Poop de-oop

According to Freud's theory of psychosexual development, we move from the "anal stage", marked by fixation with bowel movements and the control of such movements, to the "phallic stage", at around age 3. I'm not sure that I ever completely gave up my anal stage. I am still very much fascinated by bowel movements and discussions thereof.

I don't see anything wrong with discussing, honestly and straightforwardly, of course, matters of poop, pee and all other things doodie. But I have met tons of people who have trouble vocalizing their feelings and views of such matters. Why is this the case? Has society beaten their anal stage out of them? Is there really such shame and distaste around feces?

I am especially confused when people say things like, "Please! I'm eating!" I have said such things before, but always in jest. Everyone else seems to make such proclamations in utter earnestness. Do I have a special gift of being able to separate gustatory enjoyment from intellectual discussion? I find no reason why one cannot discuss excrement at the dining table.

In fact, it should motivate one to eat when discussing doo-doo. After all, that is what eating is all about - making poopie. We should take a page from Chris Griffin's notebook, "I'm going to turn you into poo! Hee!"