# Incremental  Excrement

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incremental-excrement/79535 "2001-09-03T16:48:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incremental-excrement/79535/1 "2001-09-03T16:48:05Z")

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This from yesterday’s edition of ‘The Sunday Times’:

“More than 70 types of excrement have gone on display at a museum in Japan. The Tokyo science museum exhibition _All The Poop_ has a touch-and-feel section, and the highlights include 4,500-year-old human droppings. The organiser, Midori Taguchi, said ‘There’s something for everyone.’”

Well, I don’t think there’s anything there for me. I so hate to generalise in this way but, in my opinion, once you have felt one collection of droppings you have felt them all.

As always, I am prepared to be wrong. If anyone is moved to visit this display of historic shit, please let me know if the texture is worth a visit.

Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incremental-excrement/79535/2 "2001-09-03T19:28:34Z")

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I’m tempted to think this is some sort of cultural thing, perhaps similar to the reason that the Japanese are very far ahead in the [high-tech toilet](http://www.theplumber.com/japan.html) race.

[General Turgidson]  
We must not allow a toilet gap!  
[/General Turgidson]

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**Author:** ![junkyardangel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@junkyardangel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junkyardangel)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incremental-excrement/79535/3 "2001-09-04T03:41:49Z")

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Correct me if I’m wrong, (I’m sure you will, as I frequently am), but isn’t Midori Taguchi the person who wrote that Japanese literary classic book “Everyone Poops”?

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incremental-excrement/79535/4 "2001-09-04T03:54:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by junkyardangel \*  
> Correct me if I’m wrong, (I’m sure you will, as I frequently am), but isn’t Midori Taguchi the person who wrote that Japanese literary classic book “Everyone Poops”?

Nope, [That would be Taro Gomi](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-0132409-5061739).