for the last three days. It’s damned cool. Anyone else have interesting poops before? I’ve got a few stories, lemme tell ya. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/2 "2000-07-31T06:51:46Z")
but it is kinda funny. I just hope I never become that amused by my own turds. If so, I’d like someone to check me into the mental ward asap. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/3 "2000-07-31T06:54:16Z")
Ohhh, I thought the thread said “straight poop”, as in Ed McMahon (sp?) saying, “That is the straight poop, your worship!” Hmmm, interesting is not the word for the poops that I’ve had. Painful sometimes, disgusting others, but I don’t remember an interesting one. Maybe if I had a strong sphincter I could make poop sculptures. Now that would be interesting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/4 "2000-07-31T07:14:05Z")
One time I was given a medication that turned my urine a brilliant blue. Damnedest thing I ever saw. ~~Baloo ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/5 "2000-07-31T07:19:13Z")
Baloo: what on earth medication was that, and how can I score some? ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/6 "2000-07-31T07:22:51Z")
I was in my hometown of Savannah, Georgia during St. Paddy’s Day about three years ago. Green beer, green grits, green cookies . . . well you can imagine. It was like having Oscar the Grouch in the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/7 "2000-07-31T07:34:17Z")
Incidentally, drinking copious amounts of grape Kool-Aid will give you green poop too. So I’ve heard… ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/8 "2000-07-31T08:00:18Z")
ANY grape stuff seems to do it. My whole frat had green shit. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/9 "2000-07-31T08:03:15Z")
i think im with tasha. this is just really weird and a bit amusing. but it is mundane and pointless, so it fits in. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/10 "2000-07-31T08:21:21Z")
You know those sour sugar tubes they sell, that are like 2 or 3 feet long and full of brightly colored Pixie Stix powder? One time a few years ago, I bought one from a gas station. It went light purple/dark purple/light green/dark green/light blue/dark blue/black I ate each color at a time, and waited a few hours between each. This was my experiment. The next day, my poop was swirled with color. It was blue, purple, green, and black, as well as the normal brown. It was so damned cool. It wasn’t just a muddy color mix, it looked tye dyed, it was all swirly. Way neat-o, as far as poop goes. Not that I looked or anything. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/11 "2000-07-31T08:23:24Z")
Oh, and doesn’t the story go that Jim Henson was taking that medicine, and he started regulating himself to find the exact dose necessary to get a brilliant green? Oh, and is there any way (food wise. I don’t need to dye it once it’s alreayd out there.) to change the color of your semen? I mean, it doesn’t really have any practical uses, but it’d be neat. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/12 "2000-07-31T09:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\*Oh, and is there any way (food wise. I don’t need to dye it once it’s alreayd out there.) to change the color of your semen? I mean, it doesn’t really have any practical uses, but it’d be neat. > > –Tim \*\* This is just great… Is anyone else out there imagining Homer…um…experimenting? "Oh, God! Oh, God! OHOHOH!!! Damn!!!" :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/13 "2000-07-31T10:46:31Z")
Tim, I just have to say… you’re a weird motherfucker. Anyway… “Checking your own feces… you have too much free fucking time on your hands, people!” -Denis Leary (edited a tad) If I eat too much watermelon, my poop winds up looking like mushy, rotten watermelon (with seeds, no less… yeah, I swallow some every now and then). Feels REAL runny coming out, too. And I once had an experience where my poop was flat grey. No other color. It was like my colon had suddenly gone from “True Color” to “Grayscale”. I have no idea what caused it, either. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/14 "2000-07-31T12:53:10Z")
One of the Australian stockman’s dietary staples was damper - a type of bread made of flour and water (occasionally including sultanas) baked in the coals of the evening campfire. According to local legend, too much damper will cause one’s shit to become green and black. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/15 "2000-07-31T15:03:58Z")
Large amounts of Beta Carotene will give semen a yellowish/orange color. Uh, so I’ve heard. Try eating a bunch of carrots. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/16 "2000-07-31T15:09:07Z")
Try eating a huge amount of Pistachios!! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/17 "2000-07-31T15:13:34Z")
Once when I was at the doctor’s with a throat infection he asked my what color was my phlegm. I replied, “I never look, does anyone?” He responded, “Men usually know, also what color their bowels are, I don’t know why but guys always know that stuff.” ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/18 "2000-07-31T15:22:33Z")
I think it was back about Easter, somebody was talking about eating black jelly beans and their effects. A couple of months ago, babyjesus was sick and so we put him on a bland diet. So he would eat applesauce without us having to badger him about it, we got him some “Blues Clues” applesauce. The next morning, after taking his morning constitutional, he comes running into our bedroom screaming. I go and look and it’s solid blue. It was a bitch to get wiped off too. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/19 "2000-07-31T15:56:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I think it was back about Easter, somebody was talking about eating black jelly beans and their effects. “That would be me”, she said self-consciously. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520/20 "2000-07-31T15:57:54Z")
When I eat a couple of bowls of **Booberry** cereal (which, by the way, is the greatest cereal ever invented), I experience the same phenomenon. YMMV (your movements may vary). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-a-strange-poop-sir/27520.md?page=2)