Anyone know why cigars make you need to take a dump???

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I've been curious about this and haven't found anyone who can give me a good answer. If I haven't gone to the can in a while and I light up a stogie, boom, there it is, knocking at the backdoor looking to get out.

There has to be some reason for this. Anyone know?

Ben
 
I think that's just you.....









:lol:
I'm just kidding. That does seem interesting. While it doesn't happen to me, I do wonder if there is an actual reason behind that. Maybe cigars are just a ploy by the government to make us more regular....
 
Nicotine!!! Too bad DocBarry isn't here to get into the medical explanation, but perhaps someone else can help us out with the NH3's, carboxyl groups, and all that other stuff that's involved, or whatever. But, it's one of the effects of the nicotine in the cigar, that's for sure.
 
BTW -I should add that this is not meant to be an obscene post. It's a serious question.

This morning I was at the shooting range with a buddy of mine (you know you're getting old when the best thing about New Year's is that you know you'll get the range to yourself at 8am). Anyway, he broke out a couple of stogies (nice 5 Vegas). I knew it was a bad idea as I hadn't gone that morning. And while I don't mind the whole going in the woods thing, I'm just not doing it when it's 15 degrees and there's six inches of snow covering all the leaves.

Sure enough, five minutes in there it was. Kind of made the rest of the shooting a bit unpleasant.

Ben
 
Yeah, it's funny. I've heard other people say it does the same thing to them. I guess on the one hand it turns out to be a great laxative when in need.

What I really need to do is put an exhaust fan in the john. I have one in my office. But if I had one in the bathroom I could sit there with a stogie in my mouth, reading a motorcycle magazine. Put a fridge in there and I'd never have to leave. Now that's an image.

Ben
 
I know it's a serious post, which is why I chimed in with a serious answer. I saw someone put this up on another board about two or more years ago, and many serious answers came in. I forget if it was DocBarry or someone else, but there is of course, a biochemical explanation for the phenomenon, but the catalyst is the nicotine.
 
bweber said:
This morning I was at the shooting range with a buddy of mine (you know you're getting old when the best thing about New Year's is that you know you'll get the range to yourself at 8am).

Nah, I was itchin to go to the range today but it was closed (it being New Years). I wish I knew of a good place to go to outdoors.
 
Closed the range for New Year's? Of all the no good, commie . . .

I wonder how many of the folks who live next to the shooting range were in bed with hangovers. Can't imagine they appreciated it much. Probably why yours was closed.

Ben
 
". . . constipation is not a good excuse for the health hazards of
smoking."

Awww, come on!!!

Seriously, thanks for looking that up. That's interesting.


Ben
 
Well, let's not forget that all that "great medical advice" is aimed at the cigarette smoker, who unfortunately, has given the world of TRUE TOBACCO PRODUCTS a bad name. And isn't THAT funny, since cigarettes are NOT a true tobacco product.

Oh well, we'll never convince anyone that doesn't want to be moved out of their comfort zone, and as long as I can light up at home, well, the rest is history. Thank God some of us can still smoke a cigar in peace and quiet and with some semblance of mental health around us. My cat and snake give me absolutely no guff about my cigar smoking. Come to think of it, thank God for cats and snakes.
 
Bloof is right, nicotine acts as a laxative, while caffeine is a diuretic. Combine the two, and......... :lol:
 
Capt said:
Bloof is right, nicotine acts as a laxative, while caffeine is a diuretic. Combine the two, and......... :lol:


If that was the case I would be in the bathroom all the time, I have never noticed the frequency of the back door knocking when I am having a cigar, how ever the coffee is some thing you never buy, you just rent it ! hahaha Enjoy, Vince
 
And itsn't the quantity ratio of nicotine something like 40 times more in an average cigar over a cigarette?
 
kinda makes you wonder if nicotine is really the part thats adictive doesnt it?
 
I must admit, i thought it was just me too! doesn't happen everytime but boy, when it does! (Pizza is even worse, eaten,not smoked!). :shock:
 
Sure, nicotine content of a cigar is way higher than cigarettes, but you don't inhale cigars. At least, you're not supposed to. :roll: :sm_angel:
 
I've met a couple myself, and I'd say you're right. In my opinion, some of the stupidest people are the ones who take gobs of marijuana, stuff it in a Phillies blunt and inhale the whole mixture. Phillies blunts contain very little actual tobacco, and what's in there is low grade indeed. Inhaling a mixture like these hip hop kids have been doing for 15-20 years, and way too much of everything, will make you really . . .

STOOPID!!! Really fast. It's a shame that people can't understand concepts like moderation and the enjoyment that lies therein.