I think this discussion gives bottom-posting an entirely different, ahem, aspect.
On 9/12/09, ss <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 12 Sep 2009 1:01:21 pm J. Alfred Prufrock wrote: >> > I wonder if farting quietly in public - or even melodiously - is good >> > etiquette. >> >> It's da nose dat knows! (with apologies to Jimmy Durante) > > Not sure if this came up on Silk before but there is a Sanskrit poem about > farting > > Dharram-bharram bhayam naasti > Kuya-puya cha madhyamam > thussakaaram maha ghoram > nisshabdam praana sankatam > > Which means > > The loud (farts) are not to be feared > the squeaks are in between > the hisses are terrible but > it's the silent ones that are deadly > > Hearing my grandfather fart decades ago and finding myself taking after my > grandfather I find that this poem is sort of pointing in the right > direction - even it it isn't 100% accurate, and I have tried to find a > scientific explanation which I believe I have done. > > The smell of your fart is derived from compounds like 3-methyl indole, > hydrogen sulphide and other delicious odors. However fart gas can be > odorless > with methane and hydrogen and nitrogen from swallowed air. > > When the rectum is full of shit any gas in the rectum is loaded with these > scents. The anus itself is able to distinguish between solid and gas. When > you fart with your rectum full of shit you are letting out odor laden gas. > It > is silent, or less noisy because of two reasons which will become apparent > after I write of farting from a rectum full of gas but no shit. > > A rectum full of gas but no shit often (but not invariably) has nearly > odorless gas. When you ler het rip the walls of the rectum act as a > resonating chamber and the anus itself is a ring that vibrates unrestircted > by damping from any solid resting against it. The large volume of gas > escaping causes the anus to vibrate in much the same way as your lip > vibrates > when you imitate the sound of a fart. The empty rectum walls act as > resonating chamber. Try and imitate the sound of a fart alternately with > your > cheeks blown out and without allowing your cheeks to blow out and you will > hear and feel a difference. > > Depending on the amount of shit in your rectum the vibration of your anus is > restricted both by damping from shit and low volumes of odor filled gas > restricting the onset and continuation of vibration of your anus. > > The totaly silent fart is one that is let off when you are nearing the time > to > go for a crap. The retcum is full, the anus does not vibrate and the odor is > indeed deadly. > > Now how's that for a bottom post? > > shiv > > >
