Farting Redux
I know, I know, I said I would never write another post on farting, but I realize now that I was premature in killing this topic. I recalled today that I once envied my childhood friend, Gordie, because he could fart-on-demand. Conversations with him went something like:
me: "Gordie, fart."
Gordie farts
...later:
me: "Fart Gordie fart."
Gordie farts
...later:
me: "Fart again Gordie."
Gordie farts
I thought it was all fun and games until he came for a sleepover. Anyway, there is some fabulous stuff out there, like:
- Gone with the Wind: More Thoughts on Medieval Farting. A Liberman - Scandinavian Studies, 1996 (pdf). It's interesting and very academic.
- Unabridged Dictionary of Fart Slang
- Urban Dictionary: fart, farting ...
And let's not forget the Flatulence Filter. This ought to win an award for best invention ever. In fact, I plan on giving one to my mother.
OK, so maybe this will be my last farting post.
By the way, I am still looking for answers to my question about librarians (2 posts down). Have a look.
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hmm...you appear to not be a man of his word, so to speak...i guess sometimes a promise just isn't a promise...
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe some promises are made too hastily, and one discovers that one cannot stick to them, for whatever reason. I guess I've learned that farting posts are too important to me and I can't give them up after all.
ReplyDeleteI knew a kid like that, who could fart the first dozen or so letters of the alphabet....that was a prestige skill at that time....he went on to eating crayons (he liked the purple ones best)....I wonder what he's doing today?
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ReplyDeletevery funny dude
I have a grandmother who's really into fart jokes. She's the type of lady who drinks her tea with her pinky up, and has "good silverware" yet all you need do is make a farty noise and she'll let loose and giggle like a school girl. I suppose it won't suprise you that my relatives would be like this.
ReplyDeleteBig farts are always funny. How about lighting them? Ahhhhhhh...
ReplyDeleteInky's right. I remember the "explosion between the legs" in the dictionary from 5th grade!
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ReplyDeleteFarting reminds me of my kids & so many inside family jokes going back to relatives that don't even live w/ us. I remember first learning the word flatulence. I wondered how a fart could be "flat?" (I was very young and still strange... ;)
My sisters and I would have been quite envious. We all tried to produce any gas on command - but only the youngest succeeded in burping on command thanks to the tutoring of my uncle over Christmas dinner.
ReplyDeleteThere's a fartin' football player in the first chapter of Semi-Tough. Author Dan Jenkins. That chapter's hysterical. The rest of the novel sucks.
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