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Flatulence: A Sign of Friendship or Affection?
College Humor ^ | Lauren Herskovic

Posted on 11/19/2004 10:11:05 AM PST by Texaggie79

Last night as I slept soundly in my bed my phone started to ring. It was really late so I figured it was probably another drunk dial from one of my friends. When I picked up the phone and heard my friend screaming, I realized this was no drunken phone call.

It took some time to calm Jane* down and understand what it was she was trying to say. She just kept rambling and screaming. Finally, I understood.

“HE FARTED! He farted in front of me!” Jane wailed. “Why would he do that? What does it mean?” Jane went on to explain that upon letting the gassy offender go, Steve* said, “What? I thought we were at that point.”

This made me think. What does it mean when a man lets one go? What is this “point”? Could it be that he looks at you like a sister/guy friend and feels comfortable doing that in front of you? Could it be that he really cares about you and realizes that you are gonna be around for awhile, so there is really no point squeezing his cheeks together and wincing in pain? Or is it that he is lactose intolerant and that pizza you just ate is coming back for a sneak attack that he just can’t control?

What does it all mean? In attempts to find an answer, I did some research. Here is what I found:

Some guys say they will fart in front of anyone, that it is natural, and they don’t care who is around when they have an impending gas explosion.

Me: But what if it is a girl you are trying to get with? Anonymous boy: I might think about it but ill still do it. You can’t control it.

Others, however, will only do it in front of people they feel completely comfortable with: girlfriends, their “boys”, or those few “lucky” gals they hang out with. Farting, then, is an honor given only to those worthy of being in the company of such a toxic emission. I don’t know about you, but I get all warm and tingly inside when a guy decides to pass gas in front of me; it means I’m really special!

There are also guys like my brother: he dated his girlfriend for four years before farting in front of her. And when the fartful day finally came, it wasn’t even on purpose! My brother was trying to “stink me out of my room” and his girlfriend got caught in the crossfire. It was a sad day in their relationship. I would have thought they had crossed that territory long before, but instead my brother had been clenching his buns for four years (talk about buns of steel!). He didn’t think it was appropriate to show his long-term woman the real man that he was.

Imagine how shocked (and nauseous) she was when it finally happened. So, what is the truth behind farts? I still have no idea. Therefore, I ask all men out there: don’t fart in front of me, unless of course it means something. No, seriously, tell me; is there any meaning in that tiny puff of air, or are women reading too much into this? Should I be flattered at flatulence?


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To: Texaggie79; Neets
No, seriously, tell me; is there any meaning in that tiny puff of air, or are women reading too much into this?

LOL! I always thought that if you don't let it out, you could explode.

21 posted on 11/19/2004 10:53:18 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: Neets
But then there's another saying contrary to this article theory....

Why fart and waste it while you can burp and taste it?

22 posted on 11/19/2004 10:54:50 AM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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To: Texaggie79

Pull muh finger

23 posted on 11/19/2004 10:59:13 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: All

I do it in my sleep, and the wife kicks me... What does that mean?


24 posted on 11/19/2004 11:00:49 AM PST by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
YUK FAIRBANKS
Reason #352 to be single for life
25 posted on 11/19/2004 11:07:16 AM PST by oceanperch ( President Bush and The First Lady Laura God Bless You!)
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To: Texaggie79

26 posted on 11/19/2004 11:10:54 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: Texaggie79
Everyone knows this is the real reason men have dogs.I like to blame my wife for it as well.
"Gees, what have you been feeding that dog anyway? Man, smells like something crawled up there and died!"
27 posted on 11/19/2004 11:12:53 AM PST by #1CTYankee
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To: Chad Fairbanks

So...do you agree with the author or not? : )


28 posted on 11/19/2004 11:57:46 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Not now. I'm working the room.)
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To: ravingnutter
"Even my cat-poop-eating dogs leave the room when I fart!"

Mine has gotten used to it.

29 posted on 11/19/2004 12:00:18 PM PST by Rebelbase (Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
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To: Texaggie79

As my Dad always says, "SPEAK, Toothless!"


30 posted on 11/19/2004 1:26:50 PM PST by Titan Magroyne (Cha! I am so not an aggressive driver! Call me pro-active.)
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To: Texaggie79
For the creationists in the crowd, why did God create men to have more gas (more smelly, too) and women to be more sensitive to it?

For the evolutionists, why might we have evolved that way? Do male cows (or other mammals) fart more than females? Are female cows more offended?

31 posted on 11/19/2004 1:31:24 PM PST by AZLiberty ("Insurgence" is futile.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet

I fart in your general direction.

With much love.

< |:)~

32 posted on 11/19/2004 1:32:18 PM PST by martin_fierro (Chat is my milieu)
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To: Junior

A stinky ping.

I actually dated a guy who referred to himself as the King of Romance. Then five minutes later the turd would turn to me and say "Hon, pull my finger." He's lucky I didn't break it off!


33 posted on 11/19/2004 1:34:26 PM PST by cjshapi
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To: cjshapi

You should have kept him. He'd have kept the bedroom warm in the winter...


34 posted on 11/19/2004 1:48:43 PM PST by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: TheBigB

This thread is more proof that it is, indeed, Friday! ;-)


35 posted on 11/19/2004 1:49:49 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: Junior

I'd rather pay the robber barron prices of Dominion gas than deal with him. I pity the fool that married him.


36 posted on 11/19/2004 1:51:00 PM PST by cjshapi
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To: Texaggie79

This doesn't pass the smell test! Oh ! You are an Aggie. I got ya! I have been married to an Aggie for 44 years!


37 posted on 11/19/2004 2:00:53 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Texaggie79

Too funny!


38 posted on 11/19/2004 2:48:16 PM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: martin_fierro

That is very flattering. Thank you.


39 posted on 11/19/2004 2:56:14 PM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Not now. I'm working the room.)
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To: AZLiberty
This article claims that odor is proportional to the quantity of sulfur in the gas passed. Furthermore, it states that males produce more gas, but that females produce gas with a higher concentration of sulfur, so the smell is more or less equivalent.
40 posted on 11/19/2004 10:16:50 PM PST by AZLiberty ("Insurgence" is futile.)
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