**TL;DR: Everyone loves Shakespeare, and Shakespeare loved a poo joke** - Toilet humour is _unifying_. Grounded in human bodily functions, every human has experienced going to the toilet, and therefore every human can find toilet humour relatable. Fart jokes transcend cultural or linguistic differences – they don’t need translating. - Scatological humour has been well-used as a literary device by many celebrated writers and artists. [Shakespeare’s plays](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/shakespeares-filthiest-puns-are-being-lost-in-translation/) are littered with dirty jokes; Titian’s painting of [Bacchus and Ariadne](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200813-the-secret-toilet-humour-in-a-titian-masterpiece) hides multiple visual innuendoes; James Joyce’s works are filled with flatulent onomatopoeia. These works are considered ‘high art’ and have received continual popularity despite of, or perhaps owing to, their prominence of poo jokes.

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