# Largest human feces \[new title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925 "2003-11-12T22:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greenhead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenhead/32/5853_2.png) [@Greenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenhead)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/1 "2003-11-12T22:59:56Z")
I was at work the other day when a cohort asked the question “I wonder how big the longest turd is?” Not really a subject I’m going to dedicate a lot of time to but thought I’d try and find something out for fun sake. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/2 "2003-11-13T00:57:26Z")
Try looking for sites on the Mutter museum in Philadelphia. I remember going there and seeing a picture of a man with megacolon (A REAL THING!). I think he evacuated his bowels once every three years or something. Oh, they also have the actual colon on display. It’s about half the size of a new VW Beetle. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/3 "2003-11-13T00:59:56Z")
Welcome to the boards and congrats on a most excelent first post. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/4 "2003-11-13T02:45:59Z")
It is against my better judgement to post a link to this site but I must. Have you looked here? [link deleted] ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/5 "2003-11-13T03:01:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FilmGeek \* > **Try looking for sites on the Mutter museum in Philadelphia. I remember going there and seeing a picture of a man with megacolon (A REAL THING!). I think he evacuated his bowels once every three years or something.** I gotta ask for a cite for this, because this strikes me as medically impossible. I can see maybe a few days to a week or so, but no more than that. It wouldn’t be the length of the colon, but rather the volume of the rectum that determines evacuation frequency, along with dietary considerations. ---
**Author:** ![adirondack\_mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/6 "2003-11-13T03:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*I gotta ask for a cite for this, because this strikes me as medically impossible. I can see maybe a few days to a week or so, but no more than that. It wouldn’t be the length of the colon, but rather the volume of the rectum that determines evacuation frequency, along with dietary considerations. \*\* On my first trip ever to the city of brotherly love my first stop was the mutter museum. And while I don’t remember exactly how often the fellow shat he didn’t do so as regularly as you or I. IIRC it is in the guinness book of world records - World’s Largest Colon. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/7 "2003-11-13T03:43:46Z")
Oh, I’m not doubting the existence of the guy, just the quoted 3 year time period. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/8 "2003-11-13T06:42:14Z")
**racer72** , you really should have let your better judgment guide you. Do not link to that site again. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/9 "2003-11-13T06:51:31Z")
**Greenhead** , welcome to the SDMB. I have edited the title of this thread. In the future, please try to provide more descriptive titles. We get more than our fair share of gross questions. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**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 13, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/10 "2003-11-13T07:43:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*[link deleted] \*\* Never before have two words, so innocuous in and of themselves, sent such a cold chill down my spine. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/11 "2003-11-13T08:12:22Z")
I think it was just a pic of a long turd (could be wrong). If it’s what I think it to be, it’s no worse than walking past a pile of dog crap. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/12 "2003-11-13T13:11:47Z")
The renamed title mentions human feces but the OP doesn’t so here’s a link to a large coprolite: [http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/king-sized-coprolite.html](http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/king-sized-coprolite.html) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/13 "2003-11-13T14:47:21Z")
I remember seeing this a while back. It’s veracity is seriously in question: [http://www.geocities.com/mikey\_wbt/ugh/world\_records.html](http://www.geocities.com/mikey_wbt/ugh/world_records.html) \*\*Longest turd The longest dump ever verified was produced by an American, who produced a ‘staggering turd’ over a period of 2 hr 12 mins which was officially measured at 12 ft 2 in. The offender is banned from 134 washrooms in his state. Widest turd This was excreted by a 21 stone guy, and was 4 1/2 inches for most of its 8 1/2 length. The stool has since been preserved in alcohol. \*\* Granted, the “offender is banned” remark is a bit telling but some other records on the page seem reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/14 "2003-11-13T14:57:20Z")
The topic says ‘largest’ but the OP says ‘longest’, so which is it? ---
**Author:** ![dutchref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@dutchref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dutchref)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/15 "2003-11-13T15:18:23Z")
was this 12 + footer an unbroken dropping? Pieces wouldn’t count in my book. Getting one that is 18 inches or so is no real feat of skill but a dozen feet of unmolested dung could be quite the source of familial pride. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/16 "2003-11-13T16:37:39Z")
I just looked through that list extensively and there is little doubt that they are total bs. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/17 "2003-11-13T18:38:09Z")
I recall reading on alt.tasteless that there used to be an african tribe that used to select its cheiftan as the man who could express the longest uninterrupted turd. Never saw a cite for it or anything. Forgot about it until now, AAMOF. I’m not even sure how I’d go about googling for something like that… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-human-feces-new-title/212925/18 "2003-11-13T19:17:39Z")
Q.E.D.: Its certainly possible for someone to shit no more than 6 times a year - there is at least one woman I know of who had this problem. Once every three years - its a stretch but I wouldn’t dismiss it outright.