I know my experience prior was minimal (as it still is), but I’m not sure I’ve ever tried so many variations of questions eliciting descriptors of patients’ stool.
Conclusion: Some people just don’t like talking about poop. Others simply cannot stop.
anna in med school 
Okay not to get too philosophical here, but why is it so shameful to humans (and dogs, too)? My stomach tightened just reading this!
ha! i know, right? and i’m no better. my favorite is the ever-living belief that girls don’t poop…or fart or burp, for that matter.