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Preparing For The Summer Stoolstice

Posted 06.16.2006 by Dave (11563)
The universe is like a giant Swiss clock. Gravity and other magical forces effortlessly keep the planets and the stars floating around space with the precision and regularity that only someone on all-oatmeal diet can possibly replicate. So exact is the rotation of the Earth around the sun that on every June 21, without fail, there occurs the celestial event known as the Summer Solstice. This is the day when the tilt of the Earth is at its least drastic relative to the sun, and thus occurs, in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year.

The Summer Solstice has happened every year since the Earth started rotating. June 21st, 2006, however, also marks the third annual celebration of a very important tradition here at PoopReport: the Summer Stoolstice.

Achieving the elusive eighteen-incher is a difficult feat; but if there were one day a year to strive for it, this is it. The trick is two-fold: a regimented two-day diet of hard-to-pass sustenance, followed by a sudden massive influx of cleansing fiber. Starting on June 19, you want to fill up your stomach with a mess of difficult-to-digest bung (PHASE 1), and then bind it and shove it all loose with a tremendous burst of fiber (PHASE 2).

My intuition tells me that Phase 1 should consist of fatty meat, cooked as thoroughly as you can stand it. A little bit of research brought me to Digestive Control by Anne Mears, which gives us these tips:

"The specific food vs. digestion time: Carbohydrates (fruits, cereals) require the least amount of time to digest; proteins (legumes) is second, and last of all, requiring the most time to digest are the lipids (nuts, nut butters). A mixture of two or three (beans and rice) requires even more time to digest."

"Method of food preparation: Fried food or foods containing high amounts of oils or hardened fats, require more time to digest. A cereal cooked very well is easier to digest than one that is partially cooked."

"Too much water or juice taken with the meals will dilute the digestive juices, and slow digestion: 'Food should not be washed down. Taken with meals, water diminishes the flow of saliva; and the colder the water, the greater the injury to the stomach... The more liquid there is taken into the stomach with the meals, the more difficult it is for the food to digest; for the liquid must first be absorbed.'"

Ms. Mears, of course, suggests we should avoid slow digestion. But in Phase 1 of celebrating the Summer Stoolstice, slow digestion is exactly what you want -- you want to retain as much of your food in your stomach as you can. So follow the above guidelines all day the 19th and most of the 20th to ensure record-breaking bulk.

But building up your internal mass is the simple part. That's like packing a barrel full of gunpowder -- easy, but benign without a fuse. So on the evening of the 20th, you bring your preparations to fruition. On the 20th, the last meal you should eat (dinner, if you dine late, or a late-night snack) should be as much fiber as you can possibly handle.

Oatmeal, for instance. At least two bowls.

Oatmeal, bran muffins, fiber-filled cereal, raw green veggies, brown rice, beans, a triple helping of Metamucil for dessert... they don't make the most delectable dinner, I know. But for the Summer Stoolstice, this is the sacrifice that must be made. In order to achieve maximum chunk on the 21st, you need this injection of fiber to bind your churning mound and push it out. Making its way through your system, the fiber should scrape your internal nooks and crannies clean and free of any clinging pockets of stool, clumping your huddled masses together in what you hope to be a celestial event of your own.

Pooping for sport (or ritual, in this case) is not an easy task. No two colons react the same, which means what works for me may not work for you. However, if you follow these guidelines starting on June 19th, June 21st should be a long and memorable day for you indeed. Good luck!

Dave (11563) -- 06.16.2006

Remember: be careful!

doniker (1535) -- 06.16.2006

maybe I will participate this year.

I have been on a liquid diet for the last week; I had my wisdom teeth pulled and since I am 42 years old it was a very painful experience.

I'm still in pain; I've taken so many painkillers and penicilin in the last week I'm a zombie. Hopefully I can eat real food again soon.....and drink alcohol again!!!!

The Shit Volcano (3732) -- 06.16.2006

Doniker, I sympathize with you this week. A few days ago I sliced open the gum that is overgrowing one of my wisdom teeth and it got infected. Now I can barely chew my damn food! Get better soon!

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"Just kidding!"- Alberto

Double Flush (597) -- 06.16.2006

I had my wisdom teeth out a few years or so ago with no complications, and I recovered quickly. I remember it well--I'll take the story to the forums if anyone wants to hear it.

I don't know whether or not I'll be participating or not. At the moment, chances are I won't get to participate this year :(. Good luck to all you stoolstice poopers out there! And I expect somewhat of a journal/diary of it from someone with an interesting experience. This is a great poop story in the making.

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

Poopy Doopy!!! (not verified) -- 06.16.2006

Glad you're feeling better Dave. I hate the stomach flu. (I'm assuming that's what you meant by "Bleearrgh".) Anyways, do you have any interesting diarrhea stories from it?

Dave (11563) -- 06.16.2006

Well I have a story, but it's completely uninteresting. I thought it was a fart -- it wasn't. I was pretty weak all day yesterday, but I was able to muster the strength to change my underwear and rinse off the old ones.

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.16.2006

Did you make a Manpon for it? Heh heh...

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

The Dumpster (2506) -- 06.16.2006

Jeez--PR doesn't sound like such a healthy place to be right now--Dave, TSV, and Doniker all sick. I had a horrific case of strep stroat about a year and a half ago. Sickest I've ever been in my life. It is acting like it wants to come back today.

But back on topic: Dave, I would love to participate in this annual PR ritual, but, unfortunately, I am a sort of one-man shitting experiment. That is, my bowels have a mind of their own, and usually do the exact opposite of what I tell them to.

Thus, if I set out to constipate myself and produce a monster log in the end (pun intended), I would undoubtedly wind up squirting butt pee for three days.

However, Doniker, on all his pain pills, is probably constipated. Codeine, which I sometimes have to take for gum problems (are you out there, TSV?), is about the only thing that constipates me. So, Little D, can you pop a few more and just hold it a bit longer for the Stoolstice?

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Send all your money to Bilgepump, or to Dave!

doniker (1535) -- 06.17.2006

"However, Doniker, on all his pain pills, is probably constipated."

You are correct, sir.

I have only squeezed out a few marbles during the last 5 days. I did go like 2 whole days without eating; I can eat soft foods now but I still ain't shitting right.
I always feel like I gotta take a crap but when I sit on the pot nothing happens.

Great comment! +1 point
PINWORM (138) -- 06.18.2006

Not to brag, but I can make an 18 incher (or damn close to it) quite frequently.

It's simple. Morningstar Farms meatless chicken nuggets combined with Arizona summer dehydration.

It's a soy based meat replacement. Eat a box of those, and your shit will be solid and gargantuan. Miss a few of the recommended 10 pints of water daily and you will produce a grogan large enough to reach out of the bowl and hand you the toilet paper itself.

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.18.2006

Dare I ask (rather afraid to)... wouldn't a meatless chicken look really really weird? And isn't that an oxymoron of sorts?

"reach out of the bowl and hand you the toilet paper itself." Now I truly question what you eat and what leaves your body. It's alive? Or simply just big enough, yet dead?

Yeah yeah, lame jokes, but it's 6am and I'm wired. Yay coffee!

Seriously though, a meatless meal or three causes a lot of weird stuff to happen to my poop.

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 06.18.2006

Nuggets, Dufya. N-U-G-G-E-T-S. Chicken nuggets.

You know, just for fun, next time I heat some chicken nuggets for the boy, and my husband is around, I'm going to call them "Chicken Grundles", just to see if he'll say anything.

Double Flush (597) -- 06.18.2006

Chickens don't have nuggets.

Still, my point. If they are meatless nugget shaped piece, why call them chicken?

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 06.18.2006

BECAUSE, Dufya, if they put "Meatless Nugget Shaped Food" on the package, NO ONE would BUY them! They're TRYING to provide an ALTERNATIVE to ACTUAL chicken nuggets; a reasonable facsimile. For those who would LIKE chicken nuggets, but who are conscientious objectors to the consumption of anything with a face.

Can we get back to the Stoolstice, now?

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.18.2006

I'm interested in hearing some stories from people who are participating in the Stoolstice. Perhaps a compilation in the forums or something.

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

Thunderbox (808) -- 06.19.2006

Jesus, don`t you guys ever, in fact, cook food? I mean actual proper food from scratch, basic ingredients.

To help with Dave`s quest, I`m preparing a delicious oxtail dish tonight (it`ll take a good 3 or 4 hours gentle cooking) - this amount of rich meat and fat ought to bung me up for a day or so. Tomorrow some pheasants I ran over last week - maybe 4 or 5, with some asparagus to bind it up with the oxtail. Then on the 21st piles of salad with loads of freshly made dressing and rice for breakfast and lunch. Can`t wait ti see the length and girth that log comes out as.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 06.19.2006

Holy shit, thunderbox, ya tryin for der uberpoopen or suicide?

Thunderbox (808) -- 06.19.2006

Just getting into the spirit if the summer sostice AC.

DungDaddy (1369) -- 06.19.2006

I don't know if Anne Mears' advice is worth much. I tried alot of her stuff last year and I got no big turd.

This year, I'm planning on getting real drunk and swallowing a 24 inch piece of rope. That should make for a long poop.

The Dumpster (2506) -- 06.19.2006

How about smoking some rope, too, DD?

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Send all your money to Bilgepump, or to Dave!

daphne (3489) -- 06.20.2006

The Morningstar "hot wings" nugget-type food are pretty good for a full toilet also. And, they sting on the exit.

I will not be participating this year due to Aunt Flo visiting and I cannot risk this type of extreme sport when Thing One will have to be at All Star practice for all this week. I would much rather like to participate if I didn't have to drive anywhere.

Then again, it would be interesting to leave an 18 incher in the porta-potty at the baseball field.


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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.20.2006

How would you identify your turd amongst all the others in a porta-potty? Also, I kida wished you would have gone for it. We might have gotten another good "shit myself in the car" poop story out of it.

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So... uhh... erm.... POOP!!!

daphne (3489) -- 06.20.2006

Well, yeah, DF, you're right in the "spirit of the pooper" sense. I guess I'm getting old?


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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 06.21.2006

Thunderbox wrote: "...Jesus, don`t you guys ever, in fact, cook food? I mean actual proper food from scratch, basic ingredients..."

Are you talking about the chicken nuggets? If that's to what you refer, then NO. I tried making my own once, and it was a BIG ol' pain in the ass.

But I cook other stuff from scratch. I make my own marinara, I bake bread, I make a mean lasagne, etc... Truly!

"...To help with Dave`s quest, I`m preparing a delicious oxtail dish tonight..."

I, uh, don't think we eat, uh, oxen, here. Do we? And if ox tail is anything like a turkey neck, I'm already running down the hall with my hand over my mouth.

Turkey necks, pig feet, ox tail. No thanks.

Political Dumper (7) -- 06.21.2006

I didn't know it was the shit solstice!

Luckily for me, I drunk too much last night and I laid down a fat one about 15 minutes ago. Not quite 18 inches, but the bears arm was saluting me!

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Semper Cinaedus - Always Shameless

Nine Inch Log (345) -- 06.21.2006

My first summer stoolstice. Alas, my colon gets confused and likes to disobay orders as many others. I work at a sandwich shop/resturant right near campus so when I first read about the stoolstice I started planning my diet the same day: fatty italian meats (which was a sacrifice in and of itself because I hate fatty meats), lots of nuts and as much liquid as I could absorb.

Last night in an act of final preperation I carbo loaded like a marathon runner. Fruit, whole grain bread, and even a beer or two to loosen the cork that had been created in my ass.

This morning I awoke to severe cramps and gas. It was one of those situations where you know you have to poo, you feel the poo pushing against your sphincter like storm troopers on cocaine, but you can't poo. I couldn't even fart.

Dissapointed that the fiber wasn't doing it's job I decided it was time to rid myself of this beast by any means necessary, by taking 2 tablespoons of mineral oil. It's been one hour since then. No log, no poop. The rumbling continues. I don't know if I should be scared or excited. Fortunatly I'm farting now so it has relieved the pressure. If I survive this day (I already skipped class and called in sick to work) I'll thank my lucky stars.

Still waiting for the perfect poop. Further bulletins as events warrent.


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Number One . . . I order you to take a number two.

daphne (3489) -- 06.21.2006

My summer stoolstice was ruined because Aunt Flo came to visit, and my digestive tract has run amok. I'm miserable and without poop. It truly is the longest day in the year.

*sigh*


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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

DungDaddy (1369) -- 06.21.2006

Dumpster, thanks alot, man. I shall not be smoking some rope.

However, with the wife and kids out of the house for two weeks, I will be smoking a plant similar to what rope is made out of.

daphne (3489) -- 06.21.2006

Lucky bastard.


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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.21.2006

So far I'm aware of I believe two people who have their period now. At least now I know your cycle! OK, so I'm kidding.

I was planning to poop at 8:26am, when the official Solstice was at Raleigh, but I slept through that. I had little to eat today, and I have not pooped all day. Sorry to disappoint.

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"Double the flush, double the fun" --The Amazing Anus

Cyanocobalamin (57) -- 06.21.2006

I'd be very happy to produce ANY kind of shit right now. I have 3 hours and 15 minutes.... I am scheduled to have a poop today, so we'll see.

Thunderbox (808) -- 06.22.2006

Only 14 inches by an inch and a half diameter. Pathetic effort.

Lame comment! -1 point
Double Flush (597) -- 06.22.2006

I missed the stoolstice, but I just pooped a few minutes ago and it was mostly solid pieces, which is unusual for me. Lunch yesterday was buffalo wings, so it was a spicy poop. Of course, being in Raleigh, you can often hear sirens. Hearing sirens during my spicy poop immediately made me think of PoopReport. Too bad I couldn't make a good poop story out of that!

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"Double the flush, double the fun" --The Amazing Anus

Grogan (98) -- 06.22.2006

I left my camera at the office. Although I was not really trying todays Turd was something I have not done in a long while. 12-13" and a good 2" diameter. One solid log. My poor butt is not used to that kind of abuse from one turd but I was still proud, a litle sore, but proud.

The Dumpster (2506) -- 06.23.2006

Daph--"Aunt Flo"!! LOL!--The only other girl I know who uses that term is one of my secretaries, Windy. She usually parlays a visit from Aunt Flo into a day to a day and a half off work each month.

DungDaddy, when and where next week can Daphne and I meet up with you? Sounds like you need some company (Daph will be bringing the bong).

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Send all your money to Bilgepump, or to Dave!

Pipe Nightmare (68) -- 06.23.2006

Nine Inch Log (3) -- 06.21.2006

"If I survive this day (I already skipped class and called in sick to work) I'll thank my lucky stars.

Still waiting for the perfect poop. Further bulletins as events warrent."

The cautions, you should not neglect,
Or your innards will surely be wrecked.
If we hear no more word
About Nine Incher's turd,
Let us all bow our heads in respect.

Bowl Clogger Blogger (71) -- 10.28.2006

A brief digression: Don't know if this was mentioned but, actually, the solstice some years falls on June 20. I think it's the case in leap years, and for the same reason. Sorry to distract from the gripping dialogue.
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My butt isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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