I burst out laughing, as you probably will, when I saw the link to this site from a friend on a health care forum. On reflection I  decided it’s one of the most useful things I’ve seen on the Internet in a while. Anyone who has digestive problems, or an aging parent with them, or a small child, eventually ends up trying to describe stools.

I have some uncomfortable memories of trying to describe smells and texture, and I’m not the only one!

It turns out you don’t have to use your imagination to get it right: here’s a chart. Now I’ll stop before I can’t resist making bad jokes about this.