Ah, fæces: in matters scatological nothing beats the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) {Stool form scale as a useful guide to intestinal transit time. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1997;32(9):920-924. PMID: 9299672}
Figure 2 in the May 2009 Supplement to The Journal of Family Practice {Vol.58,No.5,p.56} breaks it down for us, viz
Type 1 — Separate hard lumps, like nuts (difficult to pass)
Type 2 — Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 3 — Like a sausage but with cracks in its surface
Type 4 — Like a sausage or snake, smooth & soft
Type 5 — Soft blobs with clear-cut edges (passed easily)
Type 6 — Fluffy pieces with ragged edges; a mushy stool
Type 7 — Watery, no solid pieces, entirely liquid
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You’ll need to go to the full-text article for the amusing small turd drawings…
The 1.5 CME/CE credits activity is in benefit of Irritable Bowel Syndrome w/Constipation (IBS-C), improving primary care assessment & management thereof: overcoming barriers, EB DX, EB TX.
As I recall, Donovan had a song related to the issue, “The Intergalactic Laxative”, well worth the 99¢ visit to the toon store {©1973 Donovan Leitch “Cosmic Wheels”}.
On the more allegorical usage, there’s the U.S. Senate at Type 1; Rush Limbaugh at Type 2-3; James van Praagh at Type 7 & the ALA Type 5.
