Skip to comments.
Does suppressing the urge to toot endanger one's health?
The Straight Dope ^
| April 26, 1985
| Cecil Adams
Posted on 09/24/2010 4:03:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-71 next last
To: EveningStar
Ripping a large loud fart in the right company (deer camp, hanging out with your brothers) is very satisfying and is always good for a laugh. It even brings out others competitive spirit.
You just have to be careful not to shart yourself.
To: dfwgator
Beans, beans,
the musical fruit
The more you eat,
the more you toot.
The more you toot,
the better you feel.
So eat your beans
at every meal!
42
posted on
09/24/2010 4:59:30 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
To: mickey finn
the dreaded hershey squirt
43
posted on
09/24/2010 5:00:27 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: mickey finn
Yup, gunning it too hard can create soot around the tailpipe.....
44
posted on
09/24/2010 5:04:53 PM PDT
by
Quickgun
(As a former fetus, I'm opposed to abortion. Mamas don't let your cowboys grow up to be babies..)
To: EveningStar
I dunno about health but my ex never tooted and everyone knows she has brain damage.
45
posted on
09/24/2010 5:05:23 PM PDT
by
winodog
To: McBuff
Here I sit
Broken Hearted
Paid my dime
And only farted
46
posted on
09/24/2010 5:08:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Rangers Magic Number - 4)
To: dynachrome
It’s still around but some of the older articles are real classics. LOL. :)
47
posted on
09/24/2010 5:20:40 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: VR-21
You dog!
My husband says holding it in COULD KILL YOU. I always ask how he manages in his big, important meetings. He never has an answer!
48
posted on
09/24/2010 5:24:01 PM PDT
by
Pigsley
To: EveningStar
She needs to learn how to ease them out. Technique is important. Find an empty isle at the grocery store and slowly walk down it while silently letting it out.
Then...wait down at the end and watch the facial expressions as people come down the isle.
49
posted on
09/24/2010 5:30:01 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
To: Pigsley
"I always ask how he manages in his big, important meetings."Brings to mind that scene from Blazing Saddles.
50
posted on
09/24/2010 5:34:14 PM PDT
by
VR-21
To: bankwalker
This will become relevant because of Obama’s Beans and Weenies economy.
To: ChildOfThe60s
“watch the facial expressions as people come down the isle”
I guy I worked with called them “air biscuits”.
hehe.
52
posted on
09/24/2010 6:08:02 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: Spartan79
I once had an aunt that needed to see Dr. McGee but she had passed on, so all is fresh and silent in our part of woods.
53
posted on
09/24/2010 6:08:35 PM PDT
by
Tamatoa
(Fight for our America, Fight for our Country I fought to defend!!!)
To: JennysCool
To: EveningStar
Women “toot”, men “fart”.
When a woman toots, she just stinks up the room.
For us guys it’s a completive thing, similar to the sport we played as little boys—who could spit the furthest. It’s all a matter of pride.
So, not farting or being allowed to spit could erode our self-esteem, and completive drive. It is that competitive drive that got us to leave the caves and it has seen us through the battles of war.
I am man, hear me fart.........
55
posted on
09/24/2010 7:31:46 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
To: fanfan; EveningStar; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Geisundheit!
56
posted on
09/24/2010 9:19:31 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: bankwalker; dfwgator
...the musical fruit...That's the way my dad used to say it.
57
posted on
09/25/2010 4:55:17 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Hubby, his brother, and their friends used to have burping contests using Alka-seltzer and Coke. Talking in the “devil voice” was the highlight of the contest.
58
posted on
09/25/2010 5:01:19 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
I’m gassing this will be entertaining.
59
posted on
09/25/2010 6:11:01 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: TheOldLady
The artistic impulse will not be silenced.
60
posted on
09/25/2010 1:04:04 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-71 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson