Have you ever lit a fart on a fire....? (page 5)

I thought it's not Poles who specialize in "Polish jokes". Seriously, (or rather "jokingly") I'm terrible at telling jokes. Oh yeah we have naughty jokes. But very few people over here seem to find farting so amusing. This is evident in the sheer number of lexical choices English language users have, some of which were demonstrated on this thread.

Now, let's see if I'm going to be labelled as an anti-Anglo-Saxon fartophobe.

Cheers,

Pole

FlyingHighNow

Now, let's see if I'm going to be labelled as an anti-Anglo-Saxon fartophobe. Cheers, Pole

Pole, polite, more refined anglos don't find flatulence so amusing. I'd say the majority don't. It's really more of a cult following if you will. I personally don't find things like this that amusing. I don't even like the F word and hardly ever say it. It has to be a rare day when the barometric pressure is weird and the earth is changing direction of the tilt of its axis and strange such goings on.

Really, please don't think all Americans and Brits for that matter go around joking about bubbles. It's not considered polite. I don't begrudge people their unique sense of humor though.

Pole

Really, please don't think all Americans and Brits for that matter go around joking about bubbles.

Flyin' - no fear - of course I know it's not true of all or even the majority of Anglo Saxons. I really try to stear clear of stereotypes. Perhaps I should have said "sub-culture".

Neither am I trying to cast a pejorative judgment on farting jokes. LOL - I have better things to ponder over. :) All I'm saying is that on the whole (and general stats are always misrepresenting what individuals feel), the farting motif is quite well attested in A-S jokes and the wide range of euphemisms you have at your disposal to describe this phenomenon. LOL (Somebody - stop me - What am I saying?).

Back to the topic:

Click here with the speakers on.

Watch the reporter's utter confusion.

Cheers.

Pole

blondie

On a related note

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4565282/detail.html

Man Files $10M Lawsuit Over Exploding Portable Toilet

POSTED: 11:29 am EDT June 3, 2005

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- John Jenkins wants $10 million because of an exploding john.

He's suing Chisler, a general contractor, and the Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

Jenkins claimed he sat down in a portable toilet, tried to light a cigarette and the whole thing blew up. The suit noted there were no warning signs against smoking or open flames.

Eastern Associated Coal owns the West Virginia property where the explosion occurred. The suit charges Chisler with running over pipelines with heavy equipment before the incident, causing a methane gas leak.

Jenkins claimed permanent injuries from the potty blast.

Have you ever lit a fart on a fire....?

Man Files $10M Lawsuit Over Exploding Portable Toilet

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