# I'm absolutely disgusting! How much do YOU know about gross stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839 "2004-11-09T15:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/41 "2004-11-09T22:06:27Z")
I’m gonna call BS on the test’s assertion re the average daily production of elephant dung. I think it’s way, way off. ---
**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/42 "2004-11-10T00:32:55Z")
7/9 I overestimated the length of the tapeworm, and underestimated the capacity of the elephant. Still, I’m pretty gross! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/43 "2004-11-10T00:36:08Z")
> [@woodstock989](#): > > (I had to guess on the paciderm poop one though.) Musta exerted so much effort that you forgot how to spell pachyderm;) ::runs nekkid through thread, just 'cuz:: ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/44 "2004-11-10T00:37:11Z")
The mushroom question is incorrect. There was a larger mycelium found in Washington/Oregon that covered three counties and was (IIRC) several hundred square hectares. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/45 "2004-11-10T00:38:26Z")
6 / 9. Acck, its no fun being average. Lets see. I missed the flytrap one. I mean, c’mon, the question should’ve said \*small \* frogs. But check out the video. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/46 "2004-11-10T01:08:43Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > 7/9. Missed the elephant poop and the rat babies questions. Same here. I actually thought it would be the higher answers but I told myself I was being too liberal with the rat babies and ele-poop. See what being conservative gets you? Wrong answers! I was kind of disappointed, I thought it was going to be pictures and you’d have to identify what gross thing they were. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/47 "2004-11-10T01:16:41Z")
8/9, elephant poop. Man, we need to start some kind of investigative commission on this! ---
**Author:** ![woodstock989](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@woodstock989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstock989)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/48 "2004-11-10T01:50:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by iampunha > Musta exerted so much effort that you forgot how to spell pachyderm D’oh! :smack: I was at work - therefore my higher brain functions were not turned on at the time. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/49 "2004-11-10T02:03:08Z")
My knowledge of gross stuff is only about average – I got 5/9., missing the rat, Venus flytrap, elephant, and horned lizard questions. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/50 "2004-11-10T02:07:16Z")
I got 7 of 9. Missed # 6 and #7 - Venus flytraps and elephant dung. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/51 "2004-11-10T02:56:56Z")
9/9 and threre wasn’t anything there I considered all that gross… well maybe the tape worm. I’ve only seen one, and yes it was. (not as bad as the brain worms) I’ve had to promise not to talk about _really_ gross things in public any more. It embarrasses my firefighter. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/52 "2004-11-10T04:13:58Z")
Only 4/9. I seem to be pathetically undereducated about elephant poop and the eating habits of Venus Flytraps. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/53 "2004-11-10T06:54:46Z")
7/9: Overestimated the tapeworm (I could swear they got longer than that), and guessed conservatively on the flytrap question. Mmmmmmm…7/9… ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/54 "2004-11-10T15:43:12Z")
8/9…and I too missed the elephant poop question. Hmmm…seems to be a trend, here! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839/55 "2004-11-10T22:23:54Z")
8/9. Missed the Elephant one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-absolutely-disgusting-how-much-do-you-know-about-gross-stuff/273839.md?page=2)