# Semi-gross question about bowl movement **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940 "2002-08-15T01:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/1 "2002-08-15T01:59:00Z")
Why, during a session of moving ones bowels do some “pieces” float while others sink to the bottom of the bowl? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/2 "2002-08-15T02:38:53Z")
Perhaps they’re products of two different meals? As for what foods or intestinal conditions lead to what fecal density, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/3 "2002-08-15T02:39:42Z")
Fecal matter containing more fat floats. It was not been in one’s bowels as long as kukai that has had time to have more aborbed or was something consumed with less or no fat. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/4 "2002-08-15T03:41:17Z")
I heard that “floaters” were the result of extra-fibery turds. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/5 "2002-08-15T03:56:45Z")
You can analyze some samples here. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/6 "2002-08-15T04:10:16Z")
I can’t believe I used my 400th post on _THAT_! The above link contains graphic images, BTW. Open with caution. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/7 "2002-08-15T05:11:40Z")
I find that when I do the dishes with a full sink, I can get my bowls of different sizes to float just fine. Of course, if in moving my bowl I drop and break it, then the pieces do sink. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/8 "2002-08-15T13:49:19Z")
I hate it when someone moves my bowl! When I go to make myself some cereal, I want my bowl to be where I left it, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/9 "2002-08-15T15:21:37Z")
Odd as it is…I swear I think this is the reason I came to the Straight Dope in the first place. I was googling, got a link to a link, to a link…and wound up here. I’m almost positive it was. _goes off to check archives_ ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/10 "2002-08-15T22:59:10Z")
What’s terrible is if someone moves your bowl as you’re moving your bowel. Why then, there’d be crap all over the place. So, if I’ve got some brown trout which are floaters (High fat content) and some which are sinkers (low fat content), that tells me that I’m eating a balanced diet. If they all float, then I’m eating too much fat. If they all sink, too much fiber. Make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/11 "2002-08-16T06:45:30Z")
maybe they want back in? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/12 "2002-08-16T15:37:52Z")
\*I feel the bowl move under my seat I feel brown trout rumbling down I feel my bowel start to trembling Whenever fat’s around Ooh, baby, when I pee at your place Yellow as the light of day Oh, darling, I can’t stand it When you point at me that way I feel the bowl move under my seat I feel trout fry tumbling down I feel my farts start to trembling Whenever stool’s around Oh, poopie, when you’re in me And you tenderly call my name I know that my rectum Is something I just can’t tame I’ve just got to go, baby I feel the bowl move under my seat I feel trout fry tumbling down I feel turd birth move under my feet I feel brown fry rumbling down I just lose control Over the toilet bowl I get pee and poop all over I feel the birth move under my feet I feel brown fry a tumbling down, a rumbling down, tumbling down… \* ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/13 "2002-08-16T16:08:47Z")
Like **Peasea** said, I would imagine it has to do with what you ate. As to what types of food float or sink, I’ll leave that to you to discover. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/14 "2002-08-16T16:15:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > > * * * > > Ooh, baby, when I pee at your place > Yellow as the light of day > Oh, darling, I can’t stand it > When you point at me that way > I feel the bowl move under my seat > I feel trout fry tumbling down > I feel my farts start to trembling > Whenever stool’s around > > Oh, poopie, when you’re in me > And you tenderly call my name > I know that my rectum > Is something I just can’t tame > I’ve just got to go, baby > tumbling down… \* \*\* lieu, my darling, you know I love you more than anyone else on the boards love you. But I have just concluded you need serious, serious help. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/15 "2002-08-16T16:34:48Z")
Ha, Fridays are a little slow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/16 "2002-08-16T16:42:59Z")
OK…I put that to the tune of a woman singing: “I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky(?) tumbling down, tumbling down…” Am I right? I’ve no clue what the song name is though. ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/17 "2002-08-16T16:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Spit_ > \*\*Odd as it is…I swear I think this is the reason I came to the Straight Dope in the first place. I was googling, got a link to a link, to a link…and wound up here. I’m almost positive it was. \*\* **Spit** , I _know_ I have seen this article too, but I’ll be damned if I can find it in the archives. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-gross-question-about-bowl-movement/123940/18 "2002-08-16T18:48:54Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve no clue what the song name is though. **Spit** , it’s Carole King, from the Tapestry album. The song is “I Feel The Earth Move.” I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you’re around