It's weird that we "take a shit". I don't know what other people are doing, but i definitely leave a shit, not take it
Many phrases for defecating use the word "take". It makes no sense to me
Ich scheisse.
Make a shit
That part is usually already done by that point.
I dunno. Maybe it’s not called shit when it’s still inside you? Like a magma/lava situation?
One man's "leave a shit" is another man's "take a treasure"
100% original realization, way to think of it.
Take ~= have ~= do
Take a break == have a break, but a break isn't a tangible thing, so this is shorthand for "do the actions required to constitute a break"
I don't want to have a shit, either -- I'm trying to get rid of the dang thing!
Then this is one verb you should definitely not noun
I see that.. but I would argue breaks can be given. Therefore one can take a break.
Break being almost a non continuation of something. There are two beings involved. And as you point out, you can also perform action consume a break.
Taking a poop is slightly different because one is giving an offering. Although one can consume poop too but I guess it's a different frame.
Tru. Im gonna go with "commencing shit" from now on
Shit sequence engaged
Don't start no shit, won't be no shit
Chinese people say pull a poop, and I think that's beautiful.
I like ESL wording of "make poop/shit"
Oooo new debate: push vs pull
Reminds me of the ASL sign for it
"I'm going to take a shit."
"Well don't take any of mine! I'm saving those for later!"
Psssh. Beat it, chick. I’m taken.
I prefer the phrases "imma go shake a tit"
Someone’s been listening to George Carlin.
I actually haven't heard much of his stuff. Does he do a bit on this?
I once told a version of this at a stand up open mic, it did very well.
Shit as a verb, not a noun.
That's the bizarre thing about English. Maybe native English speakers don't really think about it, but as someone looking at this mess from the outside, I can tell you that it's really nice when verbs and nouns are distinct.
Someone here has never cleaned out a litterbox.
You call that ‘faking a shit’?
English is the shit we keep taking
You also take a shower
Going to the bathroom to leave a shower
Taking a shower's worth of water out of the water heater.
Technically only true if you're maxxed out on the hot, usually the hot is mixed with the cold water supply.
Take a bow after a performance.
You've never "taken a break" or "taken a time-out" or "taken a nap"?
It's not like "taking a X" is a foreign construct.
I take a break, a nap and a time out because Inwant those things for myself. I don't want shit.
Hey im leaving a shit right now!
I'm going to have a shit. Which doesn't sound quite right either when you look at it that way.
At least in New Zealand that usage would not be that uncommon
Give birth to otters
Growing a smelly tail
Etc
Hanging a rat
Taking the Cleaveland Browns to the Superbowl.
Dropping the kids off at the pool.
I gift a riverboat to the otter people in exchange for splashy kisses on my cheeks.
Dropping the kids off at the pool
Sir, I believe you left this behind.
Under the restaurant table.
Wait... you mean I don't have to shove my dog's shit up my ass?!
That is what every dog owner should be forced to do who doesn't clean up their dog's shit.
I run into the stall, push the people off the toilet and jam it into my own ass while it’s still warm.
This comment, officer, this one right here.
Today, in things that make more sense if you're a Red Dwarf fan ... https://youtube.com/watch?v=36xSrKhCojw
I came here to post exactly this. Well done
Beavis, referring to Andy Rooney on Sixty Minutes: “and another thing. Why do they call it taking a dump? I’m not taking it anywhere!”
Found the clip: https://youtu.be/Wf9QkrC04d8
It's like having a nice lunch. Take can often just mean do like 'take a break'
I bag it up to throw at politicians and CEO’s.
Take a shit break.
Take a shit...break?
Your doing it wrong. You gotta own that shit!
Short for take a break to shit.
Where'd you leave it this time? Last time the kids didn't find it til Easter.
if its BROWN let it mellow.
Someone here has never experienced the joys of a public bathroom
I will not elaborate.
Eh
It's not meant to mean taking a literal piece of shit. "A shit" in this context means the entire act. Take a break, take a shit, take piss, etc., refer to doing the act.
Or in other words “shit” is a verb here being used a diminutive of the act which is the noun. Like when you take a run, or take a ride, take a walk, or take a hike.