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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

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To: Hoosier-Daddy

More like “Ask the Farting Preacher”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57l-lq44bKk


21 posted on 09/24/2010 4:24:26 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: GSP.FAN
This thread is gonna stink...

Yup, it's heading straight for the toilet.

22 posted on 09/24/2010 4:26:15 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: EveningStar

23 posted on 09/24/2010 4:28:24 PM PDT by JRios1968 (What is the difference between 0bama and his dog, Bo? Bo has papers.)
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To: Centurion2000

always with the potty talk


24 posted on 09/24/2010 4:28:49 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: EveningStar

You might talk to your doctor about the problem. I read once about an elderly lady named Naomi Johnson who went to her doctor to address a problem with flatulance.

She explained to the Doc that she had a problem with uncontrollable flatulance. Once every two or three minutes, she’d pass gas and could not help herself. While the farts were totally silent, they were quite obnoxiously smelly, and when she was in a social setting with some of her other elderly friends, they’d frown and move away from her whenever she starting passing gas.

The poor woman pleaded with the doctor to help her with the problem, pointing out that she had passed gas four times even during the four or five minutes she was discussing the problem with the doctor, which, she allowed, he had to have noticed due to the smell, even though they were completely silent.

“Can you help me with this embarrassing problem, doctor”, she asked?

The doctor leaned forward and keyed his receptionist on the intercom. “Ms. Samson, could you check Dr. McGee’s appointment schedule to see if she has any time available this afternoon?”

The patient asked, “What specialty is this Dr. McGee who you think might be able to help me with my flatulance.”

“Oh, I think I can help you with that problem. Some of the meds I have you on can sometimes contribute to excessive gas, and there are some dietary adjustments that our dietician should be able to advise you on which might also help. Dr. McGee is our audiologies. Ms. Johnson, I think we need to get your hearing checked.”


25 posted on 09/24/2010 4:28:52 PM PDT by Spartan79 (Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem.)
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To: EveningStar
... how come I never feel better when I fart? All I ever feel is embarrassed.

Lauren, it depends on how LOUD they are when you let 'em go ....

26 posted on 09/24/2010 4:29:41 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: JennysCool

That is one the funniest things I’ve ever watched.


27 posted on 09/24/2010 4:30:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 4)
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To: EveningStar

I mostly just let them rip no matter where I am.

If I’m in mixed company, and I think they are going to stink, I simply announce that “I’m gassy” first and then get on with it.

No biggie.


28 posted on 09/24/2010 4:30:20 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: JRios1968

29 posted on 09/24/2010 4:31:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 4)
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To: JennysCool

LOL, Robert Tilton.

I grew up in Dallas and remember this shuckster (and this video) well.

Good find.


30 posted on 09/24/2010 4:32:59 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: EveningStar
Why do other people's farts smell bad?
31 posted on 09/24/2010 4:36:48 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: jaz.357

Tootle,

I loved that book when I was a child!


32 posted on 09/24/2010 4:38:18 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: Centurion2000

Either that or just walk faster so you aren’t embarassed.


33 posted on 09/24/2010 4:44:04 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: anniegetyourgun
always with the potty talk

Yeah I'm just a real commode-ian.

34 posted on 09/24/2010 4:49:23 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (WTF happened to my country?? I joined the Marines and defended the USA and it degenerates into this?)
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To: chris_bdba

We call that, “Crop Dusting.”


35 posted on 09/24/2010 4:51:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 4)
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Almost nothing more enjoyable than setting someone up the bomb in the grocery store aisles. Even the wife, LMAO, I never see her move faster than when she enters the “fog” while I casually stroll away with the cart.


36 posted on 09/24/2010 4:52:29 PM PDT by prairie dog
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To: Centurion2000

Beware the whispering tarantulas...

The farts that stink the worst are always silent.


37 posted on 09/24/2010 4:53:41 PM PDT by Ronin (If it were not so gruesomely malevolent, Islam would just be silly.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Hopefully your daughter doesn't read Free Republic, or else she may never speak to you again, Pete from Shawnee Mission.
38 posted on 09/24/2010 4:54:44 PM PDT by giotto
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To: cripplecreek

ROTFLMAO!!


39 posted on 09/24/2010 4:55:16 PM PDT by McBuff
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To: Centurion2000

At least you aren’t a gasbag.


40 posted on 09/24/2010 4:55:37 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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