# In which my friends stop me from putting poop in a purse **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022 "2014-06-04T14:02:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/121 "2014-06-12T13:32:13Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If you and **Ducati** were to ever meet it would create such a Bullshit Singularity that the entire Earth would be covered in Virtual Shit. Says the man who lives on Fake Street 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/122 "2014-06-12T14:07:53Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > WTF, Morbo?? I’m pretty sure he nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/123 "2014-06-12T14:24:09Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > WTF, Morbo?? > [@PlainJain](#): > > I’m pretty sure he nailed it. Yep. Flatlined and Ducati are the two biggest bullshit peddlers on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/124 "2014-06-12T14:50:45Z")
I believe our OP is in the running for Chief Shit Peddler. Of course, you can’t even trust her to ship _that_ in a timely manner. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/125 "2014-06-12T14:58:53Z")
> [@SerafinaPekala](#): > > Frat boys at U of X were trying to woo the Sorority girls before their upcoming party (this was a True Story told to me by a reputable Family Practice MD). Frat boys ordered 4 dozen decorated donuts to be delivered to the sorority house morning of party: “Looking Forward to Tonight!!” > > At the party that night (after many many beverages had been enjoyed by all) Frat boys whip out Polaroid of nekkid frat boy with decorated donuts ringed around a boner. :eek: In what possible way is it relevant that a doctor told you this story? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/126 "2014-06-12T15:13:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In what possible way is it relevant that a doctor told you this story? Who you gonna trust to correctly diagnose a doughnut on a penis if not a medical professional? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/127 "2014-06-12T15:33:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Who you gonna trust to correctly diagnose a doughnut on a penis if not a medical professional? Nitpick, “decorated donuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/128 "2014-06-12T16:01:14Z")
Better donuts than a [bagel dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273825) ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/129 "2014-06-12T16:25:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In what possible way is it relevant that a doctor told you this story? As pointed out in post #117, the story is an urban legend, as are pretty much all such stories told by a trustworthy/esteemed member of the community or friend of a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/130 "2014-06-12T16:47:29Z")
> [@bufftabby](#): > > I believe our OP is in the running for Chief Shit Peddler. Of course, you can’t even trust her to ship _that_ in a timely manner. This is why I only use the best of the best in shit peddling. The Poop Smith. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ub0wV0TvY8Q/hqdefault.jpg "Character Video - The Poopsmith") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0wV0TvY8Q) ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/131 "2014-06-12T16:52:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Who you gonna trust to correctly diagnose a doughnut on a penis if not a medical professional? “I’ve got bad news for you. That’s not glaze.” ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/132 "2014-06-12T17:00:29Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > As pointed out in post #117, the story is an urban legend, as are pretty much all such stories told by a trustworthy/esteemed member of the community or friend of a friend. Yes, doctors are not immune to believing and spreading urban legends. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/133 "2014-06-12T19:08:12Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > As pointed out in post #117, the story is an urban legend, as are pretty much all such stories told by a trustworthy/esteemed member of the community or friend of a friend. You’ll notice the snopes link doesn’t list this as false. There’s really no reason to think nobody has picked up the legend and actually done it. I was good friends with some members of the men’s crew (rowing) team in college and they pulled this stunt on the women’s team, although they said they gave the girls fresh donuts and temporarily let them _think_ they’d eaten the dick donuts. I suppose they could have been lying to me about it, but I remember being told about it that day, and they were all amped up about it, and it’s exactly the kind of prank they’d do. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/134 "2014-06-12T19:35:36Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If you and **Ducati** were to ever meet it would create such a Bullshit Singularity that the entire Earth would be covered in Virtual Shit. Cause, yeah, wow- no mortal human could sell used Motorcycle stuff on eBay! :eek: Do you know what eBay is?😕 :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/135 "2014-06-12T20:49:41Z")
> [@spinky](#): > > You’ll notice the snopes link doesn’t list this as false. There’s really no reason to think nobody has picked up the legend and actually done it. I was good friends with some members of the men’s crew (rowing) team in college and they pulled this stunt on the women’s team, although they said they gave the girls fresh donuts and temporarily let them _think_ they’d eaten the dick donuts. I suppose they could have been lying to me about it, but I remember being told about it that day, and they were all amped up about it, and it’s exactly the kind of prank they’d do. Yeah, it doesn’t list it as false, but it does list it as a “legend”. I don’t know - everybody’s always got anecdotal evidence for urban legends; that’s how they work. It’s always something a friend claims to have experienced, but never the person telling the story, and there never seems to be any verifiable proof (you’d think at least pictures would be shared, in this case). I tend to go with “bullshit” for these kinds of stories. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/136 "2014-06-12T21:10:51Z")
Well, let’s just say I witnessed first-hand the prankees punching the prankers in the shoulder and calling them assholes for weeks whenever it was brought up, so if it was bullshit, they were putting on a pretty good act. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 12, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/137 "2014-06-12T21:20:11Z")
How do we know YOU’RE not an urban legend? ---
**Author:** ![Astraea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Astraea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astraea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/138 "2014-06-12T21:40:30Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Of course, because it’s totally natural that you’d take the time to pick out and order a specific gift for someone’s party and then, if it doesn’t arrive for the actual birthday party (or whatever), you’d just say “eh, fuck it, I might as well not give my friend a gift at all.” Umm in no way did I imply that the person ordering it would not make other arrangements to get ANOTHER gift once they saw the original wasn’t going to get there in time for the hypothetical party :dubious: I was only discussing THIS transaction and this particular BAG. Also, in my attempt to avoid writing too long of a response I apparently did not make it crystal clear “I do not agree with ANY of the OPs actions.” and I agree that she’s ‘nucking futs’ just like the rest of you. The purse should have been shipped ASAP without delay. The question was valid; sitting on the item while waiting for a response was NOT. I was simply addressing the many people who simply couldn’t dredge up enough imagination to see why a buyer might not want an item anymore. Apparently eBaY agrees with me because when opening up a case against a seller you have to check a box about whether you still want the item or not! ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/139 "2014-06-12T21:56:03Z")
The OP smells funny, and not like poop … more like rotting fish heads out in the sun. I know there people out there who act like the OP, and I know they post their tales on the web. I see them on FaceBook, Twitter, even here on SDMS. But the long and well-thought out story was posted in the Pit, very peculiar. All the right buzz-words and catch-it-alls as though they WANTED all the negative postings that followed. It doesn’t add up … … seventeen years on eBay … do you know just how long that is in internet years? I say the OP is a tall tale, never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022/140 "2014-06-12T22:21:02Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > The OP smells funny, and not like poop … more like rotting fish heads out in the sun. > > I know there people out there who act like the OP, and I know they post their tales on the web. I see them on FaceBook, Twitter, even here on SDMS. > > But the long and well-thought out story was posted in the Pit, very peculiar. All the right buzz-words and catch-it-alls as though they WANTED all the negative postings that followed. It doesn’t add up … > > … seventeen years on eBay … do you know just how long that is in internet years? > > I say the OP is a tall tale, never happened. The OP’s tale is that she didn’t put poop in a bag and send it. If that never happened, you’re saying she actually went through with it? I’ve never heard of a non event being described as a tall tale before. Seems reasonable to believe others would have talked her out of such an action not any stretch of the imagination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-my-friends-stop-me-from-putting-poop-in-a-purse/690022.md?page=8)