What really made the stories below stand out is that they can be described in one word: epic. These stories are like the fabled two-foot bowl curler, or the fart that shakes the windows, or the poop that reeks so awfully that the stench resides on your nosehairs for three days. You don't forget them, and you can (and often do) recount them in vivid detail to your friends. They come back to you when you find yourself in not-so-funny situations, and help you laugh through them. Many PoopReporters may find themselves aspiring to write more stories like these.

I daresay, though, that if every story could be called epic, these would still stand out. Some of these PoopReporters went out of their way to bring us these fine stories. Some of these PoopReporters disappeared from the public (brown) eye for a few months, only to reintroduce themselves with a spellbinding tale they had no doubt been working on for some time. Others recount situations so unimaginably hilarious that we can't believe they could really happen -- but we have to believe them because only a real experience could be so fantastically written.

Don't vote now. Take your time. Read each one again. Digest them. Evaluate the writing style and appreciate the craft. And then make your decision:

There can only be one winner. But that doesn't mean we can't all feel good -- and that there can't be some honorable mentions. Maybe that foot-long hot dog with which you clogged the bowl wasn't the most spectacular turd ever, but it was still pretty damn good. So here are some other stories that made a, um, splash in 2006:

Thanks to every PoopReporter who submitted a story in 2006. Looking forward to more in 2007!