# Will taking a dump improve the odds?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028 "2001-11-02T01:18:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028/21 "2001-11-02T19:32:22Z")

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_Ice Wolf, please see some of Nostradamus’ comments on The Velocity of Flattulance. They’re a gas!_

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**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028/22 "2001-11-02T20:15:24Z")

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You are too modest.

Your excellent and informed contributions to that particular topic put my own poor efforts into the shade.

It is my ambition (well, one of them anyway) to aspire to a greater knowledge and understanding of Bodily Emissions of all kinds, both Human and Equine, so that I can debate successfully with you without appearing foolish and ignorant.

Sadly, I feel that full Emission Comprehension remains a long way off.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028/23 "2001-11-02T22:19:19Z")

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**Nostradamus** , you’d be great playing poker. I couldn’t tell you were kidding at all. Thank heaven that wasn’t for real.

Of course, I could have said it was all a load of old horse \*\*\*\*, but …

🙂

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Gazoo)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-taking-a-dump-improve-the-odds/91028/24 "2001-11-02T23:00:21Z")

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**Nostradamus** , you had me, too.

With all the shit they do to make horses run faster - all the drugs, nasal strips, blinkers, special shoes, etc., it just didn’t surprise me to hear about shocking the horse into shitting before the race.

I read it over again and I laughed and laughed. 🙂

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