Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the FartWe've told you HOW TO SHIT IN THE WOODS. We've taken you UP SHIT CREEK. Now, we dare to ask the eternal question...WHO CUT THE CHEESE? Which is to say, what exactly is a fart? Why do we do it? Why do we hide it when we do it? And why do we find farts so darn funny? A cut above anything else on the subject, this book really lets go and tells all, getting to the bottom of these mysteries. Author Jim sniffs out a load of historical and scientific fart tales, then offers the kind of fun facts you'll be dying to let slip at social occasions, in chapters like "Fart Facts That Aren't Just Hot Air," "Gone with the Wind" (on famous movie farts), and "Le Petomane & the Art of the Fart" (on the most famous windbag in history). From fact to fiction to frivolous flatulence, this book is unquestionably a ripping good read. |
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... oligosaccharides , dubbed by clinical researchers as the " flat- ulent factors . " Oligosaccharides are found in most green vegetables and legumes , but the vegetable kingdom's poster boy for flatulence , the one that usually takes the ...
... oligosaccharides , dubbed by clinical researchers as the " flat- ulent factors . " Oligosaccharides are found in most green vegetables and legumes , but the vegetable kingdom's poster boy for flatulence , the one that usually takes the ...
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... oligosaccharides ) , discard the water , and then cook them in new water . The aforementioned Dr. Michael Levitt , a Minneapolis gastroenterologist , says that soaking beans can decrease gas in a normal person by one tenth . Other ...
... oligosaccharides ) , discard the water , and then cook them in new water . The aforementioned Dr. Michael Levitt , a Minneapolis gastroenterologist , says that soaking beans can decrease gas in a normal person by one tenth . Other ...
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... oligosaccharides but cer tain chemicals in bean skins that inhibit human enzymes whose job is to disperse gas into the bloodstream instead of channeling it into the bowels , You'd think a fartless bean , like a better mousetrap , would ...
... oligosaccharides but cer tain chemicals in bean skins that inhibit human enzymes whose job is to disperse gas into the bloodstream instead of channeling it into the bowels , You'd think a fartless bean , like a better mousetrap , would ...
Contents
WORDS ARE BUT WIND | 19 |
LIT FARTS | 40 |
A SWIFT KICK | 64 |
MEN OF LETTERS | 76 |
MUSICAL FARTS | 97 |
GONE WITH THE WIND | 115 |
ADVENTURES | 132 |
LEGENDS OF THE FART | 150 |
INDEX | 163 |
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