# The Scylla theory, the toddler test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-theory-the-toddler-test/108183>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 9, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-theory-the-toddler-test/108183 "2002-05-09T23:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-theory-the-toddler-test/108183/41 "2002-05-31T00:23:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Scylla \*  
> \*\*It’s a good way to remember which side of the diaper holds the poop. \*\*

Anyone care to help me understand what that means exactly?

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scylla-theory-the-toddler-test/108183/42 "2002-05-31T01:34:56Z")

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Problem with this whole thing is what you end up with is shock jock talk back radio thinking.

For every complex problem, there is a simple, popular, easy-for-even-a-three-year-old to understand solution, which is **wrong** (to rephrase H.L. Mencken).

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