Some info about me

Basics; I'm a 50-something male living near Seattle. I work for a city here in the wastewater department (no surprise there) and have been in the wastewater field since the mid 80s. I probably went through the normal childhood stages of poop fascination, I don't remember.

I grew up in a forested rural area in the midwest. That was back when kids were pretty much out of the house after breakfast and except for maybe lunch, didn't go back in until dinner, then frequently back out until darkness set in. You learned to go outside, there was always a handy tree, bush or rock to go behind. And you learned what kinds of leaves were comfortable and which to stay away from. Boy Scouts taught the finer arts of burying your scat and digging cat holes, not to mention identifying animals by their droppings. When I moved to a large southwest city in my early teens it was a major culture shock for me. While in the military I was exposed to some of the toilet standards in SE Asia and came to really appreciate the porcelain sitters that are the standard in the US.

The actual chart

Here is the chart that you might see in a docotr's office, once again stolen from Wikipedia.

What to expect here

My stream of consciousness is highly braided, so don't expect linear thought here.

I don't think I need to tell you where I was sitting when the idea for this blog entered my warped mind. What you can expect is regular posting of photos of and commentary regarding my "production", links to sites I read, maybe other photos or commentary on anything that comes to mind. I'm relatively stable mentally, so don't expect any videos of me tearfully telling you all to Leave Britney Alone! The odds are really good that you will never see an image or video of me at all.

First post and some explanation

This blog isn't for the weak of stomach, it's not for the squeamish, it's not for those who think their shit doesn't stink. This blog will celebrate the (usually) solid effluvia from the human (mostly) body. The name comes from an aid used by health care providers to classify how one's bowels are performing. Quoting from Wikipedia (complete with Briticisms):

"The Bristol Stool Scale or Bristol Stool Chart is a medical aid designed to classify the form of human faeces into seven categories. Sometimes referred to in the UK as the "Meyers Scale," it was developed by Heaton at the University of Bristol and was first published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology in 1997. The form of the stool depends on the time it spends in the

The seven types of stool are:
Type 1: Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass)
Type 2: Sausage-shaped, but lumpy
Type 3: Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface
Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft
Type 5: Soft blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily)
Type 6: Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
Type 7: Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely liquid

Types 1 and 2 indicate constipation, with 3 and 4 being the "ideal stools" especially the latter, as they are the easiest to pass, and 5–7 being further tending towards diarrhoea or urgency."

At one time Oprah had Dr Oz on and started a period of the Oprahites worrying if their stool wasn't the perfect "s"-shape in the toilet (that would be Bristol Type 4.)