Toilet humour


Toilet humour, or potty or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence, and to a lesser extent vomiting and other bodily functions. It sees substantial crossover with sexual humour, such as dick jokes.
Toilet humour is popular among a wide range of ages, but is especially popular with children and young teenagers, for whom cultural taboos related to acknowledgement of waste excretion still have a degree of novelty. The humour comes from the rejection of such taboos, and is a part of modern culture. Examples can also be found in earlier literature, including The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Song

Toilet humour is also found in song and rhyme, particularly schoolboy songs. Examples of this are found in Mozart and scatology, and variants of the German folk schoolboys' song known as the Scheiße-Lied which is indexed in the German Volksliederarchiv. The children's Spanish musical duo, :es:Enrique y Ana|Enrique y Ana, made a song called "Caca Culo Pedo Pis" which literally translates to "Poop Ass Fart Pee".

Books

One of the most popular books about defecation and accidents in toilets is a guide that began as Shitting Pretty and then was relaunched as How to Shit around the World.
The children's book series, Captain Underpants, copiously uses toilet humor. "Doctor Diaper", "The Bionic Booger Boy", and "Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants" are among the villains in the series.

Television

The comedy duo, Tim & Eric have made numerous comedy sketches centered around toilet humor. For example, they have made fake commercials for nonexistent products such as the "Poop Tube", the "fla'Hat", and "D-Pants".