Many phrases for defecating use the word “take”. It makes no sense to me
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”
Chinese people say pull a poop, and I think that’s beautiful.
Oooo new debate: push vs pull
Reminds me of the ASL sign for it
I like ESL wording of “make poop/shit”
Someone’s been listening to George Carlin.
I actually haven’t heard much of his stuff. Does he do a bit on this?
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.
Someone here has never cleaned out a litterbox.
You call that ‘faking a shit’?
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.
You also take 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.
So what do you think happens to all the shit you leave around? Someone’s gotta take it.
Sure. But it’s not you.
Wait… is… is it you?
That’s irrelevant. But if someone leaves it, someone else will have to take it, is what I’m saying. Like in general.
That’s irrelevant.
Oh… Oh, no. Lol!!
I don’t know what kinds of allegations you’re trying to insinuate here. This isn’t about me anyway.
Not insinuating. I would never insinuate such things. I’m implying, maybe inferring, but certainly not insinuating.
English is the shit we keep taking
Hey im leaving a shit right now!
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.
Sir, I believe you left this behind.
Under the restaurant table.
Give birth to otters
Growing a smelly tail
Etc
Hanging a rat
I’m going to have a shit. Which doesn’t sound quite right either when you look at it that way.
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?
