The phrase “Franken Berry Stool” appeared in a serious medical journal.
March 11, 2017 9:21 PM   Subscribe

 
I can confirm that an overabundance of licorice jelly beans in your diet will turn your poo a deep emerald green. I blame after-Easter sales several years ago for that bit of science.
posted by blob at 9:24 PM on March 11, 2017 [1 favorite]


See also carotenemia which turns your skin orange from eating too many carrots.
posted by blob at 9:30 PM on March 11, 2017


Eat Dye and Shit
posted by hal9k at 9:31 PM on March 11, 2017 [46 favorites]


Certain vitamins. Fruity Pebbles.
posted by Room 641-A at 9:35 PM on March 11, 2017


I ate a box of Boo-Berry cereal back in 1993. My next poop was bright blue. If Facebook had existed then, I would have posted a picture of it, I was so excited.
posted by not_on_display at 10:24 PM on March 11, 2017 [7 favorites]


I can confirm that Froot Loops Poops are a thing.
posted by tavella at 10:28 PM on March 11, 2017


I can vouch for the Peeps Oreos poop. Didn't turn my tongue pink, though.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:59 PM on March 11, 2017


I promised my kid that beets would turn her poop pink in a successful attempt to get her to try them. She didn't eat enough for it to happen, though, and got pretty salty with her lying mother when the promised pink poop didn't materialize.
posted by potrzebie at 11:31 PM on March 11, 2017 [10 favorites]


When I was about four, the kaleidoscopically colored poo caused by Moonstones cereal made me cry.
posted by Caxton1476 at 11:48 PM on March 11, 2017


Mountain Dew Pitch Black (the original, I can't vouch for whether the more recent revivals have the same effect)
posted by Gordafarin at 12:09 AM on March 12, 2017


Good article, but I've come here for the related colored poop testimonials in the comments. Something I'm not sure I have ever, or will ever again, say.
posted by automatic cabinet at 12:11 AM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]


"less than 1% food coloring"

That is a lot of food coloring.
posted by ryanrs at 12:30 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]


I am compelled to link to Portlandia's 911 Beets Emergency (It's always beets.)
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:33 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


So, there are peeps oreos, but are there oreos peeps?
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 12:51 AM on March 12, 2017


Once when I was about 9, I binged on a heap of exotic candy I'd picked up at the Royal Melbourne Show. The next day I thought I was dying when I pooped something an iridescent electric blue. I was so ashamed I told no one, my plan was to just to succumb a lonely blue pooped death. Turns out I was ok.
posted by threecheesetrees at 1:36 AM on March 12, 2017 [6 favorites]


I was on vacation with a few friends about 15 years ago, and we had heard this purple-Gatorade, green-poop rumor. One of my idiot friends decided to test it by drinking a gallon of purple Gatorade.

Dear reader, it worked, oh it worked.
posted by uncleozzy at 4:59 AM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


My mom had a great recipe for a homemade green velvet cake (which I'm pretty sure was just a red velvet cake recipe with green food coloring substituted in instead, with the amount possibly adjusted upwards for color intensity). Every year for Saint Patrick's Day, my dad would have her make one for him to take in to work for his co-workers to enjoy.

As he worked construction engineering and startup testing in commercial power and later for the government, each year it'd be a new mix of co-workers as projects wound down and new ones started up. As a result, each year, he also had a fresh set of victims who would experience "The Irishman's Revenge" after eating a slice or two of the green velvet cake. Bright emerald green output, more vivid and saturated than even what might result from the traditional green beer bender one might partake on for the same holiday.
posted by radwolf76 at 5:18 AM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]


I've only indulged in green beer once. Tastes a lot worse than regular cheap beer. Never again! I had 7-Up turn my poo green when I was in hospital for pneumonia a few years back.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 6:07 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


We were just talking about this yesterday and it reminded me of this old post on TheSneeze.
posted by phunniemee at 6:35 AM on March 12, 2017


A beet, a Boo-Berry, and a Peeps Oreo walk into a bar. As they approach the counter, the bartender says, "Sorry folks. I can't let you sit down. I like my stools the colour they are."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:42 AM on March 12, 2017 [17 favorites]


There is a pub in Botus Fleming, a small village in Cornwall not too far from the Tamar. That pub is called The Rising Sun, but everyone knows it as The Hole In The Wall as it is practically built into a hillside. It serves a locally-made scrumpy, which it will only serve by the half-pint, and which comes from a barrel behind the bar via a tap that makes a majestic squeak when operated.

This scrumpy has certain properties, such as the ability to make the universe itself spin rapidly on its axis, which I myself have observed while lying on my back in a field next to the Hole In The Wall on one particularly clear and starry night. It can probably leach uranium from granite, if it isn't actually made from uranium and granite (both to be found near the Hole In The Wall, so who knows?).

The uranium theory is not quite as silly as it seems, as compounds of uranium are frequently yellow - hence yellowcake. And the scrumpy turns one's poo a bright, shiny, almost incandescent yellow. Really, it's like squeezing a tube of oil paint prior to dashing off a copy of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. You're probably excreting the smoking remains of your liver at that point, as the scrumpy's last trick is to leave one feeling as if only a major environmental project could detoxify the sorry remains of one's system, but I wouldn't care to investigate too closely.

(Note - these facts were all true 30 years ago; The pub is still there, but I cannot speak for the scrumpy.)
posted by Devonian at 7:41 AM on March 12, 2017 [9 favorites]


When I first joined my CSA one of the things it did was to re-introduce me to beets; I'd had them as a child and didn't care for them, but gamely tried them again as an adult and realized, "hey, these are good!" I liked them so much, in fact, that I roasted the entire bunch, ate half that night, and brought the other half to work for lunch the next day.

Then I had a somewhat panicked several seconds in the restroom at a theater I went to later, and was about to flush and saw that the water in the bowl was bright red-orange: "omiGOD why is it that color do I need to go see a - ohhhhhhhh, wait. Right."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:31 AM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]


Interesting shit.
posted by Mr. Fig at 8:57 AM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]


I tried the peeps Oreos, they were OK but left a weird aftertaste. Also, both blue Gatorade and blue FourLoko will turn your poop purple and/or green.
posted by jonmc at 9:06 AM on March 12, 2017


MetaFilter: colored poop testimonials
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:07 AM on March 12, 2017


My dogs are peepad trained, and I can confirm that a small amount of beets will make dog pee a very alarming pink. Figlet almost went to the vet for no reason.
posted by Fig at 9:32 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


Crunchberry Green was the color of my stool.
posted by grumpybear69 at 10:48 AM on March 12, 2017


No.
posted by pxe2000 at 10:50 AM on March 12, 2017


This is all leading up to the announcement that several other former X-Men cast members will be providing voices for other colors of Poop in the Emoji Movie, isn't it?
posted by oneswellfoop at 11:21 AM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


I was for a while on some medication which came with a colour chart to check for problems by matching the shade of my droppings. The healthiest hue was 'mahogany', apparently, with other colours indicating either an adjustment to the frequency with which I medicated or a swift return to hospital. A perfect candidate for appification, I thought, as my own colour discrimination is sadly lacking these days, but thinking back to my days using Pantone swatches and monitor calibrators, not perhaps a trivial business.

(As I think I mentioned before, in the days when the Guardian was giving away some really rather fine arty, culturual and science posters, I suggested they do one for the Bristol Stool Chart, but the idea was not well-received.)

Oneswellfoop - I had thought that Mr Hankey, The Christmas Poo was the only animated turd, at least in popular culture, but nooooo. He is mired in controversy over possible forebears. But are there others?

(I exclude from the definition of 'animated turd' the many politicians, celebrties and humans who clearly qualify.)
posted by Devonian at 12:16 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


If anyone missed it, I was referring to the fact that Patrick Stewart is voicing the poop emoji in The Emoji Movie, so Hugh Jackman as green poop? Why not?
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:42 PM on March 12, 2017


Shamrock Shakes. Maybe they've changed, but I had one of the first ones, and what ensued scared me off of them to this day.
posted by lagomorphius at 12:46 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


Heh. I do not like shakes or mint but I was wondering about those.
posted by Room 641-A at 1:39 PM on March 12, 2017


It is known that if your poop is suddenly totally white, go to the doctor quickly, because it could mean a blocked bile duct and that is bad. However, it could also mean that you have just eaten a whole bag of Smartfood, and that is not so bad.

I love Metafilter so, so much.
posted by Melismata at 2:25 PM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


When my sister was in preschool, my dad put green food coloring in her breakfast oatmeal. Later that day he got a puzzled phone call from the preschool teacher who took her to the toilet. She hadn't been expecting bright green poop and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
posted by bendy at 3:55 PM on March 12, 2017 [1 favorite]


I can vouch for the Peeps Oreos poop. Didn't turn my tongue pink, though.

I was wrong. Looking forward to the other encore.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:09 PM on March 12, 2017


I can vouch for the Peeps Oreos poop. Didn't turn my tongue pink, though.

I was wrong. Looking forward to the other encor


Ok, who is going to click the link? Not it.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:48 PM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


🐔
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:49 PM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


I clicked it. It is Johnny Wallflower, sticking out his bright pink tongue at a rakish angle.

CERTIFIED SAFE FOR WORK
posted by not_on_display at 6:13 PM on March 12, 2017 [4 favorites]


👅
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:14 PM on March 12, 2017 [3 favorites]


But I can see why folks might be wary of that link.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:22 PM on March 12, 2017 [2 favorites]


I wish you could buy one Oreo of the special flavors. I don't like regular Oreos but the golden ones are good in moderation. Did not turn my poop gold :(
posted by Room 641-A at 6:46 PM on March 12, 2017


Perfect opportunity for a MeFi Buyers Club.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:18 PM on March 12, 2017


Brilliant Blue FCF, aka FD&C Blue No. 1, is the dye responsible for most of the bright green poops mentioned in this thread. It is poorly absorbed in the intestine, which is nice from a food safety / toxicity perspective. That's also why it makes such colorful poop. Blue #1 is the most popular blue food dye, so most artificial blue foods will have that effect.
posted by ryanrs at 7:18 AM on March 13, 2017 [4 favorites]


Mountain Dew Voltage - around 5 cans in a night will do this.
posted by some loser at 8:37 AM on March 13, 2017


I've also had the "beet response" when eating beet greens.
posted by milnews.ca at 9:28 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]


Room 641-A, the peeps oreos basically taste like golden oreos to me, so you would probably like them. I personally did not detect any marshmallow or peeps-specific flavors.

Whoever came up with all these limited edition oreos is a marketing genius, because my household went from 1-2 bags per year to probably 6-8 per year. I always have to try the new flavors.
posted by misskaz at 9:31 AM on March 13, 2017 [2 favorites]




Burger King had a black cherry version of a frozen Coke for Halloween. I was on my second or third one when I made the correlation between the bright green color and the drink since the colors didn't match. I am not the only one.
posted by soelo at 11:12 AM on March 13, 2017 [1 favorite]


I had a friend whose flatmate used to drink her Diet Coke. She threatened to put something into it to poison him. I suggested red food colouring and gave her some of extra-strength icing colouring I was using for red velvet cake. I think she put nearly a whole container into the 2 litre bottle (which was promptly stolen that night and guzzled).

She said the scream of horror from the bathroom next morning was very gratifying.
posted by ninazer0 at 6:34 PM on March 13, 2017 [3 favorites]


It appears that the natural ingredients in HaloTop red velvet ice cream have no colorful side effects.
posted by Room 641-A at 6:20 AM on March 14, 2017


Thanks for shar—oh wait, I forgot I started this.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 2:43 PM on March 14, 2017 [2 favorites]


I also blame you for planting the image in my mind of Al Franken sitting on a stool made of berries.
posted by not_on_display at 5:58 PM on March 14, 2017 [1 favorite]


🙏🏼 💩 🍓🍓🍓
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 6:09 PM on March 14, 2017


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