The Onion’s A.V. Club recently asked Bob’s creator Loren Bouchard about Standards and Practices—specifically, why we could show vomit in one episode but had to avoid poop in another. Here’s what he said:
I think Standards And Practices takes a case-by-case approach. They don’t want to present a list of fluids that are okay and a list of fluids that are not okay. They’re looking at it as, “Is it offensive? Is it gross? Is it funny? Does it present it in a way where it doesn’t work without it?” They’re interested in the specifics.
Whole interview here!