Everybody Poops 410 Pounds a Year: An Illustrated Bathroom Companion for Grown-Ups Author: Deuce Flanagan | Language: English | ISBN:
B003Q6CUA8 | Format: PDF
Everybody Poops 410 Pounds a Year: An Illustrated Bathroom Companion for Grown-Ups Description
ONCE UPON A TIME . . .
. . . when you were little, you learned that everyone poops. But did you ever discover how much? Well, sit down on that cold porcelain throne and get ready to laugh your butt off at the most amazing, hilarious, need-to-go facts on the one thing everyone does--but nobody talks about. Filled to the rim with piles of fascinating dirty fun, this illustrated kids' book for grown-ups answers all the questions you never thought to ask:
•How do astronauts poop in space?
•Where does poop go after you flush?
•Why can I see the corn but not the chicken?
•Can I light my poop on fire?
•Who invented the first flushing toilet?
•What's the poop on Michael Jackson, Elvis and John Wayne?
- File Size: 3589 KB
- Print Length: 67 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1569757771
- Publisher: Ulysses Press (June 1, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003Q6CUA8
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,073 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #84
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Parodies
- #84
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Parodies
Right now, I have this book sitting on the back of my toilet. I don't know if I should be embarrased about that, but I think it's pretty hilarious. I remember reading Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi when I was a kid and when I found this "adult's version" I couldn't resist. The artwork is fantastic, the facts are really interesting (like modern furniture being made out of processed cow manure and that the Japanese used "wiping sticks" as toilet paper) and well written and funny. Here are my favorite facts from the book:
-New York City used to be covered in up to five feet of snow and horse manure every winter, which gave rise to second-story brownstone entrances.
-President Johnson used to hold meetings while he was dropping a deuce.
-The Nazis, suffering from dysentery in WWII, used to eat camel dung for the natural antibiotics.
-Fine white sand is actually what parrot fish poop after they eat coral!
Funny stuff!
By SebastianU.S.
It might be smelly, but poop is fascinating. Just ask any kid who has read or been read to EVERYONE POOPS by Taro Gomi. The discussion of such a topic can easily lead to toilet humor, but when you're talking about poop, that's to be expected. EVERYBODY POOPS 410 POUNDS A YEAR is kind of the adult version of EVERYONE POOPS. It's a tasteful, yet humorously illustrated book full of facts about poop. Through a series of illustrated diagrams, the book shows what happens to your poop after you flush it. It also tells you what different colors and shapes of poop mean, why you can see corn in your poop, the things people used to use before toilet paper, and whether or not you can use your poop for fuel. The two tidbits I found most fascinating were that:
1. When horses were still the major source of transportation, there were 100,000 horses in New York City that produced 2.5million pounds of manure a day. In the winter the city built up an interesting mixture of snow and manure that raised the street levels up to five feet. That's why the buildings in the historic district have lifted, second-story stoops.
2. The Chicago River used to flow into Lake Michigan. However, the Chicago River is also where the city used to dump all of its waste. This was a problem because Lake Michigan is where they got their water. So, instead of actually dealing with their sewage problem, the people reversed the course of the Chicago River so it no longer flowed into Lake Michigan, but eventually flowed into the Mississippi River instead. Talk about being caught up s*#t creek without a paddle.
I thoroughly enjoyed EVERYBODY POOPS 410 POUNDS A YEAR. I found it entertaining and educational. It's a great "adult kid's book" (as the blurb on the back says), but I just wish it were a little longer.
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