# You're full of s\*\*t—how much would that be?

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**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-full-of-s-t-how-much-would-that-be/667434 "2013-08-28T20:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-full-of-s-t-how-much-would-that-be/667434/1 "2013-08-28T20:04:15Z")

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I realize that expression has nothing to do with actual fecal matter. But supposing a person was constipated for a while, and hadn’t been faithfully making his offerings to the porcelain god—just how full of it is “full of it”? How much poo are we talking about? Pounds? Liters?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-full-of-s-t-how-much-would-that-be/667434/2 "2013-08-28T20:09:06Z")

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[Megacolon image search](https://www.google.com/search?q=megacolon&client=firefox-a&hs=vrS&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QFgeUuCXDvT22QXdsYCIBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1503&bih=815). _Not_ for the weak of stomach.

[Mutter Museum display](https://worldnewsnetwork7.com//wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/2aec2_121017085809-gross-mutter-colon-horizontal-gallery.jpg). If I remember correctly-40 lbs.