How a Fart Killed 10,000 People

The Daily Beast ^ | December 4, 2016 | Candida Moss

[jerseyman]

“there were professional farters at work in Japan by the 1700s”. And I wasted my time getting an education and working in the corporate world. I coulda been a contender!

[When do we get liberated?]

I always thought it was funny that when people do that. The dog knows who farted, when they did it and what they ate.

[doorgunner69]

Rosie O’Donuts thread?

[Fhios]

I like crop dusting while grocery shopping and depth charging at family events but there is a special place in my heart for floating air biscuits in bed. And yes farts are indeed flammable.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Everyone has at least one special talent. I am glad you have discovered yours. I'm sure your wife will be relieved that you have discovered it, also. Congratulations! 😉

[dangus]

So Uranus has so much gas, it turned blue? Maybe Uranus SHOULD release some of that gas.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

That only works with SBDs. (Silent But Deadly)

[stars & stripes forever]

What? No BOOM! at the beginning of the article?

[pa_dweller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSo0duY7-9s

[tumblindice]

[DeFault User]

During my high school years I worked at a newspaper’s press that was running full speed dumping newspapers onto a conveyor belt. There were 6 of us inserting preprinted mags and comics in the newspapers. This had to be done quickly as the presses did not stop for anything. The room was about 50’ x 20’. The guy at the head of the room was quite fond of beans and beer and was usually carrying a load when we started work at midnight. He was well known for his flatulence, but one night he cut one so toxic that it filled the room and forced the rest of us to evacuate in the middle of a press run while stacks of newspapers littered the floor. It was so bad that everyone ran to find breathable air. This was not an elevator, mind you, but a 50’ x 20’ room.

[eldoradude]

a man named Fukutomi

Should be the start of a limerick...

[Kickass Conservative]

Beer and Menudo, a much more dangerous combination than I could have ever imagined.

[Songcraft]

A man named Fukutomi
Ate the bean dip made by his mommy
He flinched with a start
And let out a fart
Which triggered another tsunami.

[eldoradude]

Hehehe good one! Much cleaner than I would have come up with.

[Songcraft]

His name sort of looks like it contains a bad word, doesn’t it?

[Noumenon]

Funny you mention that. I had lentil soup. Delicious. I’m feeling enlightened already. And well into the night.

[Eagles6]

A former girlfriend walked into the room and said "Eww...did you fart?"

I said "No, do you want me too?"

[MurrietaMadman]

And not moments ago I was searching for a source of fart blocks. Or fart rocks.

[Billthedrill]

Good heavens - 38 posts on farting and no one has mentioned Benjamin Franklin's Fart Proudly? We're slipping, people...