I know some nurses that would love to have power over poop. A whole lot of the practical side of medicine is concerned with getting people to start or stop pooping.
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trollssays
I know some nurses that would love to have power over poop. A whole lot of the practical side of medicine is concerned with getting people to start or stop pooping.
The Redhead’s college roommate was a VA nurse for years. She would show the enema bag to the macho veterans, the ones who when tied to their wheelchairs, instead of asking to be untied, would get into bed wheelchair and all, and they suddenly found their bowels loosened rather than face the “bag”.
*makes one wonder if their wasn’t an altar to the “bag” in the nurses lounge*
Honestly, the first thing I thought of was that you’d have the power to rapidly purify contaminated rivers. Even if they weren’t contaminated by sewage/farm runoff, you could sweep it through chemical spills and absorb a fairly good percentage of it.
kerrymaxwellsays
Fecal Kinesis… Wasn’t that the guy who jumped over the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle?
moarscienceplz says
Well, CPAC happens this week, so I think I know what Sally has been doing recently.
Owen says
But PZ is already a poopyhead!
Pierce R. Butler says
Let this be a learning moment for all aspiring nerds – how long since you’ve read Theodore Sturgeon’s More Than Human?
Abraham Van Helsing says
Turdnado ! Next on the SciFy channel.
vereverum says
Speaking of Sallys and poop, how about this, the latest from the Kingdom of Oklahoma?
http://www.news9.com/story/28186538/oklahoma-house-committee-to-hear-conversion-therapy-measure
Anton Mates says
Actually, Jean Grey already mastered intestinal warfare.
lorn says
I know some nurses that would love to have power over poop. A whole lot of the practical side of medicine is concerned with getting people to start or stop pooping.
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls says
The Redhead’s college roommate was a VA nurse for years. She would show the enema bag to the macho veterans, the ones who when tied to their wheelchairs, instead of asking to be untied, would get into bed wheelchair and all, and they suddenly found their bowels loosened rather than face the “bag”.
*makes one wonder if their wasn’t an altar to the “bag” in the nurses lounge*
brettsaunders says
Honestly, the first thing I thought of was that you’d have the power to rapidly purify contaminated rivers. Even if they weren’t contaminated by sewage/farm runoff, you could sweep it through chemical spills and absorb a fairly good percentage of it.
kerrymaxwell says
Fecal Kinesis… Wasn’t that the guy who jumped over the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle?