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boldog
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Jan 3 2015, 8:22am
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This crossed my mind today. I dont know why, but its quite disgusting but at the same very thought provoking.
How do Orcs go to the toilet? I mean they are Humanoid creatures right? And they do need to eat. And we all know where the food goes 
But considering the fact that the Orcs are such Barbaric and almost animal like beings, would they even have time or enough Hygene to go to an actual sort of toilet? If they were more animalistic, they would do it everywhere. And with the Hordes of Orcs that occupy one particular area, that is a death sentence. Disease will spread in an instant, and the vast armies that Sauron would want, will be greatly reduced, and very weak to fight.
As hard as it is to imagine, there must be some sort of Hygene among the Orcs to keep them alive.
Thoughts? Sorry for a bit of a morbid topic I understand some ringers wont like this, but oh well 
Azog and Bolg. That is all I can say.............
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jan 3 2015, 5:19pm
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Vast armies have always had to poo poo. Orcs had a minimal intelligence – not entirely ‘animalistic’ .
“Hey Grishnakh, over behind that bush is the latrine! Get thee hence, sluggard!”
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Eruonen
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Jan 3 2015, 6:48pm
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That was a classic work! I had it years ago but have lost it.
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Orcs have no hygiene. They are foul creatures in all ways. I assume they have the same functions.....eat, drink and waste production. They simply don't have any concept of hygiene. I am sure the goblin tunnels reaked of orc. Now, an organized goblin town etc. may have a crude area for waste just to keep it clear of walkways etc.
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priell3
Lorien
Jan 5 2015, 6:51pm
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Shelob's Lair - The Two Towers, Chapter 9
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"...a foul reek, as if filth unnameable were piled and hoarded in the dark within."; after which Sam refers to it as "Some beastly hole of the Orcs...with a hundred years of their filth in it.".
That is about as much reference to Orc hygiene as you will get.
MikeP
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Jan 13 2015, 8:28pm
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on NPR... I forget which show, This American Life? or something...
oh, RadioLab...
Hookworm.
That was the theme.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91951-an-update-on-hookworms/
Some guy with a lot of allergies discovered that hookworm alleviated them.
Connected to this was the observation by some historical figure that southerners (southern US of A) were more laid back than the climate indicated.
Could it be hookworm infestation?
A survey of southerners (and no few other folk, I'm sure) of the time pointed out that folks poo-pooed and PP'd at certain ... spots... like... oh, that tree over there.
Hookworms can crawl. But not farther than six feet.
Enter the Outhouse, with it's rather deepish hole.
Which the offending parasite cannot crawl from.
So much for Hookworm, except for the guy who went to Africa to get infected, and thereby relieve his allergies (there's a theory that the parasites do come sort of calming chemical voodoo to the guts of their host).
Spoiler alert for the squeamish: a rather closeup view of the Offending Parasite is on that link... ick.
so yeah....
probably orcs have very few allergies.....
(and I bet they mark their territory)
"Judge me by my size, would you?" Max the Hobbit Husky.
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swordwhale
Tol Eressea
Jan 13 2015, 8:30pm
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about bored of the rings...........
I did camp once on a remote barrier island (Assateague, VA), the camp accessible only by kayak. The island is famous for its wild ponies, left over from colonial days...
Stallions, both domestic and wild, do precisely that, leave their poop in great mounds... at least the desert island sea winds dry them out...
"Judge me by my size, would you?" Max the Hobbit Husky.
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Ah, potty humor
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