Let it flow.

Hmm--Complicated. Consistency is definately the deciding factor. Let it flow when you can hold it long enough, push when you have the rock log, but not too hard. Scphincter splittage is bad...Tough question.
Love your website...and Daphne too.

Go with the flow.

if you push too hard you get hemeroids

Just envision little men inside you pushing out the dookie.

The correct answer is to save up your farts and use them as turd propellant. So basically all you're doing when you sit down is easing back the tension on the pucker string and letting the natural gas (huh huh) pressure do the rest.

That's exactly true, what the guy up there said -- pushing too hard causes hemorrhoids. You're not supposed to push your poop. If you're pushing, that means there's something wrong, with your diet, or your stomach, or, MUCH MORE LIKELY, the way you poop: sitting. That's the problem. The human body is designed to squat. If we squatted like we're supposed to, we wouldn't have to push.

well, i can't really answer this one, my poop never just slides out, sometimes i have to push so hard that i start to sweat...however, if i take some exlax..well, i don't have to do any work at all.

I find that even the loosest of stools requires a little help, or else it just lingers in there or hangs out halfway. To get that really satisfying dump, I have to push a little bit. It's rare that I have to push so hard that I sweat, though.

i don't understand. don't you have to push? i mean, even when i have to go really bad i still have to push a little bit to make it come out. i don't strain myself or anything, but it doesn't just slide out unless i have the runs or something, and even then a little pushing is necessary.

if your poop just slides without needing to push it out, what's keeping it from just falling out when you're not trying to get rid of it?

Bear down HARD!!! Show that turd who's boss!!!

lol i'm tellin ya, my poop problem isn't that i poop alot, it's that i can't poop, even when i feel like i have to, it's like it knows who it's mommy is and it doesn't want to leave, and i'm like "get the fuck in the pool dammit!"

I don't believe a line of that squatting BS. If the human being wasn't meant to sit down while shitting, our ass wouldn't be aiming downward like it does. Squatting only causes your turds to drag against your sack as they come out, and you won't have any ladies going down on you anytime soon with poo crusties on your nuts.

Now back to the question. In the few instances I've had with what I like to call Poophoria, the turd is sturdy and thick, yet able to gradually slide itself out with minimal pushing. That way, I get to thoroughly enjoy the moment, however long it may be. The perfect poo requires minimal pushing, and will flow on its own. But I don't want a wet shit flow, I want a sturdy kielbasa turd. One that will make me feel like I can fly when I'm done. The perfect turd only requires one push, and that push is the final send-off. The rest will flow on its own. So I can't choose one or the other. I choose them both respectively.

Three PLy: I'd call your attention to the graphic in this article:

http://www.poopreport.com/Consumer/Content/
Nature/review.html

That's a rectum designed for squatting. Yes, you can poop while you sit, but you're pushing so hard because you're fighting against your own body.

Tyridium. Are you seriously recommending that we could improve the quality of our lives by squat-shitting? Do you do this, on your toilet? By the way, this could be an assignment for, tah dah, Chris Rockwell.

I SAY PUSH THAT SHAT...SOMETIMES I EVEN HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR A MINUTE AND COMTEMPLATE THE PAIN I AM ABOUT TO INFLICT ON MY POOP HOLE...HOWEVER I FIND THE BEST METHOD TO SIMPLY BE, GRIT YOUR TEETH, HANG ON TO SOMETHING NAILED TO THE WALL, AND PUSH THAT BASTARD OUT AS FAST AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN, YOUR BUTT IS NOT MEANT TO BE STRETCHED FOR ELONGATED PERIODS OF TIME...

I disagree John...I think it has do with the amount of time you have on your hands. For instance, if it is a ginormous piece of concrete turd in your ass, and you have half an hour to kill, use it, buttholes are a fragile thing, and no one wants to wreck thiers in a hurried pooping attempt...Now if you've got a big watery, morning after thirty pack doodi, sometimes it can be enjoyable to commit felonious assult on the toilet, and judging by the way those usually smell, it would be a smart idea to get that out of your ass as quickly as possible as it may begin to slowly digest you from the inside out

I think that the answer lies in between the turds. Depending on the Velocity, shape, apex, and tenderness of the poop, pushing has to be gauge almost like adjusting Turbos on a car for output. In my experience, i usually take one solid dump a day that can knock out anyone within a 100 ft radius. My anal glands provide my bum with "Shit lubricatus" Latin translation: Excess ass cream. This allows for immediate ejaculation of any and all turds, no matter what shape or size. The sheath that is created by my butt juices allows for a standard 15 psi of outward pressure. In conclusion, soft, hard, big, small, push hard and stain the bowl.

Anyone who has heard the show knows that I am a pusher. I have always pushed, it makes me fast and efficient,, I think I would be of the john for days if I didn't push.

Logjam -- Tydirium is pretty accurate. All my research shows that people should be squatting to poop. The strain that comes from pushing (which we do because we have shitty diets and we sit instead of squat) does lots of damage to our colons in the long run. Hemmorhoids, defeintly -- blood vessels burst if you push too hard. Some suspect IBS, Crohns, cancer, etc. (I think).

I have a Nature's Platform. I don't use it taht often because it's really cumbersome, and I don't have the thigh strength to squat like I should. But squatting is definetly more natural -- and healthier in the long run. Prevents obesity, too -- you have to be in pretty good shape to squat and hold like that 1-3 times a day.

I can't say that I ever really have to push because I can't even hold my poop for 2 minutes. If I had the choice I would like to be able to push my poop back in when it starts to crown so I can make it to the bathroom.

OK, you guys are never going to believe this. I just went to that poopreport link that Tyridium posted (http://www.poopreport.com/Consumer/Content/
Nature/review.html)
and read the old article. Dave references a few websites about consipation, colon health and "cleansing". This cleansing, I presume, is getting a colonic, or Hydro Colon Therapy. Read the testimonals below...

•• David_T, age 40: "My evening bucket was unbelievable... Its no wonder I felt bad most of the day with that much shit braking loose in my colon. There was an assortment of shit too...I had the white-yarn type, I had a big FAT brown piece about a foot long and looked to be about as big around as a silver dollar ( it had folds in it ), and finally I had some black crap coming out tonight as well. I was literally shock to see that much crap coming out again...and stuff that had to be causing some kinds of blockages... my god! Anyhow, I will break my fast in the morning with some grapes -- I really want something a bit more solid. I am looking forward towards the end of the week when I can make myself a nice piece of salmon for dinner. Thanks for all the support people -- it was nice to know I wasn't alone through all this." sinorf@hotmail.com
•• Louis_C, age 43:
"My morning movement produced an almost unbelievable amount of waste....easily a full colander, by my best estimate. Clumps of brown/blackish junk, and lots of mucous. I'm back home after an uneventful train ride. Tonight's bucket only produced around a cup of loose, fuzzy looking stuff, with a few stringy type things mixed in." cm30002@yahoo.com

•• Rodney_H, age 33: "...the evening bucket produced a tremendous evacuation. I filled the entire colander. It must have weighed 2-3lbs. I could tell when the real crap came out because it put off a terrible smell about halfway through the bucket. I could see the undigested red meat that had been stewing in my body for months maybe even years. That was enough to get me motivated for the rest of the cleanse because it re-reminded me of what we are here for--to get this filth out of our bodies and do our best to keep it out through changed habits." rodchehar@yahoo.com

•• Michelle_M, age 30:
"Yesterday both AM and PM buckets - 3-4 cups of brown and black thick mucus. I love feeling tons of it just poor out. It's so satisfying...I'm still excited about what I'm doing, and gearing up for 10 days if it's the right thing to do. My weight was 113.5 this morning. That brings me to a total of 11 pounds since I began my precleanse. My stomach is completely flat. I love it!!" Cammyland@yahoo.co

Surf the site, it is pretty funny. I've considered getting a colonic for the reasons posted on www.hps-online.com, but I'm not sure if that type of treatment is legitimate. My Mom freaked out when I told her that I was considering a colonic, she says that if they don't do it right, it can perforate your colon! OUCH! Any contributions, my fellow poo partners?

Your mom is thinking of a colonoscopy, not a colonoic. A colonoscopy is when they stick a camera up your ass with a 1 in 6000 chance of puncturing your colon (thanks, Logjam). A colonic is a cleansing, with various chemicals -- nothing solid goes in, so there's no chance of puncture.

But that's not really what we're talking about.

Tons of hot sauce usually gets it a bit more than flowing...

I reach in and pull them out. Some times I use a spoon or an ice cream scoop.

It really depends on the poop. I have had some recent stubborn ones that refuse to come out no matter what I do. I HAVE to push.

On the argument of sitting or squatting, think of how the cavemen did it. They didn't have a stone crapper to sit on. Every one of them had to squat. It is the way nature intended for us to go. I just wish I had the knees and hips that were strong enough to do it. (Damn loose joints!)

Nobody ever addresses the "toothpaste" poo, where you do have to push, but once you have, you wish you hadn't...you just know it's going to be messy. Pushing can be risky...

Farts as turd propellent is one idea that I can definitely relate to. Living here in Turkey we do not eat fast food or takeouts very much and prepare everything fresh.
Plus we do not eat meat for 5 days a week in our house so we get LOTS of powerful and evil stinky flatulence to push our effluent into the pool.

More than enough to deal with recalcitrant Grogans with a little push added.
Pushing is good sometimes and necessary.
It can even be entertaining if you want a REALLY spectacular liquishit Niagara/Vesuvius from time to time.

Hot sauce helps the stinkstar lube situation too!

I don't eat right (too many baked goods), don't sit or stand right (a sloucher), don't brush right (circular strokes).... But until today I thought I was at least shitting right (sitting on a toilet). Now I only hope I can die right, though even that is being idealized in ways that make it hard to measure up (e.g., Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom).

tydirium made a good comment a/b squatting...our bodies are designed to squat n poo...recently i tried this gr8 little step that hangs around the base of your toilet then u pull it out and put ur feet on top and the angle of your legs just pushes the poop out like a chute...check online for it...it's called "lifestep"...it works awesome!!

Hey whatta matta you guys now? Truth is sometime you have hard bad turd that big trouble. This one you have to grunt and push and strain to force big hard turd ball outta asshole. Some other times you have prune poops or blackeyed pea poop or boil cabbage assblows. Then you no have to strain for relief just squat and squirt. What the hell? No problem right?

What's all this shit about squattin'? If God had intended us to squat to shit, why did He invent toilets? Get with the program guys!

Eat more veggies and you don't have to push. I pushed enough having babies, and look where THAT got my butthole.

I say that it's important not to push, but if you have trouble with constipation, my heart eternally goes out to you where ever you are, because you really don't have much of a choice.

First of all, meat contributes to smelly poo, not vegetables. A diet high in grain and veggies will produce more gas, but it will be less stinky.

Secondly, I just wanted to add that in Japan and other eastern countries, they have what I've heard refered to as "Eastern toliets". They are basically a hole in the floor you squat over and do your doody. In some hotels and other public places in Japan, there is a choice between the conventional toliet and the Eastern toliet.

Finally, I try to look at shitting as a momentum thing. I generally try and relax, but I always seem to suffer from "premature evacuation" and my colon goes to work as soon as I even see the toliet or start making my way to the bathroom.

Then I try and let it get started on its own...I feel it sliding a little and I'll give it a quick push to boost it...get it sliding a little more..another push...then when I get to the climatic moment, I'll give it one final big consistent push, but never too big, which is painful. Once the "shoulders" of the poo is out, gravity usually takes over and drags it all out.

I'm a vegitarian. Explain why my poo is sticky and smells like a dead elephant.

All i know is that i used to push, and i actually split my cornhole in two places. I didn't know this until i recently had an examination, and the doctor explained it to me. All i knew was that after a bad crap my dookie has come out triangularly. Sometimes if it's a real good solid turd it'll be rounder, but if it's a soft one it's an equilateral triangle.
so don't push.

Well, Shit Volcano ...

You're not supposed to eat the library paste. That's for sticking the construction paper together in the art projects your kindergarten teacher has you do after nappy-bye time.

And the elephant stank is totally understandable considering the volume of peanuts and bananas you consume. Cut back a little on the peanuts, dear. Otherwise you may end up trumpeting loudly like Dumbo while yankin' clumps of grass outta the ground to wipe your sticky ass!

Turd, you have it all wrong. I am hippo, not an elephant.

I didn't know that hippos ate dead elephants.

Cut down on them. :)

And the paste.

H-yuck! I like to eat my mommy's poo! Find out more about me on www.geocities.com/antonyisginger
SIGN MY GUESTBOOK!

Well, since logjam suggested it... I will be standing on my toilet squatting for next Wednesday's show. I did a test run last night (no poo though) and It's gonna be a little thought to balance my fat ass over the toilet, but anything in the name of science. Who knows, I might really like it, and have to buy one of those platforms Dave has. To get back on the subject, I will probably not be pushing because I would hate to shoot a turd out full force.

If anyone is having problems pushing I suggest becoming an alcoholic. I suck down a 18 pack of natural light each night and in the morning my asshole literally explodes with diarrea. Then I'm free the rest of the day and I don't have to worry about my anus until the following morning again.Cheap beer is a fantastic way to stay regular.

What did one gay guy say to the other gay guy at the bar?

Can I push in your stool?

May the force be with you.

A pick-axe and miners cap... unfortunately!

Tydirium's theory on squatting works. Everytime I am having trouble letting out the log, I massage my stomach, squat, contract and relax my spinster muscles, sooner or later, it comes out.
Fortunately, I no longer have to push. The secret is to have All-bran at breakfast. Warning, increase intake slowly. This magic cereal bulks up your poop making exits smoother. I now have two nice poops a day. Warning-All Bran gives you quite some gas

I find that I don't have to push as hard on my squatting Toilet platform, as much as i do sitting on a regualar toilet. Even before i ever heard of squatting, I knew that leaning forward seemed to help a bit.

It depends entirerly on circumstance. If you've had a tasty but fibreous and firey hot Thai salad followed by ice cold pineapple chunks and washed down with cold refreshing freshly squeezed maderin juice(from a road side vendor) I reckon you'd want to push as hard as you could for as long as possible for a few tough but exquisit minutes.

I don't understand why you have to push out your turds. When I sit down to dump, all I have to do is concentrate on relaxing my butthole and it opens up. My turds just slide out without any pushing. They slide slow and long if the turd is firm or faster if it's soft. Either way it's enjoyable for the feeling of it sliding against my hole and being emptied out. Then I just squeeze the hole closed to cut off the turd, using the same muscle that I use when I'm squeezing out cum. All this pushing sounds like hard work

To push or not to push,that is the question.

Had Indian last night. This morning, I was begging and praying for the load to stay in. After massive squeezing and deep breaths, I amde it to the toilet. Next thing I know was the seat was full of shit. Must have exploded before I got into the right position. You see, I never sit in public toilets. Squatting was NOT a choice as I had no time to take off my pants and underwear. This half squat failed me before. Pushing-I didn't. Clean up the toilet seat_ I did!!

Sometimes pushing out an earth shattering mud monster untell a blood vessle in your head bursts can be very spiritual. Although sitting back and letting the little bugger come out at its own pace can be just what the docter orderd.

Depends on the situation, I think. If I'm really gassy, pushing tends to lend itself to an aerosol shitmist...unpleasant to say the least.

I agree with frequent farter. I used to have to push to get through even the smallest craps but now after about 6-9 tallboys of bud ice a night,well lets just say that to push or not to push is no longer the question.it is now one roll or two.

I think you have to push, but not too much if it's a regular shit. I don't believe shits just fall out of your ass unless you have the runs, and I can't be bothered to spend half an hour letting it glide out 'cos I have better things to do. Besides, being female I don't have a prostate gland so it isn't sexual as I think it is for guys, so no point luxuriating in it. If you have a panic shit ( a huge concrete log that makes you sweat and your heart speed up- the type that killed Elvis) then it's staying in you forever if you refuse to strain it out, and then you'll die

yo dawgs this is some sick shit! who gives a damn how hard you have to push just get that nasty thing outta there and make room for more! thats all i got to say for now but DONT FORGET TO WIPE or you will have the laundry person all grossed out and i mean sickened like who really wants to spend their day bleaching stains outta their undies? ya thats all now buh bye

GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW BAD YOU WANT TO GET IT OUT

My poo is always really hard. I have to push alot! its never messy, and when i wipe there is usualy no poo poo on the paper...but there is some times some blood... not hot!!! HELP

Push a little if it is a normal poop.

I kick it out as hard as I can. Especially in public. If I get roids, I'll get the laser ass surgery. I want to make a phone call just like the jerky boys did to the ass laser place. But it will be real....and funny. I'll ask all about the details over the phone. I hope its a stuffy poop-nazi old lady receptionist.

Asphincter says WHAT...(!)

And you can write about it on Poop Report. ;-)

Tonight I pushed so hard I came a little bit. Completely flaccid, not thinking anything appropriate to that sort of thing, no good physical feeling, but there it was. Maybe a teaspoon or so.

That ever happen to anyone else?

To push or not to push. When constipated, absolutley. For an easy slider, just let it come out. Why do extra work?
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Jammin' lo'flo's since 1977.

I generally push until I feel the ass end of my intestine starting to dangle out - or I start to feel a pressure behind one or both of my eyes. Then I relax and allow everything to reset, then try again, until at last the turd is dislodged.
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"...human shit has more of an almond, or perhaps a macadamia flavor to it. I hope you will all take my advice and really consider tasting your poop some time, as I have. It's really quite an experience." - Ratz

Normally I just let it flow and only push when that stubborn difficult bit that sometimes occurs just won't budge. Very recently however I found myself on the receiving end of a very bloody and sore arse (I was in a rush to get something from downstairs and slid on the mat in the kitchen and ended up impaling my rear end on the top of one of the kitchen chairs, long story) and the next time I had to poop, I cannot tell you how much I put that off and how painful it was. I didn't want to push in case I bled again and so I had to just sit there and let it work its way out. It took an absolute age I can tell you.

For as long as I remember, I have always had to push during a regular dump. This must be how my colon works, because if I don't push, I can sit there for at least 10 minutes with no action. I'm not constipated at all, this is just how my system works.

i consider myself one who truly enjoys my morning evacuation. A cup of coffee and a good magazine sometimes make this the most relaxing part of my day.

I'm also an opiate addict, so most turds are rock hard, fo sho.

Today I met my first hemmorroid (sp?). I promise to god I will use fiber supplements. I swear to sit as briefly as possible from here on. I, for one, will NEVER PUSH A SHIT AGAIN!!

Oh, please lord, let me get through this without surgery! I am not a wimp, and this is no exaggeration. Do yourselves all a favor!

As you are now...

I have to push toget things started, but then I just let it slide out on its own. If poop could come out with no pushing at all, would'nt we all be walking around shitting our pants all the time?

Two years ago as a sophomore in high school I was three days constipated. I had tried to go at home that morning. No luck. An hour later, after arriving at school, I went in and sat for about 10 minutes. No luck. By homeroom, an hour after getting my morning coffee at our school's C-store, I started feeling a crap coming, but all I could do was pee. About an hour later, I got a pass from biology, sat for about 10 minutes but I couldn't get it to start. Really frustrating. During fourth hour, I snuck out of the rear door of our classroom during a boring lecture from a substitute, and after hurriedly dropping my panties, and throwing myself onto the seat, I could tell it was coming.

The problem was it stopped midway in the drop. Luckily, I was in the most well-lit of the dozen or so stalls in my row. I looked over my shoulder and saw nothing in the bowl. I looked between my legs. Nothing! Not even a initial ball or two. I knew something was hanging and went to grab some toilet paper. The roll had been depleted. I spread my legs wider and threw my weight forward toward the front of the toilet. But unfortunately, what had worked for me so many times before wasn't going to work today. I took a deep breath and started to push--each time which greater ferociousness. I started feeling dizzy and decided to take one more shot at it by adding my most adventurous leg split to my desperation to dump.

I don't remember much else. I woke up on the floor with three paramedics standing over me and the school nurse. Several girls were huddled outside the main entrance and I could hear a teacher telling them to get back into class and that there was nothing to see. Because the paramedics were males and because of the situation I was in, I was so embarrassed. Since I came out of it pretty fast, and explained what happened (actually the mess on my butt and over the front of the stool and onto the floor told the story), they didn't take me to the hospital, but rather downstairs to the nurse's office. I completed my crap there and then was allowed to shower. My mom was called by the nurse and, of course, I was given a Saturday school for leaving class "unauthorized".

I now carry a laxative in my purse and I have only had to use it on a few occasions. More than anything else, I'm no more appreciative of importance of daily pooping and, if constipation does happen, not trying to force it out.

Sierra brings up a valid issue about stuck shit. It happened to me once, about 30 years ago. I was also in a public place and I must have sat and pushed at various intervals for a half hour or more. Pretty much everything she tried, I did. But I never pushed so hard I lost my breath. Being at a mall, I awkwardly walked out of the restroom in search of a drug store. My father had taught me to use an enema in such a situation. More than 100 stores,but no Walgreens. I took the bus to my first transfer point to get back home, bought the enema, and used it as soon as I got home. I had my relief within minutes. Massive pushing that interrupts the breathing process is scary at best. While gross, I found the enema is the answer.

"I'm a vegitarian. Explain why my poo is sticky and smells like a dead elephant."

Because an elephant crawled up your ass and died?
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Yo quiero Taco Bell.

Is THAT where I lost Mitt Romney!

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Beware the shitticane. Election, 2008.

Excessive pushing/ straining can also provoke hemmorhoids.

As I said before, if the poop is coming out ok, then pushing is just a waste of energy.
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"Two percent of the population think; three percent of the population think they think, and 95 percent of the population would rather die than think."

Really depends on the situation.

if a soft, self-lubricated one is coming, yeah, letting it flow is sometimes better for you and your outlet.

I've noticed, however, unfortunately from ym personal experiences, that not all flow out by themselves. especially when I didn't go empty my bowls for 5 consecutive days all the while consuming my normal dose of food...
things built up. it was big, it was scary, it didn't want to fit through.

....umm so I mean, if one's stuck in such situation, don't just sit there... help your dear thing slide out by a bit of pushing.

do what you think is best for you at that moment.

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To clog or not to clog...
too late - already clogged.

I have been in the situation like Sierra was three times. Although I didn't pass out, I was in the worse of situations in that I was using public restrooms and on one occasion, traveling. In that situation, I had been on the stool at the airport for about 15 minutes, my crap was partially out, but due to a four-day bout with constipation, it was just too big for me to fully pass. I re-positioned myself on the stool--and I hate sitting on public seats but I didn't have any alternative
--so I pushed myself as hard as I could at the same time I was spreading my legs as wide as I ever had. There was a pop in my left knee and great pain. I pushed so hard that I was only halfway on the seat and finally, I was able to pass the most massive shit of my career. Later that day I went to Student Health and had my knee examined and wrapped. I had sprained it. I had let frustration overpower the good sense in my brain. The Student Health doctor convinced me that laxatives are best. I now watch my limits and especially I make sure I eat right and overall less when I'm traveling. Public toilets, traveling and constipation are a lethal combination for me.

i still remember, 30 years ago, the time in the potato fields of northern maine...
i was picking potatoes, old school. me, an ashwood basket, and fifty feet of kennebecs. all i had to do was pick the damned potatoes and transfer them to a barrel. pick spuds, get paid. simple, right?
right???????
then, one day, i had (i thought) terminal constipation.
OOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
even northern maine potato fields couldn't compare to my collection of rocks!!!
i had to go home early, because i couldn't do the dookiethang.
i've never gotten over the shame...

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purveyor of the brown note...

I'm an MBA student who works full time and takes weekend graduate courses. I'm rarely at my apartment since I work sales and call on customers all over a 200 mile area. Since I spend so much time in my car, I'm probably guilty of trying to hold my shit a little longer than I should because I really don't like sitting on some of those dirty interstate reststop toilets. Once last month, I had my worse experience. I was hoping to make it back to my apartment back in Chicago, but I was in a position where I was three-days constipated (and, yes, I had been doing some drinking the previous night at a club). I stopped at a BP/Amoco station, set myself down and dropped my thong just as the head was coming out, and I nearly escaped messing myself. I pushed, the head had started to emerge (I took toilet paper and tapped it) but I couldn't get the giant log to clear. I stood up twice, repositioned myself, spread my legs so wide I hurt, but I still couldn't get it to completely pop out. I remember swearing to myself when I found I had forgotten to latch the restroom door because I heard it creak open and two middle school-age girls quickly were in front of the lone, doorless stall I occupied.

Should I apologize and explain to them my delemma? Would the anguish on my face and the sweat that was running wild on me in the humid room tell them the story? I thought about breaking off the protruding crap, giving up and turning the throne over to them. I warned them it might be a few minutes, so they backed up and stood closer to the sink and door and were not directly gawking at me. I stood, repositioned myself one more time, and with one knee getting abrasions from the concrete wall and my other loosening and perhaps denting the rusted stall partition, I gave a mighty shove and cried out in anguish. Still no results in extracating what felt like a baseball bat from my ass. About 10 minutes had elapsed and one of the girls said she had to pee really bad and that her father was getting pissed as to what was taking so long, I got up, took toilet paper and was ready to use the break-off procedure just to give the girl the opportunity to save her pants. I don't know what it was but just as I was ready to break-off my log, I let off a large fart and, while I was still standing, the stubborn log cleared and splashed so hard into the toilet that it got its former standing owner quite wet while she was still in her squat.

The girls giggled and clapped. Although I was waterlogged, I was elated and practically crying because the pain and frustration had subsided. Otherwise, I had very little cleaning to do. The size of what was in the bowl convinced me that it was futile to try and flush such a huge and dominant deposit. I explained to the girl who was already pulling her shorts down as I was pulling up my jeans. She threw herself onto the stool with such force that I was surprised she didn't bruise her tailbone. As I was washing my hands and listening to her pee flow, I knew that she had a much easier task.

well i was all for pushing hard, untill i got hemorrhoids , I use a few techniques now, first rolling the shoulders , yeah i know that sounds crazy but for some reason it helps, roll your shoulders in big circles, i also give abit of a push on my stomach working it down, and also just relaxing, use my breathing to push it out ( like lamaz-the breathing thing pregnant chicks do) I am 24 and last year would have though this was all crap ;) but was in so much pain. who knew.

AC. Along with rolling your shoulders in big circles and pushing on your stomach, try singing "with a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there..." I know it sounds silly, but it will get results.

In most cases pushing is a bad idea. You could turn your asshole wrong-side-out
and end up with an elephant trunk rather than a starfish.

Eat lots of high fiber fruits and vegetables along with many delicious alcoholic beverages and you will have to hold it in as you rush to the bathroom rather than push it out when you get there.

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Eat chilies and feel the burn!!

Sound advice Chief. I like your food pyramid.

The human digestive system is supposed to be voluntary to some extent at the exit end. I am glad to have to push out my poop; if it just came out when it (not I) was ready, it would be like a reversion to babyhood (though even babies push). Pushing is natural and necessary, though taken to extremes it can cause problems.

Holy crap Latisha.

Yours is one of those comments that makes me think "poop is most definitely universal."

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I'm almost certain I saw this same question posted elsewhere on the site - but I could be wrong. So if I'm repeating myself here, I apologize in advance.

I never really have to push, unless I want to accelerate
the already-gushing diarrhea past Mach 10. However, if I do that I generally find that the LiquiShit does not remain confined to the toilet bowl alone.

With that said, a good push feels great every now and then, especially when there's an overt amount of flatulence attached to it!

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drink alot more water helps keep moisture in poop making it slide easier. also helps to have magazine, book or hand-held game, hell even text on your cell. think about other then pooping. if you dont think about it too much. it becomes easier everytime. also stress seems to tighten the body.

just do a poo its not hard if you need to push , PUSH dont not go because you have to push, if you get haemmoroids your pushing too hard, dont hold it in you will get ill

Hmm... I've pushed all my life, and I've tried just letting it flow, but I can't... my muscles automatically react and push. I mean, I can control it if I really want to, but it feels very unnatural and slow for me...

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My dream: to design and build the ultimate shredder toilet that will never, ever clog.

Push, you need to get John Basedow's new video, "Shitting made Simple". Not only will it help with your shitting problem, but you will develope an unusually large ass for your body as a bonus.

Just push to get the movement started.

Boy do I wish it was that simple Haley. *sigh*

I found out the hard way that if you eat enough fiber and drink enough water, you will have a very large and comfortable bowel movement without any pushing. All you have to do is sit on the pot and relax and enjoy it. And to MSG's comment, your poop will only come out when you allow it to, so don't worry about an accident. In fact, sometimes I'm not even positive I have to go, but I think I might have to, so I go sit on the pot, and sure enough as soon as I relax I start going.

(NOTE: these comments are only for people who do not have some specific diagnosed problem such as IBS, etc.) But, if you do not have such a problem and just have a problem going, and/or have become laxative dependent this will definitely work.

p.s. You have to have a lot more fiber than you may realize. You can get all the facts about this by doing an internet search for "recommended daily fiber", or something similar. Also, if you eat out very often, there is almost no way you can get enough fiber in your diet without using a lot of fiber supplements. Restaurants do absolutely nothing to promote a healthy diet.

My best friend BJ's boyfriend told me about this site and he thinks PoopReport.com can help the both of us.

This past two weeks BJ & I have been able to take very full and satisfying craps each morning. Each of us has our own bathroom in our respective homes. In two minutes after sitting down I easily can produce 12 to 15 inches without any major pushing. BJ's basically the same, but sometimes hers is broken into three or four pieces.

However, on school days it's a whole other story and it sucks. We'll get a pass from one of our mid-morning teachers, go in and at best produce 1/2 to an inch after sometimes sitting for up to 10 minutes and really pushing hard. I'll go in again at lunchtime, and in addition to peeing, push and be able to do another 1/2 inch or so. Obviously, we're so frustrated that sometimes we'll go in again right after school and get almost nothing for our effort.

However, a half hour later when we get to my house or BJs (we alternate where we are going to study) each of us will have the ability to drop logs of a foot or more and with relative ease. BJ says it's because of the smaller toilets and more modern seats (white or blue compared to the old black ones) and I think it's because of the privacy, clean smell of the bathroom and the overall cleanliness of the facilities. It's a turnoff for me to be pushing (largely in vain) and to look up on the inside of the half-high stall door and see the organ of some girl's boyfriend carved into the paint, with ink engraving and pointed at me!

With winter break over with, both BJ and I are going back to a school where we like our classes, but are depressed by the restrooms and our inability to produce. And we're tired of pushing so hard and producing so little at school.

We're seniors this year and expected something better, I guess.

You have basically answered your question, Meredith. Think for a moment how much easier it is to get ANYTHING accomplished when you are relaxed and not under stress. No deadline, time limit, audiences waiting...etc, makes things much easier...because you aren't trying to force the issue. When I get stressed, I seize up like an Offenhauser run dry of oil, and I'm not talking just about shitting, but just about everything I do. When I'm relaxed, and concentrating on the task at hand, and nothing else, things always work out much better, and usually with a lot less effort.
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The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

I agree with B.J. At my school too the seats are old and big, like one third larger than I sit on at home. Also, they're black (actually more of a faded gray) and that's a concern to me to because when I put my butt down on them, I really can't see what I'm sitting on.

Sometimes when I push hard when completing a shit, they creak because they are so ancient. And there's been times when I stand to wipe that my butt momentarily sticks to the seat as if there were a coating of Velcro on it. About once a week a seat is up and I have to put it down. When I do I only use my thumb and forefinger because they tend to stick to the seat also.

My Mom's not much of a help in sympathizing with me. She went to a junior high which has since been torn down that had flushing chains attached to the ceiling that you had to pull down. Her response is that if you don't like the bathrooms at school, be prepared to hold it until you get home.

I'm not there yet.

My school, which is like 55 years old, has these seats like the shape of horseshoes. They are like so different than we sit on at home and at other places. Also, because the stools and seats are larger, they are also higher off the floor. I feel that makes a difference, also. I'm 5' 1" and feel that additional comfort would help me be more productive. And in this weather, the bathrooms and seats are cold. Even when I take over a stall that has just been used the seat is still cold because the windows have been opened some of get rid of the smoke from the smokers.

Horseshoe-shaped seats, higher than normal on larger than normal toilet stools suck and are making my freshman year miserable three or four times a day.

My boyfriend said the guys also hate them because of the shape they have in the front. More pee is collected on the front of the seat.

I prefer my toilet at home to the ones at work (also horseshoe shaped). Part of what you need to learn at school is how to cope with the world that exists outside your cozy home. We make our homes to fit our particular needs and comforts. Ideally, our home is the nicest place on earth -- our retreat. So, part of your job, Lucky Linda, is learning to make the best of it at school, and everywhere else. Learn everything you can and make something of yourself so that when your kids come home from school, they will come home to the nicest toilet they know.

Hello everybody. I have surfaced again from my books and toilet.

On the subject of pushing, I find I don't need to. Bare bottom + seat is like an electric current and conveys the message to my bowel. I don't have to do anything but just relax, and let nature take its course. A very pleasurable sensation - putting me in a good frame of mind for the day.

At the end, however, before reaching for the roll, I DO PUSH - just to make sure.

Incidentally, I was brought up with the word 'squeeze' rather than push - when I was being trained. Sometimes when staying at my friend Dominic's, I have helped with his youngest brother, and held his hand and said 'Have a good squeeze'. He has picked up the expression from me!

My grandma, who is 81, has been visiting us this past month. When we took her up to my high school this week to see a freshman swim meet, I gave her a tour of the school.

She graduated from high school in 1945. When I was showing her my locker (I have her picture on the inside door), I realized I had to pee and the bathroom was just down the hall. It was totally dark when we entered, but in about five seconds the sensors turned the lights on.

As I was in peeing, I told her the sensors suck and like nobody likes them. She lives on the west coast and was surprised to see how modern our bathrooms are. For some reason, I had a tougher time getting my pee stream going and our conversation continued to the point when I came out of the stall, she reminded me to flush. Just then, the auto-flush went off.

She said her school had some sort of lever over the top of the stall with a loop that she would reach up and pull to flush (just like Julieanne's story). After school each day she and her friends would go in and pee and crap (even if they didn't think they had to go) because their school was downtown, where the stores and movies were, and that's where they hanged out after school.

The problem was that many of the bathrooms were "pay toilets" that required you to put 5 cents or 10 cents into a slot before the door latch would open. That was a lot of money back then and it would come out of her allowence.

I told Gram's that would make me go one more time at school and push a little harder before I left the campus.

My question for Grams would be if the pay toilets had those toilet seat tissues or not? How clean were they? I sit down for about 10 minutes each morning to pee and try and crap at home. Sometimes I'm able to push and get my crap out; other times it's not quite ready and it comes about an hour later when I'm at school and I have to use those dirty toilets and crowded bathrooms. Urgh!

Gram's Favorite. Note Mandy's questions. I've got a few questions for Grams, too. Any chance we can get her on the site for a few rounds of Q and A?