Wordie: Poop: Comments

Comment by reesetee, about 1 month ago

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:12:52 +0000

*leaves the room*

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:16:56 +0000

I have found a Poopy Song. Here it is, in all its poopy glory.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:05:08 +0000

Exactly, oroboros. Not in front of you, but behind you. And a solid poop, not a... well, nevermind.

Comment by oroboros, about 1 month ago

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:59:41 +0000

It's always good to have a poop behind you...unless it was an unexpected poop! ;o)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 month ago

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:40:49 +0000

Wow. That's...really weird, chained_bear. Though I daresay that poop usually doesn't add much to one's dignity, despite what O'Brian says.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 month ago

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:08:19 +0000

No, but I read O'Brian in a courtroom with my spawn. Wordie isn't as portable. (No cell phones, etc. allowed)

Where, might I say, it is wonderful comfort to have a solid poop behind you.

Comment by yarb, about 1 month ago

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:30:47 +0000

...with your spawn?

Comment by seanahan, about 1 month ago

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:09:12 +0000

You read Wordie in courtrooms?

Comment by chained_bear, 2 months ago

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:35:52 +0000

Yet another hilarious usage of poop:

"'I believe we may attack the adagio directly,' said Stephen. 'The wind is in our poop, and we have never played better.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 64
(This one made my spawn, who happened to be looking over my shoulder, giggle out loud in a courtroom.)

But this one's even better:
"'So she is the Bellona, the chief argosy of your command! ... Why, I declare, she has a poop, which adds much to her dignity.'"

Wait! Wait! It goes on:

"'When you are on the quarterdeck in a hot action with a really malignant enemy firing great guns and small arms, it is a wonderful comfort to have a solid poop behind you.'"

--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 70

Comment by jennarenn, 3 months ago

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:20 +0000

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:19:37 +0000

Gosh, c_b, I think I want to retire in your area!

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:14:01 +0000

I went to Lowe's today and saw a beat-up old blue pickup in the lot with some junk lumber in the back. Its bumper sticker read:

I'm only speeding because I really have to poop.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:27:26 +0000

It is a kick-awesome verb, wouldn't you say?

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:07:55 +0000

Plus, we're talking about poop again.

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:07:06 +0000

NO! That's a great pun! I wish I had made it. *still giggling*

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:38:54 +0000

Nah, no problem. Probably everyone's relieved.

OH! OH! I made a horrible pun!!! It was *totally* not on purpose!!

*hides in shame*

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:24:59 +0000

Well, who's fault was that? Oh...mine. Sorry (ish).

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:13:29 +0000

We've gotten away from poop here. I just thought I'd point that out.

You're welcome.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:50:36 +0000

You think I was on the light side, skipvia? ;-)

Trivet, count me as a total bird nerd. Guilty as charged, and happy about it!

Comment by trivet, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:27:15 +0000

Yup! Heard first at a raptor rehab center, but also out in the world of bird nerds.

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:50:18 +0000

Welcome to the dark side of Wordie, reesetee. :)

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:34:18 +0000

I've heard whitewash used to describe generic bird poop. Is that how you've heard it, trivet?

I can't believe I'm discussing this. ;-)

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:26:09 +0000

Whitewash, trivet? I can't find that definition for that word.

I did find mutes, or more specifically mutess, in the OED, but it's a verb. I added it anyway. And also mute. Who knew mute meant a specific kind of excrement?

Well... trivet did, apparently.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:55:37 +0000

Thought I saw mutes on that list. Signed, Too Lazy to Check.

Comment by trivet, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:53:28 +0000

'S okay, R, I do love to commentate.

Hey, C_b - do you have mutes on your special poo list? I think they're specific to birds of prey. Also, whitewash.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:47:47 +0000

Right. Thank you, trivet, for your gentle reminders that animals other than birds actually do exist. ;-) (I tend to get a little single-minded on the subject.)

Comment by trivet, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:44:18 +0000

Or bats.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:27:32 +0000

Guano, c_b. But it's only used in reference to sea birds.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:02:48 +0000

Sionnach, be careful what you say around here--you may have launched a boob discussion by now!

Skipvia: Sure, sure, you can have a hat (note to John: skipvia wants a Wordie hat). Even a sword, as long as it's fake (note to John: I wouldn't if I were you). But T-Scratch? Do you need ointment? ;->

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:09:27 +0000

Hey, it's uselessness who had the revelation! I just had an excuse to type in a really bad short poem about bird poo.

Hey... is there a special word for bird poo?

And by the way, boob is just poop upside-down. Wait... that's gross.

P.S. My Mafia name is Junior Mint.

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:15:31 +0000

Knowing c_b, probably right back to poop...:)

Comment by sionnach, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:42:36 +0000

i'm paroxysming with the giggles over here. if you guys can do so much with poop, I can only imagine what a discussion of boob might lead to.

singed: the dyslexic dood

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:44:13 +0000

OK, reesetee. I have a rap name now. You may call me *wait for it* T-Scratch!

*adjusts bling and makes strange hand gestures, being careful not to harm LCD monitor or poke self in eye*

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:21:23 +0000

Dang. So, reesetee--do we get cool hats or anything? Ooh--could I have a sword?

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:52:56 +0000

Er, skipvia--we're all officers in Facebook's Wordie group.

Signed, Pharaoh Moohlah

(What? That's what the Rapper Name Generator said.)

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:37:54 +0000

Ah, Chuck Berry--probably our finest rock poet (unless it's Smokey Robinson).

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:31:07 +0000

I thought chained_bear was your rap name. Mine is flaming twit. I don't exactly roll with the gangstas.

But--I'm an officer in Facebook's Wordie group. Match that!

Comment by John, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:28:42 +0000

Ladies and gentleman... Chuck Berry.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:08:42 +0000

I'm going away now.

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:07:33 +0000

Skipvia, how did you guess my rap name?!

Comment by skipvia, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:01:38 +0000

C_B, if you think "poop" would set off 5th graders, imagine the reaction that a social studies unit called "Westward 'Ho" would get from middle schoolers. I warned the teacher, but did she listen?...

Comment by uselessness, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:57:46 +0000

Gross. Never, never feed me on the poop.

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:55:55 +0000

Oh come on, it's not about impalement. Robins' heads *always* go "Niddle, Noddle." Listen next time you see a robin, and just SEE if you don't hear those exact words (with that exact punctuation).

I admit, I did take the poop out of poop deck. Or, not really, since the original sentence read something like, "Men were fed on the quarterdeck, women and children on the poop."

I remember it didn't even say poop deck, which changed its meaning entirely (from a modern perspective).

Comment by yarb, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:43:13 +0000

I bet that nursery rhyme is about impalement.

n.b. You took the poop out of poop deck, CB?! For shame!

Comment by John, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:32:45 +0000

"Marilyn Manson says you should shoot your friends in the head with a gun! And everyone should eat babies! And rape their dead grandparents! And poop on a church!"
- The Onion, January 31, 2001

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:31:56 +0000

I know that poem!

Good grief; why am I admitting that?

Comment by uselessness, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:28:12 +0000

Wow, in that way it's almost onomatopoeic. *does that finger-in-cheek popping noise thing*

Comment by chained_bear, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:23:10 +0000

I came across my absolute favorite usage of this word at work (I swear), because I had to replace it (in the phrase "poop deck") in a text having to do with the slave trade that was going to be read by a bunch of 5th-graders.

You can see why it had to be replaced. The slave trade is not funny, but 10-year-olds would be so distracted by the word... anyway. Looking for when the meaning came to mean... you know... poop... I found this usage in the OED:

c1744 in Oxf. Dict. Nursery Rhymes (1951) 372:
Little Robin red breast,
Sitting on a pole,
Niddle, Noddle, Went his head,
And Poop went his Hole.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:20:40 +0000

I'm so happy for you, uselessness. :-D

Comment by uselessness, 6 months ago

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:02:50 +0000

I just had a revelation concerning the word poop... it's a lousy noun but a kick-awesome verb.

Comment by brtom, about 1 year ago

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:02:28 +0000

"The milkwhite dolphin tossed his mane and, rising in the golden poop, the helmsman spread the bellying sail upon the wind and stood off forward with all sail set, the spinnaker to larboard."
Joyce, Ulysses, 12