I ate breakfast at an unfamiliar cafe this morning, and felt an urgent need to delay my shopping trip for a quick sidetrip home.
Which got me to thinking.
If one is constipated, and has an experience such as mine, will (or can) the low viscosity stuff bypass the higher viscisity stuff in the bowel?
And exactly what is it in some griddle grease that loosens things up so quickly? The eggs were thoroughly cooked, btw.
I think I need to put some magazines in my bathroom.
Peace,
mangeorge
Answer to question # 1) Yes.
Answer to question # 2) I don’t know.
Hope that helps unblock things and get the discussion flowing
Yes, to both questions.
Griddle grease is a combination of greases from various sources, like pork, beef and vegetable oil. A good restaurant will scrape the grill frequently and shove excess grease into the grease trap. Some places do not and the greases mix. Grease is a natural lubricant. Eat a bunch of it and it will and can slide through your guts faster than you might think and can flow around blockages, like constipation, either helping to move them or just by passing them. Now, your body changes grease chemically and adds greasy bile to it, but a large amount of it, depending on your constitution, can act like a laxative.
Ever watched a greasy spoon make hash browns? As the spuds are frying on the grill, they ladle about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of vegetable grease over them. Plus, the grease from frying bacon will mix with them to give them more flavor. In some places, for additional flavor, as greasy bacon cooks, the eggs will be fried in the excess grease also.
Not sure I buy your explanation, Omnivore. The healthy human pancreas should secrete enough lipase to break down normally digestible grease so it can be absorbed. Steatorrhea is the condition where the intestine cannot do so, and fatty floating stools result.
I suppose it is possible that repeated use of grease for cooking may alter it in such a way as to make it undigestible to lipase. Alternatively I suppose it is possible to ingest so much that even a healthy pancreas cannot secrete enough enzymes to break it all down.
Band name!
Sorry.
As an addendum to this question, is there something in eggs that make this sort of situation more likely? I can offer anecdotal evidence, but I don’t think I need to.
Just had to add that the the “low viscosity” stuff may at times remain behing the “high viscosity” stuff. So if you’re really constipated, you can get cramps and spend a lot of time with those bathroom magazines until the output goes from hard to soft.
Peace
P.C.
Thanks ever so for this thread! I thought I was the only one!
Funny thing is, I only have this problem in the first few months of pregnancy. Any ideas why, QtheM?
What I want to know is how can eating habanero-laced chili burn out the exit twenty minutes after ingestion? Isn’t the transit time from front gate to back door supposed to be something like 18-24 hours?
OK, I won’t eat my (Red beef Thai Curry) dinner while logged into SDMB GQ (Gruesome Questions)
eeeeeever again.
My question is: QtheM, what is it about corn syrup? My pediatrician recommended it a while back when my son was constpated.
Osmotic diarrhea from corn syrup! The concentration of sugar is so high, it pulls water into the intestine.
Thank you!
Sorry, I just could not avoid posting in this thread.
Carry on.
b,
Thanks for the answers, Qadgop the Mercotan and Omnivore.
I guess if the food’s good enough, it’s worth the “extra effort”. 
Now let’s talk about clogged nasal passages and chilis.
Just kidding. 
Peace,
mangeorge
… Brings new meaning to the phrase, “sickly sweet …” 