Poo and all its stinky derivatives

I’m sorry but poo is just about the cutest word ever created for one of the most vile of bodily functions. So here’s to poo! Not the actual poo itself, but the word poo (and all its stinky derivatives, i.e., poopie, poop, poo poo, etc.).

Victoria Stilwell Says It Best

There’s nothing more adorable than a sassy little British dog expert talking about poo. But you’ll have to watch It’s Me or the Dog yourself to hear her say it because all I could find was this 3:21 minute clip of her broaching the subject with no actual mention of the word poo.

Runner Up: Anonymous Close Friend

Every time my close friend (who shall remain nameless) says the word poopie it always makes me smile. Other things she says has the same effect on me, like when she says dirty girl in a British accent, but that’s slightly off topic.

So this friend of mine is the proud mommy of two adorable bulldogs. Like many dogs, these two guys have chosen one particular area of their yard to do their business. This section of the yard is now affectionately referred to as Poopietown—quite often to the tune of Lipps Inc’s “Funkytown”. Won’t you take me to poopietown?

Poo in Print

Finally, I’d like to mention two of my favorite books on the subject of poo:

Everyone Poops
by Taro Gomi

“An elephant makes a big poop. A mouse makes a tiny poop,” and so the text goes, describing all sorts of creatures and people who eat and thus defecate. Hilarious!

What’s Your Poo Telling You?
by M.D., Anish Sheth and Josh Richman

With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what’s in the bowl.