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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
Dear Cecil:
My mother has always told me that the real way to spell relief is f-a-r-t. I have always been a person closely attuned to what is truly natural in myself and others and would appreciate an answer to a problem that has haunted me since childhood.
If gas pains are caused by intestinal gas, then how come I never feel better when I fart? All I ever feel is embarrassed.
— Lauran P., Washington, D.C.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: fart; health; napl; passinggas
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To: Slings and Arrows
Yes, they were all pretty talented. Did I ever tell you about sloppy 60’s?
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posted on
09/25/2010 1:32:46 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: TheOldLady
If so, I’ve repressed the memory.
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posted on
09/25/2010 1:55:04 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
What is really fun is to let one and look at someone near by like you think they did it. snicker*
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posted on
09/25/2010 1:58:00 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Slings and Arrows
Yeah, I don’t blame you.
Who wants to think about slamming down a shot of beer every sixty seconds until you’re so blotto that you can’t even talk in your devil voice?
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posted on
09/25/2010 6:24:24 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: EveningStar
My bulldog will never have diverticulitis.
65
posted on
09/25/2010 6:41:34 PM PDT
by
gitmo
( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
To: EveningStar
Screeeeeeeeeee...... thump...
66
posted on
09/26/2010 10:31:36 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: hosepipe
Son-of-a-bitch! Photobucket erased my Jon Kerrie pics of him lighting farts.
If I had the change, I'd buy my own website-parking-place.
They took down my Mohammed-IS-An Asshole pics too ..................... FRegards
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posted on
09/26/2010 8:47:40 PM PDT
by
gonzo
( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms .................. FRegards)
To: VR-21
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posted on
09/27/2010 4:05:25 AM PDT
by
fredhead
(Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
To: EveningStar; Slings and Arrows; The Comedian
Someone should ask Barack Obama and Bill Clinton the next time they are at a joint function...
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posted on
09/27/2010 7:44:28 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: a fool in paradise
> joint function.
But Bill doesn’t inhale.
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posted on
09/27/2010 7:55:26 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows; ErnBatavia; Allegra
Sometimes you have to avoid “sharting”...
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