I may have blogged about this before, but let me just say that I'm not real big on potty humor.  The presence of potty humor usually means the writer has run out of ideas.  There are times, however, when it works.  The key is to make it subtle.  I was watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail the other day...there's a scene where a man hurls insults from the top of a castle wall at his opponent below: "I fart in your general direction."  This is an example of potty humor that works.  Saying, "I burp in your general direction" just wouldn't cut it.  

But notice that he doesn't actually fart in the other man's direction.  He just talks about doing it.  This is my second point: in order for potty humor to be effective, it has to be subtle.  In my books, the McNasty Brothers are somewhat odiferous but I never say why.  I take the literary high road, avoiding the potty humor, and in general it makes for a funnier read.  Greg 

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