# So, where do you "take a dump" to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182 "2005-10-27T18:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/1 "2005-10-27T18:39:35Z")
Why is the phrase “I took a shit.” I seldom take it anywhere. 🙂 Shouldn’t it be, “I gave a shit?” Actually, I don’t give a shit about this, but… ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/2 "2005-10-27T18:48:48Z")
[Yakov] In Sauviet Rossia, the domp teks you. [/Yakov] Hey, everyone else gets to do it! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/3 "2005-10-27T19:00:06Z")
Personally, I push brown or grow a tail. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/4 "2005-10-27T19:08:38Z")
Same place I take a piss to. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/5 "2005-10-27T19:08:54Z")
Well, you see, it’s the action, not the object. Like taking a leap or a look. Or, perhaps, a dump is a state of being, like a nap. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/6 "2005-10-27T19:12:19Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Personally, I push brown or grow a tail. Meh, if I drank the night before, I 'll blow mud. Other times, I drop the kids off at the pool. If I’m feeling paticularily belicose, I will deploy the troops. Ordinarily though, I just pinch a loaf. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/7 "2005-10-27T19:37:45Z")
> [@whole bean](#): > > Meh, if I drank the night before, I 'll blow mud. Other times, I drop the kids off at the pool. If I’m feeling paticularily belicose, I will deploy the troops. Ordinarily though, I just pinch a loaf. As long as I can avoid a Hershey Squirt, I’m a crappy hamper. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/8 "2005-10-27T19:46:18Z")
'Tis a silly thread, but I suppose I’ll have to participate, if only for shits and grins. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/9 "2005-10-27T19:48:50Z")
Speaking of fishing for brown trout, I better go, I’m prarie-doggin’ pretty bad here. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/10 "2005-10-27T19:52:26Z")
:: peeks in :: Any turtle heads in here? No? Good. :: leaves :: I gotta say, this is a really shitty thread 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/11 "2005-10-27T19:54:24Z")
I thought we dropped the kids in a pool? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/12 "2005-10-27T20:00:30Z")
I usually take a dump, still within my colon, to the bathroom where I deposit it into the toilet and flush it down the sewage pipes to the sewage treatment plant where it is processed in some manner of which I dare not think. [Baby Plucky] Poo poo go down the hoooooooole! [/BP] ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/13 "2005-10-27T20:31:13Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I usually take a dump, still within my colon, to the bathroom where I deposit it into the toilet and flush it down the sewage pipes to the sewage treatment plant where it is processed in some manner of which I dare not think. > > [Baby Plucky] > Poo poo go down the hoooooooole! > [/BP] Wow! Finally, a well-thought-out, intelligent reply to my OP. Thank you. (I think). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/14 "2005-10-28T00:44:29Z")
And the Google ad is for remote security cameras. :dubious: It reminds me of _The Simpsons_ episode when they go to Japan: > [@](#): > > **Bart** : Hey, look! Dad’s on TV! > > **All** : Aaaahhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/15 "2005-10-28T00:51:29Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > Why is the phrase “I took a shit.” I seldom take it anywhere. 🙂 > > Shouldn’t it be, “I gave a shit?” Actually, I don’t give a shit about this, but… Well… > [@George Carlin](#): > > Whatever you do, don’t take one of mine! ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-you-take-a-dump-to/328182/16 "2005-10-28T01:08:18Z")
Don’t take one of mine. I’ve only got two left and the weekend’s coming up! /George Carlin