What kind of poo did you do today?

This has to be the best reason to visit the library at a primary school; to find out what a nation thinks its kids ought to know. And right on the top of the list in Japan is poo it would appear. I found this book sitting on top of the shelf entitled "recommended books" this morning. It is called The Poo Book and within it are detailed descriptions of the various types of poo you may encounter when you peer into the toilet bowl after dropping one off. It is hilarious. All the different types of poo have names and are introduced by a man wearing a poo as a hat who claims to know "a lot about poo." And indeed he does.

"What kind of poo did you do today?" He asks as he bends over a brown heap sitting in the bowl. Yellow and smelling like off eggs? - too much watery sugary stuff. Yellow and smelly but slightly firmer? - too much junk food. Brown and kind of like a banana shape without much smell? - perfect, nice diet. And etc. They don't have the Post-massive-night-out Poo represented though which is quite poor form. Obviously they didn't research this book as thoroughly as Mr Poo Head would like us to believe. My favourite page is where they explain about manners after doing a poo. A poo is sitting in the toilet bowl and yelling out "Hey, you forgot to flush me!" to the kid who just parked him there. So there you have it kiddies; poos like to be flushed.