# What would happen if someone ate a bowl of Colon Blow?

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**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778 "2024-12-18T06:47:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778/1 "2024-12-18T06:47:10Z")

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[Or, god forbid, Super Colon Blow?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku42Iszh9KM)

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778/2 "2024-12-18T06:52:44Z")

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Chubbyemu did a video awhile back about a guy who blocked his intestines by overdoing it on fiber supplements - he was mixing so much powder into his drinks that it formed an indigestible lump that had to be surgically extracted.

I’m thinking something like that.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1MggKIfEld4/maxresdefault.jpg "A Student Drank 2 Liters Fiber Supplement For Dinner. This Is What Happened To His Intestines.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MggKIfEld4&t=1s)

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778/3 "2024-12-18T07:27:21Z")

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I actually had a vaguely-close experience where I took fiber supplements (psyllium-type stuff) but forgot to drink enough water. It made my guts feel like cement for half a day and I panicked a bit and started drinking lots of water, but there ended up being no bowel obstruction.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-ate-a-bowl-of-colon-blow/1011778/4 "2024-12-18T11:16:24Z")

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Bowel obstructions are fatal over the course of a few days if not cleared somehow. Lotta different ways for that “someone” to have a bad ride.