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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Page vii
... . 28 5 LIT. FARTS- Did Shakespeare , Dante , Balzac , and the rest of them really say that ? .... 40 6 A SWIFT KICK IN CUPID'S ASS- Who says beautiful women don't fart like the rest of us ? .. 64 7 MEN OF LETTERS- 8 9 Mark Twain and Ben.
... . 28 5 LIT. FARTS- Did Shakespeare , Dante , Balzac , and the rest of them really say that ? .... 40 6 A SWIFT KICK IN CUPID'S ASS- Who says beautiful women don't fart like the rest of us ? .. 64 7 MEN OF LETTERS- 8 9 Mark Twain and Ben.
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... says humorist Garrison Keillor , " is that it's improvisational by nature , and it loses a lot in the telling . You had to be there ! " Although Keillor was speaking of the hilarity of an actual fart , fart humor of all kinds can give ...
... says humorist Garrison Keillor , " is that it's improvisational by nature , and it loses a lot in the telling . You had to be there ! " Although Keillor was speaking of the hilarity of an actual fart , fart humor of all kinds can give ...
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... say , the silence between aah and men at the end of a hymn or during a sappy Leonardo DiCaprio love scene - can make a kid an instant hero with the other guys . During my high school senior year , my buddy Joe Ewing taught me how to ...
... say , the silence between aah and men at the end of a hymn or during a sappy Leonardo DiCaprio love scene - can make a kid an instant hero with the other guys . During my high school senior year , my buddy Joe Ewing taught me how to ...
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... say that a fart is puny , transitory , and evanes- First cent . A turd can fossilize into a coprolite permanent enough to reveal its creator's dietary habits to distant future generations , but a fart , no matter how uproarious , slips ...
... say that a fart is puny , transitory , and evanes- First cent . A turd can fossilize into a coprolite permanent enough to reveal its creator's dietary habits to distant future generations , but a fart , no matter how uproarious , slips ...
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... say it once , so pay attention and read carefully . Just as a jet engine turns kerosene fuel into a loud scream , you create a fart by convert- ing undigested food in your lower colon into intestinal gas and then blowing it through a ...
... say it once , so pay attention and read carefully . Just as a jet engine turns kerosene fuel into a loud scream , you create a fart by convert- ing undigested food in your lower colon into intestinal gas and then blowing it through a ...
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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