# I'm off to take a dump **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365 "2003-07-10T00:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/1 "2003-07-10T00:52:48Z")
Wish me luck that I don’t fall in. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/2 "2003-07-10T00:54:47Z")
Is this really a significant risk for you? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/3 "2003-07-10T00:56:10Z")
You know, I knew what I was getting into when I opened this thread, but the whole train wreck attraction kicked in and I had to look. I hope you don’t fall in, and I hope someone hasn’t left you with only one square on the roll. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/4 "2003-07-10T00:59:34Z")
There you go again with ‘taking’ dumps. You ‘have’ them. ‘have’ in the sense of ‘experiencing’ a dump. or ‘leave’ a dump, as in ‘deposit’, but ‘take’? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/5 "2003-07-10T01:14:55Z")
For God’s sake, turn on the exhaust fan! ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/6 "2003-07-10T01:15:58Z")
You’re really meaning Mundane & Pointless, eh? Is this even necessary? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Adam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Mr\_Adam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Adam)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/7 "2003-07-10T01:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*There you go again with ‘taking’ dumps. > > You ‘have’ them. > > ‘have’ in the sense of ‘experiencing’ a dump. > > or ‘leave’ a dump, as in ‘deposit’, but ‘take’? \*\* How do we know that? **Major Kong** could in fact be going to remove a ‘dump’ from the toilet, in which case, **Major Kong** , you have more things to worry about than falling in ---
**Author:** ![macabresoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@macabresoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macabresoul)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/8 "2003-07-10T01:26:20Z")
Godspeed dear boy ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/9 "2003-07-10T01:27:29Z")
**Mr. Adam** , wasn’t I on a [TV show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0050042) with you once? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Adam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Mr\_Adam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Adam)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/10 "2003-07-10T01:39:24Z")
Actually I believe I first met you, oh…sometime around the creation of the world 😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/11 "2003-07-10T01:43:08Z")
My toilet overflowed thrice in the course of 15 years. Make sure that this does not happen to you. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/12 "2003-07-10T01:44:46Z")
Well, geez, Joe. Ya gotta FLUSH it every now and then ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/13 "2003-07-10T02:06:20Z")
I learned the hard way, for sure… ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/14 "2003-07-10T02:24:17Z")
Hey **Kong**! How’d your crap go? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/15 "2003-07-10T02:27:28Z")
Plop ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/16 "2003-07-10T02:29:04Z")
It sure is taking a long time… whatd’ya have for dinner mate? ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/17 "2003-07-10T02:30:50Z")
[Beavis]heh heh…Why is it that they call it _taking_ a dump when you’re not really _taking_ it anywhere? Why don’t they call it _leaving_ a dump?[/Beavis] So how’d it go? Details. You’ve been gone a while. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/18 "2003-07-10T02:38:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Plop \*\* I don’t think it’s plopping after this long… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/19 "2003-07-10T02:40:53Z")
Maybe he really did fall in ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-to-take-a-dump/187365/20 "2003-07-10T03:08:21Z")
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