The subject of farts came up in our house this week. If you have children, especially boys, they probably think this topic is hysterical. Grown up boys are just as bad, and they put the blame on everyone else in the room. Not even the dog is safe. I thought – why not? So here you have a TT about farts.
Thirteen Things About Farts
1. According to the dictionary a fart is an expulsion of intestinal gas.
2. When we eat we swallow air. Some drinks are fizzy. Gas is created when food is digested. All this air and gas has to escape our body and it leaves as a fart.
3. Everyone farts. No one is immune from farting. The foster dog also farts. Picture me holding my nose this week.
4. Farts smell mainly because of the hydrogen sulfide gas. There are also other elements in foods, which make bad smells. Sulfur rich foods create smelly farts.
5. The average person creates around half a litre of gas each day – that’s around 14 farts per day.
6. Men do not fart more than women. It just seems that way!
7. Farts are actually flammable.
8. Beans do make you fart more.
9. Holding back a fart won’t do any damage.
10. A fart has a temperature of 98.6 degrees when it emerges.
11. Excessive gas is actually called flatulence.
12. The farts of dogs and cats smell so bad because of their protein rich diet.
13. The fart sound effect is produced by the vibration of the anal opening. The loudness of the fart also depends on the velocity of the gas exiting the body.
Discuss 
Sources:
www.kidshealth.org
www.scienceray.com
www.fart-sounds.net
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July 15th, 2010 at 2:44 am · Link
A great subject for discussion. You could also add differences in velocity through effort, and I’ve even known people who can fart a short tune :-)
July 15th, 2010 at 4:01 am · Link
OMG lol Way more info than I needed on the subject! Happy T13!
July 15th, 2010 at 4:24 am · Link
We have two big farty dogs in our house, and it’s always them.
July 15th, 2010 at 4:27 am · Link
I LOVE THIS. And so will my 13-year-old daughter who thinks farts of the height of hilarity.
July 15th, 2010 at 5:36 am · Link
My sons love to fart. My girls think it’s repulsive.
July 15th, 2010 at 5:45 am · Link
What an odd topic. And, for the flammable fart thing, see Mythbusters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFRBHPIE-w
July 15th, 2010 at 5:59 am · Link
There is nothing funnier than watching adog after it has happened.
Have a great day!
http://harrietandfriends.com/2010/07/what-type-of-accent-would-you-like-to-have-if-you-were-forced-to-change-yours/
July 15th, 2010 at 6:10 am · Link
You may get the award for most unusual Thursday 13 topic. My sons would enjoy it.
July 15th, 2010 at 6:11 am · Link
LOL! I’ve GOT to let my two boys read this! They’ll love it!
Thanks Shelley! Happy Thursday!
July 15th, 2010 at 7:42 am · Link
Heh. Was just discussing this very subject with my doctor yesterday as we searched for a new medicine for my diabetes. One of the side effects for one med was farting…
July 15th, 2010 at 8:01 am · Link
LOL! Too funny. But infomative!
*hugs*
Paige
My TT is at http://paigetylertheauthor.blogspot.com/
July 15th, 2010 at 8:23 am · Link
lol With three teenage boys I am immune to giggling over farts. *covers mouth and giggles* Ok, don’t tell them I laughed over your post, it just encourages them.
July 15th, 2010 at 9:11 am · Link
I thought boys were suppose to out grow the fart-joke thing, but my son had me in stitches in the store the other day.
July 15th, 2010 at 9:26 am · Link
Lol…topic is apropo as we have been discussing a gassy woman at work who farts loudly and often
July 15th, 2010 at 9:31 am · Link
Not the sort of subject I expected to find here, and many facts i did not need to know. *Shakes head*
July 15th, 2010 at 10:30 am · Link
That’s funny. I watched the “Mythbusters” episode where Jamie lit his fart on fire. It was hysterical. That show is such a guilty pleasure sometimes, even when I know I should be writing.
July 15th, 2010 at 12:14 pm · Link
My daughter loves this…laughing as I type
July 15th, 2010 at 12:19 pm · Link
I have two tween boys here this week… I’d better not let them see this or I’ll be hearing nothing but farts of all sizes and varieties for MONTHS.
July 15th, 2010 at 1:47 pm · Link
Did you know that the word fart is not in the official Scrabble Dictionary! But stupid words like ZA for pizza are.
July 15th, 2010 at 2:20 pm · Link
My hubby loved this post. I really think they all remain boys at heart.
July 15th, 2010 at 3:34 pm · Link
This is just too funny, as my hubby would surely tell you. Boys and men never outgrow how funny they think farts are…never.
My hubby has been known to fart when we are in the grocery store and then very loudly say, “Mary! sheesh!” So everyone thinks it was me! What a butt head but he thinks it’s funnier than Americas funniest home videos.
July 15th, 2010 at 4:45 pm · Link
I want to know who took a fart’s temperature
July 15th, 2010 at 8:26 pm · Link
We have elephants in our house. LOL!
July 16th, 2010 at 2:33 am · Link
A cousin of a friend of mine, (ya ya, this one is true), anyway he lit his fart with a match and toasted his rear end.
Happy belated TT.
Janice~
