# The Litter Box Surprise - New and Improved! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642 "2017-09-06T13:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/1 "2017-09-06T13:35:48Z")
Two days ago, [I shared with you](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835404) all a surprising deposit in one of the communal litter boxes – a poop tower standing tall and proud. Unexpected, it was; in all my years of poop-scooping I’d never seen anything like it, nor ever expected to see it again. I thought about photographing it, but decided some things just aren’t meant for sharing. And then… This morning when I came downstairs to feed the felines breakfast, I smelled the miasma of a fresh deposit and went to deal with it first… And behold! A new tower rose above the sandy plain! This time, with outbuildings! This time, I managed to suppress the gag reflex long enough to snap a few photos before tossing some smell-absorbing litter over it, then scooping and removing the foul edifice to the compost bin. I’ve uploaded them to a [Photobucket album](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/EddyTeddyFreddy/library/story_3325?sort=6&page=1), and they’re the three pictures at the end. What the … thing most resembles, I leave to your imagination; different possibilities spring to mind from different angles. I can’t imagine how that cat will top this. :dubious: Perhaps it’s better that I not know… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/2 "2017-09-06T14:02:31Z")
I’m impressed. It looks…phallic. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/3 "2017-09-06T14:07:25Z")
Yes, I thought so too, although from another angle it looks more like a cobra, and another like a horse lying down. So many possibilities… ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/4 "2017-09-06T14:38:53Z")
It’s a … thumb, right? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/5 "2017-09-06T14:53:23Z")
OMG. it is a work of art. Not just the height, but the diameter. It really looks like a dildo. \ Max’s poop just lies there like two Slim Jims (the snack, not the car theft tool). Thank you for sharing this with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/6 "2017-09-06T20:16:33Z")
So it’s the Dump Tower? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/7 "2017-09-06T20:24:14Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > So it’s the Dump Tower? 😃 Bigly! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/8 "2017-09-06T21:20:33Z")
\ Oh My! \ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/9 "2017-09-07T01:29:33Z")
I am afraid your feline may be sick…keep a close watch and find out which one it is…maybe it’s eating extra food…lost any sandwiches lately…that looks like people poop!!! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/10 "2017-09-07T02:31:51Z")
Thanks for the concern, but if that is, in fact, Peanut’s poop, as I suspect it is, it’s symptomatic of a cat with megacolon who’s on daily laxatives, and who’s also had a new food in the preceding 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/11 "2017-09-07T17:47:44Z")
Most interesting pictures. I like the black dog also. I managed to see them in the small format before Photo B blocked me and demanded I do this & that. Grrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/12 "2017-09-07T18:12:24Z")
Yeh, Photobucket is a really crappy website, and getting crappier over the years. ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/13 "2017-09-07T18:36:44Z")
Kitty is obviously working on “poo-henge,” but you keep removing the uprights before (s)he can add the lintels on top. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/14 "2017-09-07T19:14:41Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > So it’s the Dump Tower? I don’t think anyone will beat this. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-litter-box-surprise-new-and-improved/795642/15 "2017-09-07T21:08:09Z")
It’s clearly an omen of a close encounter of the furred kind.