Fart Facts - Educational too - Pun at the end of it !!
The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we
swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas produced by
chemical reactions in our guts, and gas produced by bacteria living in our guts.
What is fart gas made of?
The composition of fart gas is highly
variable. Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component,
is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the
time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen.
Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce
carbon dioxide, which is also a component of air and a product of bacterial
action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.
But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from
our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we
swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we
hold in the fart.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of
boring, inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed
into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves
stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his
farts, because his body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica offers the intriguing
statement that some people's farts contain no methane. The reason for
this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence,
whereas others think the anomaly is due to environmental factors.
However, all methane in any farts comes from bacterial action and not from
human cells.
What makes farts stink?
The odor of farts comes from small
amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and skatole in the mixture. These
compounds contain sulfur. The more sulfur-rich your diet, the more
sulfides and skatole will be produced by the bacteria in your guts, and the
more your farts will stink. Foods such as cauliflower, eggs and meat are
notorious for producing smelly farts, whereas beans produce large amounts of
not particularly stinky farts.
Why do farts make noise?
The sounds are produced by vibrations of
the anal opening. Sounds depend on the velocity of expulsion of the gas
and the tightness of the sphincter muscles of the anus.
How much gas does a normal person pass per day?
On average, a person produces about half
a liter of fart gas per day, distributed over an average of about fourteen
daily farts.
Whereas it may be difficult for you to determine your daily
flatus volume, you can certainly keep track of your daily numerical fart count.
You might try this as a science fair project: Keep a journal of everything you
eat and a count of your farts. You might make a note of the potency of
their odor as well. See if you can discover a relationship between what
you eat, how much you fart, and how much they smell.
How does a fart travel to the anus?
(Question submitted by Sigfrido H.)
One may wonder why fart gas travels downward toward the
anus when gas has a lower density than liquids and solids, and should therefore
travel upwards.
The intestine squeezes its contents toward the anus in a
series of contractions, a process called peristalsis. The process is
stimulated by eating, which is why we often need to poop and fart right after a
meal. Peristalsis creates a zone of high pressure, forcing all
intestinal contents, gas included, to move towards a region of lower pressure,
which is toward the anus. Gas is more mobile than other components, and
small bubbles coalesce to from larger bubbles en route to the exit. When
peristalsis is not active, gas bubbles may begin to percolate upwards again,
but they won't get very far due to the complicated and convoluted shape of the
intestine. Furthermore, the anus is neither up nor down when a person is
lying down.
How long does it take fart gas to travel to someone else's nose?
(Question submitted by SteF)
Fart travel time depends on atmospheric conditions such
as humidity and wind speed, as well as the distance between the fart
transmitter and the fart receiver. Farts also disperse (spread out) as
they leave the source, and their potency diminishes with dilution.
Generally, if the fart is not detected within a few seconds, it will be too
dilute for perception and will be lost into the atmosphere forever.
Exceptional conditions exist when the fart is released into
a small enclosed area such as an elevator, a small room, or a car. These
conditions limit the amount of dilution possible, and the fart may remain in a
smellable concentration for a long period of time, until it condenses on the
walls.
Is it true that some people never fart?
No, not if they're alive. People even
fart shortly after death.
Do even movie stars fart?
(Question submitted by Mermaid2006)
Yes, of course. So do grandmothers, priests,
kings, presidents, opera singers, beauty queens, and nuns. Exceptional
athletes, top free poker professionals,
and businiess tycoons are not exempted. Everyone. I mean everyone,
farts—it's a natural bodily function. Even Yoda farts.
Do men fart more than women?
(Submitted by Bigdude)
No, women fart just as much as men. It's just that
most men take more pride in it than most women. There is a large
variation among individuals in the amount of fart gas produced per day, but the
variation does not correlate with gender.
I have read that men fart more often than women.
If this is true, then women must be saving it up and expelling more gas per
fart than men do.
At what time of day is a gentleman most likely to fart?
(Submitted by David)
A gentleman is mostly likely to fart first thing in the
morning, while in the bathroom. This is known as "morning
thunder," and if the gentleman gets good resonance, it can be heard
throughout the household.
Why are beans so notorious for making people fart?
Beans contain sugars that we humans
cannot digest. When these sugars reach our intestines, the bacteria go
wild, have a big feast, and make lots of gas!
Other notorious fart-producing foods include corn, bell
peppers, cabbage, milk, and raisins.
A friend of mine had a dog who was exceptionally fond of
apples and turnips. The dog would eat these things and then get
prodigious gas. A dog's digestive system is not equipped to handle such
vegetable matter, so the dog's bacteria worked overtime to produce remarkable
flatulence.
What things other than diet can make a person fart more than usual?
People who swallow a lot of air fart more
than people who don't. This can be cured somewhat by chewing with your
mouth closed. Nervous people with fast moving bowels will fart more
because less air is absorbed out of the intestines. Some disease
conditions can cause excess flatulence. And going up in an airplane or
other low-pressure environment can cause the gas inside you to expand and
emerge as flatulence.
Is a fart really just a burp that comes out the wrong end?
No, a burp emerges from the stomach and
has a different chemical composition from a fart. Farts have less
atmospheric gas content and more bacterial gas content than burps.
Is it harmful to hold in farts?
There are differences in opinion on this
one. Certainly, people have believed for centuries that retaining
flatulence is bad for the health. Emperor Claudius even passed a law
legalizing farting at banquets out of concern for peoples' health.
There was a widespread belief that a person could be poisoned or catch a
disease by retaining farts.
Doctors I have spoken to recently have told me that there is
no particular harm in holding in farts. Farts will not poison you; they
are a natural component of your intestinal contents. The worst thing that
can happen is that you may get a stomach ache from the gas pressure. But
one doctor suggested that pathological distention of the bowel could result if
a person holds in farts too much.
How long would it be possible to not fart?
(Question submitted by Ineed69too)
As I understand it, a captive fart can escape as soon as
the person relaxes. This means that a lot of people who assiduously
refrain from farting during the day do so at great length as soon as they fall
asleep. Having been on a great many overnight field trips, long bus
trips, and trans-Pacific flights, I can personally vouch for the fact that lots
of people do fart voluminously as they doze off. So the answer to
the question would be, you can refrain from farting as long as you can stay awake!
Where do farts go when you hold them in?
How often have you held in a fart,
intending to release it at the first appropriate opportunity, only to find that
the fart has disappeared when you are ready for it?
I asked several doctors where the fart goes. Does it
leak out slowly without the person knowing it? Is it absorbed into the
bloodstream? What happens to it?
The doctors agree that the fart is neither released nor
absorbed. It simply migrates back upward into the intestine and comes
out later.
It is reassuring to know that such farts aren't really lost,
just delayed.
Is it really possible to ignite farts?
The answer to that is yes! However, you
should be aware that people get injured igniting flatulence. Not only
can the flame back up into your colon, but your clothing or other surroundings
may catch on fire. A survey done by Fartcloud (the site, alas! is
not more) indicates that about a quarter of the people who ignited their farts
got burned doing it. Ignition of flatulence is a hazardous practice.
There have also been cases in which intestinal gases with a
higher than normal oxygen content have exploded during surgery when electric
cautery was used by the surgeon.
Why is possible to burn farts?
Farts burn because they contain methane
(usually) and hydrogen, both of which are flammable gases. (Hydrogen was
the same gas that was used in the ill fated Hindenburg dirigible.)
Farts tend to burn with a blue or yellow flame.
Is it possible to light a match with a fart?
(Question submitted by Brocolli)
No, even strike-anywhere matches have their limits,
unless the fart has the consistency of sandpaper! Any fart that
rough I would hesitate to call a fart. Also, farts have the same
temperature as the body from which they emerge, and aren't hot enough to
initiate combustion.
Are there any books about farting?
There are several! My favorite is the new
book, Who Cut the Cheese: A Cultural History of the Fart
by Jim Dawson. This book provides an entertaining and thought-provoking
history of the fart in literature, language and society. It is very
informative and very funny!
Ben Franklin's classic Fart Proudly is still in print.
There is a collection of suggestive photographs called Who Farted Now? by St. Martin's Press. Most
of the photos come from old movies and political shots.
For children, we have the famous The Gas We Pass : The Story of Farts by Shinta Cho, and
Amanda Mayer Stinchecum (Translator), and the Canadian picture book, Good Families Don't , by Alan Daniel and Robert N. Munsch,
about a highly visible fart infesting a proper middle class family.
Is it possible for a talented person to earn a living through flatulence?
Few people earn their living directly via
flatulence. But a friend of mine says that he saw a carnival act in
which the performer whistled tunes with his farts, blew out candles on the
opposite side of the stage, and sent flames all the way across the stage.
A famous performer who earned his living this way was Le Petomane, who
performed in France at the beginning of the 20th Century. However, my
friend isn't old enough to have seen Le Petomane, so maybe he had a chance to
see Mr. Methane. Mr.
Methane lays claim to the distinction of being the world's only
performing flatulist.
However, people may also earn a living through the
prevention of flatulence (as do the manufacturers and sellers of Beano and
other products), through the practice of medicine specializing in the treatment
of flatulence and other gastrointestinal problems, by writing books about
flatulence (see the question before this one), and through the production and
sales of various fart gags such as whoopee cushions and farts in a can.
Fartypants
sells a fart filter and a number of other fart-related products.
Maybe, if you're lucky, you'll be able to find a copy of Le
Petomane's biography by searching at alibris by clicking on the link below.
Last time I checked, they had two copies available!
Why do dog and cat farts smell so bad?
A carnivore's protein-rich diet produces
relatively small amounts of intensely stinky gas because proteins contain lots
of sulfur. A dog's or cat's farts are rarely audible, but the odor is
overwhelming. I have asked biologists why dogs and cats generally
fart silently, and their theories include: (1) the amount of gas produced is
small, but potent, (2) the horizontal orientation of their gastrointestinal
system puts less pressure on the anal opening, so the gas is expelled more
slowly, (3) their anal sphincters don't close as tightly as humans' because it
takes less force to hold in the contents of the colon -- again because of the
horizontal orientation of the gastrointestinal system -- and a loose anus makes
less sound, and, my favorite (4) dogs and cats don't feel embarrassed about
farting, so their sphincters are more relaxed, leading to less noisy flatulence.
Mike F. points out that many dog foods are soy-based, so on
top of all the above factors, add beans and stand back!
Large herbivorous animals such as cows, horses and
elephants, on the other hand, produce vast quantities of relatively non-stinky
fart gas. The farts of these animals are noisy and can go on for
astoundingly long periods of time. Cows in particular are productive, in
part because they swallow huge amounts of air. They need oxygen in their
guts for the various protozoa employed there as digestive aids.
Do fish fart?
According to our ichthyologist at the
University of Guam, fish flatulence per se has not been studied, although
people have investigated fish digestion. They find that although most
fish have alkaline intestinal environments like our own, coral-eating fish have
acidic intestinal contents. The acid serves to dissolve coral skeletal
material. Coral has the same composition as Tums (calcium carbonate).
One product of the reaction between acid and calcium carbonate is carbon
dioxide gas. Therefore, it is logical to assume that coral-eating fish
fart a lot.
The other fish probably fart also, for the same reasons that
we do.
However, Mike Pulte, a great fish enthusiast, said that he
has never seen a fish do it.
I asked our ichthyologist if it were possible that fish gas
would go into the swim bladder instead of out the anal opening. He said
that modern fish have an air bladder that is independent of the
gastrointestinal tract. The gas comes from enzymatic activity and not
from the intestine. Older models of fish have their swim bladder
connected to the gastrointestinal tract, but it is attached high up, closer to
the mouth than to the other end, and these fish come to the surface and gulp
air to fill the bladder. Therefore, we can assume that intestinal gas
leaves the fish through the anal opening.
We also pondered the possibility of fish making noise via
flatulence, but apparently most fish noises are made through belching
rather than farting.
Lisa P., an aquarium enthusiast, reports that she has
seen her fish fart: "I have four aquariums and many fish, and I have
personally witnessed fish farting! My goldfish used to do it all the
time! You'd see a little bubble come out of his anus and stay there,
trapped in the mucus of a long string of poop. (Ugh!) And my opaline
gourami does it too. Neither of these are coral-eating fish. I have only
owned two coral-eating fish so far, but I have never seen either of them fart.
It seems most likely to me that much of this gas comes from air swallowed
during eating. Also, goldfish have a very simple digestive system and
their food is absorbed inefficiently, so possibly the bacteria have more to
feed on?"
Do turtles fart?
(Question submitted by coolBettyann)
Yes, turtles do fart, and their farts smell incredibly
bad, as do the farts of snakes. In fact, it is my opinion, based on
personal experience with reptiles and not on any formal research, that many
reptiles use farts as a weapon.
Reptile farts smell so bad that sometimes you can tell that
one is nearby in the woods, even on a windy day, before you can see the animal.
One day I was hiking through the woods in Arkansas with a friend and I told my
friend, "I smell a snake fart." A second later, the snake
crawled across the path. Astounding but true!
What kind of animal has the highest worldwide output of flatulence?
Believe it or not, the animal that wins
this honor is the humble termite. Because of their diet and digestive
processes (with more than the usual microbial assistance), they produce as much
methane as human industry. Termite farts are believed to be a major
contributor towards global warming.
Is there any kind of animal that doesn't fart?
(Question submitted by Funsux)
If we define a fart to be an anal escape of intestinal
gas, then it follows that animals that lack intestines or an anus cannot fart.
Most animals possess intestines and an anus, but there are some that don't.
These include:
Sponges: These organisms lack true tissues and organs.
They have just a few types of cells organized into a bag with holes in it.
Water flows into some holes and out other holes. Sponges are so different from
other animals that some biologists think we shouldn't even call them animals.
Cnidaria: This phylum includes the jellyfish, corals, sea
anemones and hydra. Their tissues are organized into a bag with a mouth
surrounded by stinging tentacles. Food enters the mouth and is digested
inside the bag, after which the leftovers are expelled via the same opening.
In effect, the same hole serves as both a mouth and an anus. Any gas
expelled by a cnidarian would be more appropriately termed a belch rather than
a fart, since the animal lacks intestines and separate anus.
Pogonophoran worms: These remarkable animals, who dwell on
the sea floor near active volcanic regions associated with mid-ocean ridges,
possess no mouth, no stomach, no intestines, and no anus. Apparently
they retain their svelte, worm-shaped figures by giving up on eating completely!
They survive by means of a mutualistic relationship with chemosynthetic
bacteria that live in their flesh. Anyway, these animals cannot possibly
fart.
A second category of animals that probably don't fart are
animals that live very deep underwater. At high pressures, gas remains
in solution rather than forming bubbles. So there is a good chance that
all those clams, echinoderms, fish and other animals living near the sealer
don't fart because their farts stay in solution and never emerge as bubbles,
even though the animals possess perfectly good intestines and anuses.
Is it possible to leave a brown spot on your pants because of a fart, and
if so, what causes it?
Judging from what I see when I do the
laundry, I'd say that the answer to the first question is definitely yes.
As for the causes, we must remember that what we call
"fart" and what we call "poop" are just end-members of a
continuum. That is, we can have a pure fart, or a pure poop, or anything
in-between, depending upon the admixture of the two.
If a sample consists mostly of poop with only a small fart
component, you get such things as jet-propelled bowel movements and spongy,
floating fecal masses (you know, the ones that refuse to be flushed down the
toilet -- they keep popping back up).
If the sample consists mostly of fart with only a small poop
component, you get what is known as "skid marks" or "fart art."
These can also result from inadequate wiping, but the shape of the stain is
different in the two cases. Inadequate wiping leads to elongate
marks parallel to one's crack, usually with well-defined edges, whereas fart
art is generally more circular and has an air-brushed look.
Fart art is most likely to occur if (1) a person is suffering from
diarrhea, (2) the person is trying too hard to fart, and (3) the person
mistakenly perceives the pressure against his sphincter to be gas pressure
rather than liquid pressure. Again, that last situation is most likely
to occur if the person is afflicted with diarrhea.
How can we tell when it's only gas needing to come out, rather than
something more serious?
(Question submitted by BSneed)
Our ability to distinguish between the need to fart and
the need to poop is something that we learn gradually in the process of toilet
training and early childhood. With the tactile nerve endings in the
rectal area, we can actually feel different sensations depending upon what is
waiting by the exit. Of course, sometimes we are fooled, especially if
the substance at hand is extremely fluid in nature, and that is when we have
the unfortunate accident of venting a squirt of diarrhea rather than an
innocent fart.
Why do chicks always deny farting?
(Question submitted by Kevin C.)
I suppose I should start by saying that only some
chicks deny farting. The rest of us acknowledge our gaseous
accomplishments with pride.
However, a great many sisters do deny farting. The
reason is that they have been misled into thinking that farts are not ladylike.
It is a great mistake to say that farting is not ladylike. The reason is
that all people fart, including ladies. Anything that ladies do is by
definition ladylike, and that includes the emission of anal gases.
Is is possible that, by inhaling other people's farts all day long, my own
farts will smell more?
(Question submitted by MtBfTr)
No, inhaled farts would go into the lungs rather than
into the digestive system, and would simply be exhaled again, although it might
be possible that some of the fart components might be absorbed into the blood.
If you wanted to benefit from other people's farts in the way you describe, you
would have to swallow them somehow.
Is it possible to get stoned after inhaling two or three farts in a row?
(Question submitted by MtBfTr)
I am not aware of any intoxicating agents in flatulence.
However, most farts contain very little oxygen, and you may experience
dizziness if you are inhaling overly concentrated fart essence, simply from
lack of oxygen. On the other hand, if you are inhaling farts in the open
air and are breathing rapidly in order to inhale as much fart as possible, you
may be hyperventilating, which also induces dizziness.
Then there is the intrinsic hilarity factor: farts are so
funny in both sound and odor that you might feel high just from the basic entertainment
value of farts.
Is it possible for a fart to kill you?
A great many of you have asked if farts
can be fatal, or if you can die from smelling a particularly bad fart.
My initial response to this question was "no," but I thought I'd
better ask a doctor. So now it is official, the medical opinion I
received is no, a fart can't kill you.
However, if you really work hard at it, you can manage to
kill yourself with just about anything. I recently read of a man who
hooked up his nose to his anus with a system involving a gas mask, rubber
tubing and a hollow wooden post. He died of suffocation. This story
comes from the Darwin Awards, and I personally cannot attest to the overall
veracity of their stories.
The story of the bed-bound obese man who died from inhaling
his own flatulence (and whose farts almost killed the paramedics) is an urban
legend that has been in circulation for some time.
Can excessive farting cause impotence?
(Question submitted by Tom
"Tru")
That depends on the tolerance level of the person with
whom one is trying to be potent!
Fortunately for humans, farting doesn't cause tissue damage.
Other animals aren't so lucky. Soldier termites can actually turn
themselves into bombs by detonating themselves via the explosive release of gas
and feces, a process called "autothysis."
Is it possible to inhale (suck in air) via one's anal opening?
(Question submitted by MkongB52)
Yes, but it's a rare talent. The great early 20th
Century French flatulist, Le Petomane, was able to do this, and in fact was
able to suck up an entire bowlful of water (just the water, not the bowl) into
his colon and expel it again with considerable force. By sucking
in large quantities of air, he was able to perform lengthy shows on stage, and
could imitate musical instruments, farm animals, and bird songs, whistle
melodies, and play the ocarina. His productions were said to be
virtually odorless, which is to be expected from air obtained directly from the
outside.
Here is a message I received recently (November, 1999)
regarding the skill of inhaling via the anus:
"i would just like you to know that i am part of a trio, who can
suck in air in our anal openings. we are somewhat air-bandits. we
can let the longest farts you have ever heard. our record holder, chad, stands
at 24 sec. the record for most farts in a row is derek, at 492.
and i, robert, have earned such nicknames as: Mad Crapper, gurglemeister, and
old wetful. We have followed Le Petomane example, and have
mastered the art of farting."
What causes the burning sensation that sometimes accompanies a fart?
(Question submitted by XxvNyKvxX)
This is generally caused by a recent meal of hot peppers
or related spices. The oils associated with these foods remain intact
and active all the way through one's gastrointestinal system.
If you fart in the bathtub, is the water polluted and should you refill the
tub?
(Question submitted by Mary S.)
As long as what comes out is only fart and no poop, your
bath water should not be significantly polluted. Most of the gas just
bubbles up and contaminates the air rather than the water.
Is it true that a woman can fart out of her, shall we say, frontal opening,
and if so, where does the gas come from?
(Question submitted by AiR and iabber)
Yes, it is true! The gas that emerges is
simply trapped air, for there is no gas production in the genitalia of a woman.
The air can enter because the system is open to the outside. This highly
specialized kind of fart is sometimes called a queef.
Can a man fart out of his genital opening?
(Question submitted by Foxy14765)
I have asked various men this question and they all deny
it emphatically.
UPDATE: I just got an email from a SmellyPoop.com reader that posted an interesting
story on this.
Is it possible to capture a fart in a jar and save it for later use?
(Question submitted by Bigdude)
It should be theoretically possible to do this, but there
would be lots of logistical problems. I would suggest using a plastic bag
instead of a jar. You might try the following as a science fair
experiment:
Fart into several plastic bags and seal them carefully.
Then fill several other plastic bags with ordinary air. Wait 24 hours.
Then get volunteers to smell the contents of the bags to see if they can
correctly identify which ones contain the farts. This should tell you if
it is possible to store a fart in any useful way.
Malachi and Megaera have come up with a way to capture a
fart in a jar. They say to do it in the bathtub while bathing. Fill the
jar with bath water and then hold it with the open end downward. Lean
back in the bathtub so that your fart bubbles will emerge in front of you
rather than behind you where you can't see them. Catch the bubbles in
the jar, and put the lid on the jar while it's still underwater. This
way, you capture a fairly pure fart uncontaminated by atmospheric air.
To enjoy your captured fart to the fullest extent, make sure that your jar does
not already smell like whatever was it it before, like pickles or peanut butter.
Is it weird to enjoy farting?
(Question submitted by RARracing)
It is not unusual to enjoy farting. I believe that
enjoyment of farting is a healthy attitude, since everyone has to fart.
If a person is farting to the extent that it creates problems and unhappiness,
then a visit to a doctor is in order.
What color is a fart?
(Question submitted by Stacey)
Farts are, alas, colorless. All of the gases that
make up farts have no inherent color. But just think of how interesting
it would be if farts were bright orange like nitrogen dioxide gas! It
would certainly take the mystery out of who farted.
Never-the-less, a high-personality gas like fart gas
suggests color to people. Some people envision farts as brown, others as
green or yellow. I have always thought of farts as brown, presumably
because poop is brown. When someone farts in our car, that person might
say, "You better not breathe through your mouth for awhile, or your teeth
will turn brown."
I knew a toddler who used to draw pictures of farts as yellow
rectangles full of holes, like a slice of Swiss cheese. She thought of
farts as yellow, and said that she knew they were rectangular because she could
feel the sharp corners scraping against her on the way out!
Do other people smell a fart better than the farter?
(Question submitted by Gshaydock)
The fart should smell just as much for the person who
created it as it does for other people. However, the farter is somewhat
protected by having the fart propelled away from his body in a direction
opposite to his nose. Farting upwind nullifies this advantage.
Why is it that when you scratch your ass through two layers of clothing
(your underwear and your jeans) your fingers still stink?
(Question submitted by TREKCOP99)
As pointed out by Barb F., who contributed the term
listed below, a fart can be regarded as "aerosolized poop," which
means that microscopic fragments and droplets of poop are actually distributed
throughout the gaseous matrix of the fart. When delivered from the anus
with some force, the components of the fart can penetrate one's clothing and
these tiny particles can be trapped in the fibers of the cloth. The
particles are transferred to your fingers and then your nose when you scratch
and sniff.
Where does the word "fart" come from?
(Question submitted by JM and
Woodwave20)
According to Eric Partridge in his excellent book of word
origins (Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English),
our word fart comes from the Old English word feortan, presumably
of echoic origin, meaning that the word was chosen to sound like the object
named.
When it is cold outside and you fart, can you see it like you can see your
breath?
(Question submitted by Anderson G.)
Now, that's an interesting idea! My guess would be
yes, since farts are nice and moist like our breath, but this is one question
that I'm not in a position to answer. I live in the tropics, and it
never gets cold here. So all of you who live in cold places, try it out
and let me know. I'd guess that there are really two questions here: can
you see the fart with no pants on, and can you see the fart even with pants
on...
Answers to that famous question :
Who Did It?
He who smelt it
Dealt it.
(or the variant submitted by SimplyLucy)
Whoever smelt it,
Dealt it.
He who denied it
Supplied it.
(Submitted by Ellie:)
You said the rhyme -
You did the crime!
(or the variant submitted by Brutus)
Whoever said the rhyme
Did the crime.
(Submitted by Jon:)
The smellers
The feller!
(Submitted by Snoopidog)
You said it,
You let it!
(Submitted by Louie "Poohy" Oster)
He who detected it
Ejected it!
(Submitted by Louie "Poohy" Oster)
Whoever snooped it
Pooped it!
(Submitted by brian)
"The dog always digs up the bone."
(Submitted by Mary S.)
"The skunk smells his own hole first."
(Submitted by M.L.G.)
"The fox smells his own hole first."
(Submitted by WT from Scotland)
Who farted? Me mammy,
Dae it again son,
Me cannae,
God bless your wee bum.
(Submitted by RaiderEp)
The one with a gaseous demeanor
Is the one with the smell that is meaner!!
(with reply:)
I can only attest
To a smell that is best!
Schoolyard Fart Tricks
Patrick B. says that you can trick
someone into mentioning farts without them realizing it by getting them to read
the following out loud, preferably in front of an audience: HOOF HEARTED
ICE MELTED.
M. Rodrigues submitted this one: Get your friends to say
this fast: One smart man, he felt smart; two smart men, they felt smart; three
smart men, they all felt smart!
Scott offers this version of
the one above: One smart fellow, he felt smart; two smart fellows, they both
felt smart.
Wise Fart Sayings
A fart is just a turd beeping for the right of way! (Submitted
by Bill)
A fart is nothing but the lonely cry of an imprisoned turd. (Submitted
by LT683)
A fart's a shit without the mess. (from George Carlin, submitted
by Painindnek)
If two people are in an elevator and one person farts, everyone knows who
did it. (from George Carlin, submitted by Painindnek)
He who farts last is the last one farting. (Submitted by
Butter214)
He who farts in church sits in his own pew. (Submitted by Lorie
B.) or He who fart in church sit in own pew. (Submitted by Beach)
Fart three times and get a wish. (Submitted by Malachi)
If someone farts in the car, all persons should take three deep breaths and
it will all be gone. (Submitted by Dick M.)
Vulcan saying: Only a Klingon would fart in an airlock. (Submitted
by BCorri)
Farting is your ass's way of saying "hi" when you forget it's
there. (Submitted by Grim.)
It gives two people something NOT to talk about!
(Submitted by Grim.)
Types of farters
Bugle bum: Australian term for someone who farts a lot.
(contributed by Michi)
Fart blossom: a producer of particularly redolent farts.
Fartmeister: an expert and accomplished farter.
Methane makers: people who fart a lot. (contributed by Ech T.)
Organ arse: Australian term for someone who farts a lot. (contributed
by Michi)
Snorkeldorfer: a person who farts underwater and then sticks his nose in the
bubble. (contributed by Yardfelon)
Original Fart Compositions!
Here Comes the Bride
by Jerry Riccio, Nicole Riccio, and Jamie Lynn Riccio
Here comes the bride all dressed in brown,
It used to be white but she crapped on her gown.
Here comes the bride; she looks pretty smart,
She stopped in the aisle and let out a fart.
There runs the groom because he heard the boom,
He's heading towards the door,
He never smelt that brand before!
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