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10 Things I Learned about Poop from My Son

Posted by Cole Gamble

Poop does not abide by the laws of gravity

I heard screaming from downstairs, my daughter wailing, “Daddy come look at this!” Sounded like the typical 50-times-a-day emergency drill. When I arrived downstairs I saw nothing out of the ordinary. “What is it,” I asked. “Dalton’s poop!” she replied. I searched the room. “Where?” She pointed up. Hanging from the ceiling was a perfect orb of poop, the exact size of a baseball. For a moment I had to just stare at it wondrously. Whatever feat got it up there, it was clearly the work of a master. Impressed, I applauded, then cried.

 

 

Poop likes to be talked too

Whenever I change Dalton’s diaper, Dalton’s makes sure to greet it (“Hi Poop!”) and bid it adieu when it goes in the trash (“Bye Poop!”)

 

 

Poop wants to be free – the last place poop wants to be is in a diaper

Smashed into the rug, on the bottoms of shoes, on the wall, next to the toilet (“so close, buddy”)…

 

 

The less access you have to diapers and wipes, the more volumous and offensive the poop will be.

 

 

You will find things in poop that don’t occur in nature

If I had a dime for every time I uttered, “Have you ever seen this color before in your life” I’d enough dimes to…forget it. I don’t want your poop dimes.

 

 

Black birthday cake frosting makes poop green

 

 

Brown carpeting seems like a great idea for hiding stains…until you consider the stains you want to find.

 

Your dog and child will work together to spread the joy.

Boy takes off poopy diaper. Border Collie immediately shreds into poop confetti for spreading over the entire basement.

 

Zoo's clearly feed their animals a better diet than you do your kid, because what comes out of your kid's rear smells worse than elephant poop.

 

The day the poop goes in the toilet is a glorious one…followed by another 6 months of poop everywhere else.

 

 

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Comments

 

Jason said:

Did you not number them because your post is called 10 Things...and you only have 9?  

Sorry, had to give you poop on that.  ;)

March 12, 2009 6:27 PM
 

Cole Gamble said:

rectified!

March 13, 2009 1:00 PM
 

TolaniLucia said:

I am cracking up right now. "Poop wants to be free." Yes it does. Yes it does.

April 16, 2009 2:26 PM
 

Alice said:

I am so glad I potty trained all my kids by 12 months.

April 16, 2009 8:07 PM

About Cole Gamble

Cole Gamble’s writings on the crimes of Willy Wonka, man-eating beds and tales from his cringe-worthy life appear here on Babble, the humor site Cracked, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Salon. He is working on a book entitled, Conquer Everything! A Self Help Book to Destroy All Other Self Help Books and Grant You Mastery in Everything.

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