Originally Posted by jarrod248

Originally Posted by DavetheApe

Serious question time.

Why are outdoor turds ALWAYS a really light brown colour?

Well most toilets are white so the colour contrast is different.

Is this something you've studied?

It's the ration packs, made to make the turd orangey brown!

Originally Posted by Markintime

Originally Posted by jarrod248

Originally Posted by DavetheApe

Serious question time.

Why are outdoor turds ALWAYS a really light brown colour?

Well most toilets are white so the colour contrast is different.

Is this something you've studied?

Bilirubin
Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of haem (heme in American English). Haem is a special ring shaped molecule that is found in haemoglobin and is essential to the oxygen carrying capacity of blood.
Physiology
Bilirubin is essentially a waste product, formed when red blood cells die and haemoglobin is broken down. It is not soluble in water and is carried to the liver bound onto albumin. Bilirubin is made water soluble in the liver by conjugation with uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid or UDPGA. As part of bile, the soluble bilirubin then passes through the common bile duct and is either temporarily stored in the gallbladder or passes right away into the gut. Some of the excreted bilirubin may be reabsorbed (entero-hepatic circulation). Bacteria in the intestines modify bilirubin, causing the brown color of feces. The yellow colour of urine is a result of products derived from bilirubin. The name of this metabolite is urobilinogen.
In diseases where too much haemoglobin is broken down or the removal of bilirubin does not function properly, the accumulating bilirubin in the body causes jaundice.
2 years ago
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Bil...

Originally Posted by the_butler

Originally Posted by Markintime

Originally Posted by jarrod248

Originally Posted by DavetheApe

Serious question time.

Why are outdoor turds ALWAYS a really light brown colour?

Well most toilets are white so the colour contrast is different.

Is this something you've studied?

Bilirubin
Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of haem (heme in American English). Haem is a special ring shaped molecule that is found in haemoglobin and is essential to the oxygen carrying capacity of blood.
Physiology
Bilirubin is essentially a waste product, formed when red blood cells die and haemoglobin is broken down. It is not soluble in water and is carried to the liver bound onto albumin. Bilirubin is made water soluble in the liver by conjugation with uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid or UDPGA. As part of bile, the soluble bilirubin then passes through the common bile duct and is either temporarily stored in the gallbladder or passes right away into the gut. Some of the excreted bilirubin may be reabsorbed (entero-hepatic circulation). Bacteria in the intestines modify bilirubin, causing the brown color of feces. The yellow colour of urine is a result of products derived from bilirubin. The name of this metabolite is urobilinogen.
In diseases where too much haemoglobin is broken down or the removal of bilirubin does not function properly, the accumulating bilirubin in the body causes jaundice.
2 years ago
Source(s):
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Bil...

Yeah but no but yeah guys.... I'm still puzzled, even after consulting the oracle that is wifebeater..... My outdoorsy turds are a rather fetching shade of light ochre, whilst my porcelain crapper versions have the distinct air of burnt umber about them. There must be a reason.

I think we should consult further. What is the medical specialism that covers turds? And no...not RAMC EH Techs either....

Scatology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the beliefs of various religions concerning the End Times, see Eschatology.
For the Coil album, see Scatology (album).

In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet (and thus where it has been), healthiness, and diseases such as tapeworms. The word derives from the Greek σκώρ (genitive σκατός, modern σκατό, pl. σκατά) meaning "feces".

In psychology, a scatology is an obsession with excretion or excrement, or the study of such obsessions. (See also coprophilia).

In sexual context scatology refers to sexual acts conducted with human (or other) excrement.

In literature, "scatological" is a term to denote the literary trope of the grotesque body. It is used to describe works that make particular reference to excretion or excrement, as well as to toilet humor. A common example is John Dryden's MacFlecknoe, a poem that ridicules Dryden's contemporary, Thomas Shadwell. Dryden refers to him as "Thomas Sh--," deliberately evoking scatalogical imagery.

Originally Posted by the_butler

Scatology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the beliefs of various religions concerning the End Times, see Eschatology.
For the Coil album, see Scatology (album).

In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet (and thus where it has been), healthiness, and diseases such as tapeworms. The word derives from the Greek σκώρ (genitive σκατός, modern σκατό, pl. σκατά) meaning "feces".

In psychology, a scatology is an obsession with excretion or excrement, or the study of such obsessions. (See also coprophilia).

In sexual context scatology refers to sexual acts conducted with human (or other) excrement.

In literature, "scatological" is a term to denote the literary trope of the grotesque body. It is used to describe works that make particular reference to excretion or excrement, as well as to toilet humor. A common example is John Dryden's MacFlecknoe, a poem that ridicules Dryden's contemporary, Thomas Shadwell. Dryden refers to him as "Thomas Sh--," deliberately evoking scatalogical imagery.

OK, OK, I'll get me coat.......

I haven't done a solid shit in years. Recently while I had a leg in a full length cast I struggled to position myself properly on the bog, as a result poo the consistency of Nutella actually went up my back. Oh yeah and while trying to clean myself up I broke the bog seat.

I bet the Butler's the life and soul of parties.

Outdoor turds have the benefit of being seen in broad daylight without shadow which makes them look lighter.

I'm going with you Markintime --- you are the voice of reason.

Sapper Pieman. Take your filth to the NAAFI bar you vulgarian. This is a scientific thread for highbrow types. Shame on you, Sir!

Originally Posted by hairyarse2

I can honestly say, that after experiencing numerous shovel recces, singlies ablutions, and turdises, I would never, ever, curl one down without being in the comfort of my own home.
If you decide to splatter someone elses porecelain, they never have anything to read (Sick to death of reading the back of shampoo bottles, they all have the same ingredients)
Just nearly finished 'Going postal' by Terry Prattchet, Excellent reading material. Read it all sat on the throne.

Might I humbly suggest "Grunts!" by Mary Gentle?

Dodgy title aside, it is a tolkein-like world seen from the point of the view of the evil forces, who get sent on a pre-battle skirmish to kill off a dragon and nick its hoard, which is supposed to contain a lot of really weird weapons; not the usual swords and the like.

Anyway, the rumours were true, but the hoard is cursed: 'Ye shall become what ye steal' which might frighten an elf, but is no deterrent to Orcs, especially not when most of what they get once belonged to the US Marine Corps...

Cue an awful lot of very old jokes, and a lot of new ones too.