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Judith Latham

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Mar 26, 2023, 9:59:36 AM3/26/23
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Stinkier-than-usual farts typically happen because of the foods you
eat. You may experience more gas if you have constipation or if you’re
taking certain medications.

Flatulence, which is sometimes called passing wind, passing gas, or
farting, is a biological process that helps to release gas from
digestion.

In some cases, they’re silent and odorless, but farts can become
uncomfortable when they’re loud and foul-smelling.

Smelly gas is not uncommon and is often considered normal. Some foods
or medications can cause excessively smelly farts.

There are, however, some instances when smelly farts can be an
indicator of an underlying infection, digestive issues, or a disorder.

6 causes of smell farts

There are a number of reasons why your farts may smell bad. In most
cases, foul-smelling flatulence is associated with the foods you eat
and an unbalanced diet.

However, there can be more serious causes of rotten-smelling gas.

1. High fiber foods
Many high fiber foods can cause you to pass more gas. It takes longer
for these foods to break down in your digestive system, so they
ferment over time.

High fiber foods also sometimes smell, which means your farts may
smell, too. This is especially true with strong-smelling vegetables,
such as:

broccoli
bok choy
asparagus
cabbage
Your gas may smell like rotten eggs because of the sulfur in
fiber-rich foods. Sulfur is a natural compound that smells like
spoiled eggs. Many vegetables are sulfur-based.

If this is causing your flatulence, simply modifying your diet could
be enough to reduce it.

2. Food intolerance

If you have a sensitivity or reaction to certain foods, your gas could
have a foul odor. For example, people with lactose intolerance can’t
break down the sugar lactose. As a result, it’s fermented by bacteria
in the gut.

Gluten-related disorders, including celiac disease, can also cause
smelly farts. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease where there is
an immune response to the protein gluten. This leads to inflammation
and injury in the intestine, leading to malabsorption and flatulence.

Other than bad-smelling flatulence, celiac disease can cause other
symptoms:

fatigue
bloating
diarrhea
weight loss
Talk with your doctor to get tests and determine whether you have any
food allergies or sensitivities that may be making your farts smell.

3. Medication

Although uncommon, certain medications can cause smelly flatulence.

Antibiotics kill off harmful pathogens in the body, but they can also
destroy some of the “good” bacteria in your stomach, which aids
digestion. Without this bacteria, your gas may smell. You could also
experience bloating and constipation.

Treatment for this cause involves changing medication, which you
should only do under the direction of a healthcare professional.

4. Constipation

Constipation indicates that you have a buildup of stool, or poop, in
your colon. If you can’t poop regularly, it can cause bacteria and
odor to develop. The end result is foul-smelling and sometimes painful
gas.

Taking over-the-counter laxatives can be a simple home remedy for
constipation.

5. Bacteria buildup and digestive tract infections
When your body digests food, it extracts nutrients and sends them to
the bloodstream. The waste products are sent to the colon. Disrupting
the digestion process can cause an overgrowth of bacteria.

Some bacteria can cause infection in the intestines and digestive
tract. This may cause a higher volume of gas than normal and a
strong-smelling odor. People with digestive tract infections also
often have abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Visit your doctor to determine you have a bacterial infection. If you
do, they’ll prescribe antibiotics to clear the infection and get you
feeling better.

6. Colon cancer

A more rare cause of smelly farts is colon cancer. When polyps or
tumors form in the digestive tract, it can cause a partial bowel
obstruction, which results in gas buildup and bloating.

If you begin to experience abnormal smelling gas and discomfort, and a
change in diet or medication doesn’t affect your symptoms, call your
doctor for full evaluation. They can determine whether a colonoscopy
is warranted.

Treatment for colon cancer varies based on the stage of cancer. It can
include surgery to remove tumors and chemotherapy to kill cancer
cells.

https://www.healthline.com/health/smelly-farts


Max Demian

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Mar 26, 2023, 10:08:03 AM3/26/23
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On 26/03/2023 14:59, Judith Latham wrote:

> Stinkier-than-usual farts typically happen because of the foods you
> eat. You may experience more gas if you have constipation or if you’re
> taking certain medications.

The ancient Romans had a proverb: "Suus cuique crepitus bene olet" -
every man likes the smell of his own farts.

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Max Demian

jim.gm4dhj

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Mar 26, 2023, 11:11:12 AM3/26/23
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just light them up problem solved....


Bruce

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Mar 26, 2023, 11:21:53 AM3/26/23
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I nominate this post for The Pulitzer Prize for Literature ;)

Davey

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Mar 27, 2023, 5:28:35 AM3/27/23
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:59:28 -0400
Judith Latham <judith...@gmx.com> wrote:

> Stinkier-than-usual farts typically happen because of the foods you
> eat. You may experience more gas if you have constipation or if you’re
> taking certain medications.
>
> Flatulence, which is sometimes called passing wind, passing gas, or
> farting, is a biological process that helps to release gas from
> digestion.
>
> In some cases, they’re silent and odorless, but farts can become
> uncomfortable when they’re loud and foul-smelling.

When I was at University in the Residential Hall, we had a games room
big enough for three full-sized billiard tables. There was one student
whose farts could empty the whole room in seconds, there would be people
climbing out of windows to get away from the stench.
Some things I don't miss.
--
Davey.

Brian Gaff

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Mar 27, 2023, 5:49:40 AM3/27/23
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Apparently not true for dogs though, since when I had one he farted, looked
around accusingly, then flounced off into another room.
Brian

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Ed Pawlowski

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Mar 27, 2023, 10:24:42 AM3/27/23
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I used to run a manufacturing facility of 20,000 sq. ft. One of the
guys took a dump one day. I had to stop production so everyone could go
outside for fresh air.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 12:21:32 PM3/27/23
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Judith Latham wrote:

> High fiber foods also sometimes smell, which means your farts may
> smell, too. This is especially true with strong-smelling vegetables,
> such as:
>
> broccoli
> bok choy
> asparagus
> cabbage
> Your gas may smell like rotten eggs because of the sulfur in
> fiber-rich foods. Sulfur is a natural compound that smells like
> spoiled eggs. Many vegetables are sulfur-based.


Let's be honest. If farts did not have to fight their way through
pipelines of shit to gain their freedom I'm sure they wouldn't
smell. The farts get all the blame while shit is really the culprit.
Or if you're a fart lover, the one deserving the credit.

I used to pick up a heavy drinker named Ralph and take him to
the bars every weekend. He was a nice guy and I enjoyed my
rides with him. But he had no respect at all when it came to
farting. He would just let them loose. I am pretty good at dealing
with foulness and distastefulness of all kinds, but he cut a fart
on one occasion that had me hitting the button to bring the windows
down. I asked him what he had been eating. He said, "Fried pork
chops", and I swear I could smell them. Not so much the pork as
the pan. A fried smell. A sautéed fart.

Also, regarding odor, I wonder how stingless farts are regarded
in the fart world. Probably considered weak and sub par. You
don't have to like farts. But let's face facts. In the world of
flatulence, those with the foulest aroma are the alpha farts.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 12:28:06 PM3/27/23
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Max Demian wrote:


> The ancient Romans had a proverb: "Suus cuique crepitus bene olet" -
> every man likes the smell of his own farts.


So true. There isn't a blanket strong enough to keep mine from
escaping. So sad when they eventually fade away, almost like
losing a friend to death. The bright side with farts is there is
an endless supply with more constantly on the way. At the same
time, yes, it is sad to cut a truly precious once in a lifetime type fart
beneath the covers only to 'feel' it dissipating as all farts do. One
time working moving furniture I cut a really powerful fart in my
friend Richie's furniture moving truck, an old wood paneled job
in the middle of summer, and I'm telling you, no exaggeration, that
fart hung around inside that sweating truck for hours. At first Richie
and our buddy Lucky laughed at the fart along with me. But after a
while every time they'd come back to the truck to extract or install
furniture they'd make groaning sounds that were genuine and not
designed for laughs, although certainly there were plenty of them.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 12:35:13 PM3/27/23
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Davey wrote:

> When I was at University in the Residential Hall, we had a games room
> big enough for three full-sized billiard tables. There was one student
> whose farts could empty the whole room in seconds, there would be people
> climbing out of windows to get away from the stench.
> Some things I don't miss.


As a kid I was very open and honest and had trouble believing the
people were not the same. One time in junior high I was talking to
a kid who had what was at that time the foulest breath I had ever
encountered. It was unique as well. Horrible but a rare gem in an
odd yet no so odd way. I remember smelling his breath and then
going back to ask him a bogus question of some kind just so I could
sample it again. I was blown away. I approached some other kids
I knew and told them about it. "Man, I'm telling you, it's the absolute
worst breath I've ever smelled. Go ahead, go ask him a question or
something to get him to talk. Check it out." But none of them did.
That kind of pissed me off. I saw it as an insult. I would not anything
if it did not have special value. Same with a turd in the toilet. How
would you feel? You drop the largest turd ever into the bowl - a one
piecer - and you are blown away. You come back to the the living room
where everyone is partying down with, "Hey you guys, come here, you
gotta see this", telling them how incredible it is and nobody gets up
for even a quick glance. That is insulting. Now if all you did every day
was go around recommending or suggesting every little thing, ok, in
that case I can see people ignoring you. But as one who rarely
recommends I am deeply offended when my recommendations are
spurned. Makes me want to fart in their faces.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 12:38:07 PM3/27/23
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Brian Gaff wrote:

> Apparently not true for dogs though, since when I had one he farted, looked
> around accusingly, then flounced off into another room.


I would have loved to have seen that. I have been around all kinds
of pets and never once no matter how foul my farts were I never
saw one get up and leave the room on the basis of a fart, mine or
theirs. That is a funny scene. I can see it in a cartoon. No words,
just a stuffy facial expression and the flouncing off to another room.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 12:42:38 PM3/27/23
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> I used to run a manufacturing facility of 20,000 sq. ft. One of the
> guys took a dump one day. I had to stop production so everyone could go
> outside for fresh air.


LOL. Did you measure the square footage before or after the shit?
"Had to stop production", LOL. Odors are a powerful topic in many
ways, one of my favorites for sure. The fouler the better, the more
alien the better. There are many odors worse than shit or farts. But
yes, some are stronger than others, prize winners for sure. Did you
get the guy's name and his picture? He could be a super star on the
web with your backing as well as the support of his fellow workers
who nominate him for the shit of the year award.

Ed Pawlowski

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:08:01 PM3/27/23
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A couple of days later I saw him outside before the shift started, but
then he was gone. Half hour later he shows up so I asked him why he was
late. Told me he had to take a dump and after the last fiasco he went
home to do it. Everyone thanked him for that.

Oh, I have lots of stories about him, a 23 year old still at home.
One day he is rubbing his arm. I asked him what the problem was. His
mother was cleaning his room and found his cigarettes. She was mad at
him so hit him with a hammer.

He sometimes rode a bike. Our office was on the second floor and he
came in once and had to go to the office. So, he did what everyone I
guess would do. He took the bike up the stairs with him.

He bought something for lunch and the microwave instructions said 1
minute. He had a problem figuring out the buttons so managed to set it
for 10 minutes. He said it was crunchy.

He asked how to get a credit card. Why do you need one Mike? To call
the 900 phone numbers.

Rod Speed

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:13:19 PM3/27/23
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Brian Gaff <brian...@gmail.com> wrote

> Apparently not true for dogs though, since when I had one he farted,
> looked
> around accusingly, then flounced off into another room.

No dog I ever had ever did that.

Gregory Morrow

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:18:52 PM3/27/23
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In article <tvrorf$35plf$1...@dont-email.me>, brian...@gmail.com says...
>
> Apparently not true for dogs though, since when I had one he farted, looked
> around accusingly, then flounced off into another room.
> Brian
>
>
How do you know if your dog is gay?

His dick tastes like dogshit.

--
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Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:25:29 PM3/27/23
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Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Oh, I have lots of stories about him, a 23 year old still at home.
> One day he is rubbing his arm. I asked him what the problem was. His
> mother was cleaning his room and found his cigarettes. She was mad at
> him so hit him with a hammer.
>
> He sometimes rode a bike. Our office was on the second floor and he
> came in once and had to go to the office. So, he did what everyone I
> guess would do. He took the bike up the stairs with him.
>
> He bought something for lunch and the microwave instructions said 1
> minute. He had a problem figuring out the buttons so managed to set it
> for 10 minutes. He said it was crunchy.
>
> He asked how to get a credit card. Why do you need one Mike? To call
> the 900 phone numbers.


"I have lots of stories about him" - lol. The smelly shit story was
the icebreaker - the intro into pouncing on this poor soul for what
seems to be a plethora of flaws. As an intuitive scientist I am
forced to wonder what his many idiosyncrasies have to do with
the overpowering reek of his shit that day. Was the air conditioner
on or off? Did he flush the toilet. Actually pretty nice of the guy
to volunteer to take shits at home from now on. Fellow workers
begin to like the guy, flaws and all. "Yes, he is an oddball, but we've
been too harsh on him." One day a group of them are invited to his
home where instantly upon opening the doors to enter a stench from
within comes blasting out like a tornado, remnants of the many
sacrificial turds he took at home out of concern for his fellow workers.
Poor guy.

Peeler

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:35:03 PM3/27/23
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Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>

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Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:54:41 PM3/27/23
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Gregory Morrow wrote:


> How do you know if your dog is gay?

> His dick tastes like dogshit.



Who does the tasting? Who is more gay and why is always an
interesting topic. For instance with humans it is generally
believed that the guy getting fucked is more gay than the
guy doing the fucking. But a person does not have to get
an erection to get fucked up the ass or to suck another
person's cock. It can be more of a mechanical action. But
to fuck a guy up the ass requires an erection. So to me it
seems the fucker is more gay than the fuckee. Yet the fuckee
gets the fairy label. It's a macho thing. I guess tasting a dog's
dick to see whether he's gay or not is macho too. Takes a lot
of guts to suck a dog's dick.

Reminds me of a story during my days as a city restroom inspection.
I will send that story separately into this thread.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 1:58:37 PM3/27/23
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A Day in The Life of Mr. Shit


The other day I was on my way into a service-station restroom to
conduct a survey on the comparative cleanliness of oil company
facilities in my area. That's my job.  I will not divulge the name of
the station or the company for which I work.

As I was walking into the restroom the proprietor was walking
out. He turned and said, "Don't go in there, it stinks to the high
heavens."

"It's a restroom", I said, "it's supposed to stink."

"This is different", he said. "Some guy just walked out of there
and - I can't believe what I saw - he left a load of perfectly shaped
turds in the bowl - perfectly shaped, like those little round bon-bon
candies you get at the movie theater.  Really insane.  There must be
a hundred Ï of them in that bowl."

"Did you flush them down?", I said.

"You kidding? I'm not going back in there without a gas mask.
I'm telling you, that guy was a real looney.  I knew the minute I
saw him walking out of there that he was a nut case. A hundred
little turds in one toilet, Jeezus - and a reek that'll knock your socks off."

"Well", I said, "I'm going in, I have business to attend to."

After conducting my evaluation of the restroom's cleanliness I
departed the room and passed the proprietor on my way back
to the company car.

"Well", I told him, "it looks like you were wrong."

"Wrong?", he boomed.  "What the hell are you talking about?  Are you
telling me that bathroom doesn’t stink?"

"Oh, it stinks alright", I said.  "But you were wrong about the turds.  
You said there were a hundred of them. Well, I counted them and
there were only ninety seven."

Postscript: Other than the stench and the un-flushed turds the
restroom was quite clean. I wanted to give it a B+ but wound up
giving it only a B because I noticed on entering the restroom that
the proprietor had foul breath and dirty fingernails. I did not care
for his attitude. I also have no place for people who can’t count or
are just too lazy to try. That’s a proprietor who doesn't care. I should
have given him a C. But that would have been unfair because other
than the natural smell of un-flushed turds it was a pretty clean
establishment. Thanks for listening to my report.

Mr. Shit

Smolley

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Mar 27, 2023, 2:07:11 PM3/27/23
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I worked at a place when a regular morning event was for an employee to
arrive and go straight to the toilet where he proceeded to empty his
Ileostomy Bag. It ponged for hours.

SH

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vjp...@at.biostrategist.dot.dot.com

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Mar 27, 2023, 2:36:48 PM3/27/23
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Well, they smell bad because you are acclimated to think of them that way

If they signalled a tasty meal they would smell really good

ie, it's all psy

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---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---

Mike Duffy

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Mar 27, 2023, 2:44:55 PM3/27/23
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On 2023-03-27, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> [...] How would you feel? You drop the largest
> turd ever into the bowl - a one piecer - and [...]
> nobody gets up for even a quick glance.

I know what you mean. It happened to me.

My first thought was to get it documented for the
Guiness World Record book. I've seen smaller babies.

Mike Duffy

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Mar 27, 2023, 2:53:05 PM3/27/23
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On 2023-03-27, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> There are many odors worse than shit or farts.

My uncle let one that smelled like an electrical auto fire.
The driver stopped, and everyone but my uncle jumped out.

He was just giggling to himself in the back seat.

Mike Duffy

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Mar 27, 2023, 2:58:49 PM3/27/23
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On 2023-03-27, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> He sometimes rode a bike. Our office was on the second floor and he
> came in once and had to go to the office. So, he did what everyone I
> guess would do. He took the bike up the stairs with him.

Well, an e-Bike with 'fat' tires should do it.

Mike Duffy

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Mar 27, 2023, 3:04:47 PM3/27/23
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On 2023-03-27, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> A Day in The Life of Mr. Shit
>
> [...] A hundred little turds in one toilet,

Did I tell you about the moose shit in my Dad's garage?

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 4:34:38 PM3/27/23
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No. The idea of my little story was that I called the guy
who left the turds in the toilet a nut case, yet I was the
guy who reached into the toilet and counted them one by
one. No, I don't recall a moose shit story. I'm ready.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 4:36:19 PM3/27/23
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Mike Duffy wrote:

> My uncle let one that smelled like an electrical auto fire.
> The driver stopped, and everyone but my uncle jumped out.
>
> He was just giggling to himself in the back seat.


ISAE - industrial strength anal evacuations. I know what you mean,
that burnt copper smell. I might crack a window but there is no fart
that is going to make me get up and leave a room (or a car). They
go away if you leave them alone.

LEAVE THEM ALONE!

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 4:36:55 PM3/27/23
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I am pleased to hear someone say they understand because
it happened to them. Nothing like experience. But I am not
joking a bit even though I see the humor, I really am annoyed
when people refuse to take small harmless chances such as
smelling a fart - a truly sharing experience, very bonding - or
gazing at a record breaking turd in the toilet. I hate when
people pooh pooh involvement in such matters. I'm not asking
them to smell the fart all day (or that guy's breath), just take a
tiny sample. Or to look at a turd and they won't take my word
for it that it's special. I take as a personal insult. But I don't do
anything. I am good at taking insults. Probably because I was
really steeled up from smelling really foul farts all those years.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 27, 2023, 4:38:55 PM3/27/23
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Smolley wrote:

> I worked at a place when a regular morning event was for an employee to
> arrive and go straight to the toilet where he proceeded to empty his
> Ileostomy Bag. It ponged for hours.


Good God. I drove a cab for 33 years, the last 20 down here in
W-S NC. One night I was dispatched to two guys who asked if it
was already if their dog rode along. I said sure, "as long as he doesn't
stink." It had some dog reek but nothing outstanding although it shed
a lot in the back seat.

As I was dropping them off I called dispatch and they had a ride
for me only a block away at an all night diner. Good, that gave
me time to clean up the cab. I got some stuff out of the trunk
and went to work on it. Got out all the hair and probably most
of the stench. About 10 minutes of work. Then I drove a block
to the all night diner. Standing outside the diner waiting for his
cab was a guy I called Jimmy the Pisser because he smelled
like piss every time. I believe he used a colostomy bag or
whatever. Anyway it was funny how I put 10 minutes into
cleaning the cab only for my next ride to be "Jimmy the Pisser."

Mike Duffy

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Mar 28, 2023, 12:36:51 AM3/28/23
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On 2023-03-27, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> No, I don't recall a moose shit story.

I was doing some cleanup in My Dad's garage
and found a bucket of moose turds.

It could be something my dad scooped up
from a female which males find alluring,
in preparation for the next hunting trip.

Or maybe he was planning to grow some mushrooms.

In either case, I figured it would be a good
place to hide something valuable, so I dumped it.

But no, it was moose shit all the way down.

Gary

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Mar 28, 2023, 7:58:39 AM3/28/23
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lol :)


Scott

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Mar 28, 2023, 4:25:50 PM3/28/23
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:28:30 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
wrote:

>On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:59:28 -0400
>Judith Latham <judith...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Stinkier-than-usual farts typically happen because of the foods you
>> eat. You may experience more gas if you have constipation or if you’re
>> taking certain medications.
>>
>> Flatulence, which is sometimes called passing wind, passing gas, or
>> farting, is a biological process that helps to release gas from
>> digestion.
>>
>> In some cases, they’re silent and odorless, but farts can become
>> uncomfortable when they’re loud and foul-smelling.
>
>When I was at University in the Residential Hall, we had a games room
>big enough for three full-sized billiard tables. There was one student
>whose farts could empty the whole room in seconds, there would be people
>climbing out of windows to get away from the stench.
>Some things I don't miss.

When I was at university, my neighbour at the halls of residence
claimed someone in his class at school (not himself, obviously!) had
the most rancid farts and spent a whole term collecting farts in a
bottle when in the bath then released the entire contents at school
assembly on the last day of term.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 28, 2023, 5:42:37 PM3/28/23
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So male moose find female moose shit alluring? Good, now I
don't feel so abnormal.

No really I am not into eating or even sniffing human female
shit although I do like the reek of the inner cheek.

You lost me with "So I dumped it." Do you mean you threw
out the moose shit because you thought professional burglars
know that's one of the first places to look for something valuable?
I'm serious, I don't know what you mean.

"Come on kids, let's go out to the garage, Dad just dropped
off some new moose shit."

"Awwww", says one kid, "we've seen that before. Show us
something new."

"This is different", you say. "I'm talking the biggest and
smelliest moose turd you'll ever see." And the kids applaud
and cheer and follow you out to the garage, cellphone cameras
in hand.

Thanks for your story

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 28, 2023, 5:47:57 PM3/28/23
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Scott wrote:

> When I was at university, my neighbour at the halls of residence
> claimed someone in his class at school (not himself, obviously!) had
> the most rancid farts and spent a whole term collecting farts in a
> bottle when in the bath then released the entire contents at school
> assembly on the last day of term.


I was into novelties as a kid and still am to some lesser degree.
I spent a lot of time in local novelty shops. I would buy (or steal)
mainly things I could put to use. But one time I bought one that
was designed just for laughs and not for use. The ornate box
had "Fart Bulb" written on it. It could be seen through a plastic
covering. It was cheap and I bought it. But I didn't just use it
as a sight gag. I would carry it with me to the poolroom and
other friendly places where I would secretly insert it into my
ass when I felt the need to fart. I would then put my thumb
over the nozzle head to hold the fart in. Then I'd hold it up
and puff the bulb's contents into someone's face - always
making sure it was someone with a sense of humor and a
generally non violent attitude.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 28, 2023, 5:56:11 PM3/28/23
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While on the topic - one of my favorites, the topic of smell
in all its glory: When I was a kid living in Allentown Pa at
my grandparent's place I had my own bedroom on the
second floor with a nice roof outside the window. I used
to sometimes leave that way - go out to the roof and jump
off to the lawn instead of going downstairs and using the
door.

Anyway, one day without planning - it just popped into
my head - I took a bit of my shit and put it in a nice jar
with a lid on top and stuck it on the roof. This was the
middle of summer.

The next day (if not earlier), I pissed into it as well, then
stirred it with a stick. I kept adding stuff to it - mayonnaise
mustard, different things from the fridge that would blend
into it and not dominate.

Almost every day I would take the lid off and grab a
whiff. "Oh man", I would exult as if I had just created
something special. After a week or so I tired of it
and threw it away. I had taken the reek as far as it
would go. Yes I threw it away. But who knows, I could
have had the cure for cancer in that jar.

Mike Duffy

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Mar 28, 2023, 8:14:25 PM3/28/23
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On 2023-03-28, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> You lost me with "So I dumped it. Do you
> mean you threw out the moose shit

Ahh. I see where I neglected vital context.

In his garage, dumping just a few litres of mooseshit
did not really make the floor a whole lot filthier.
Just dropping it was the same as throwing it out.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 28, 2023, 10:59:27 PM3/28/23
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Thanks for that. Still murky though. So in your lingo
"dumping" something is the same as "dropping" it. I can
see that. I always saw dumping as a more permanent
action - like thronging something in the dumpster or
dumping a bad habit. What part of the world are you
from? I noticed you referred to 'a few litres' of moose
shit. Are you from Canada?

I see what you mean though. Now I get the visual. A
really messy garage with things strewn about and only
your father knew where everything was - so you dropped
the moose turd where you found it to keep things from
getting complicated. If that is the case then I give you
kudos for being a nice guy. Some killers have been known
to hide corpses in their homes for years without any reek.
If it can be done with a human corpse, then by God it can
also be done with moose shit.

Mike Duffy

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Mar 29, 2023, 12:30:04 AM3/29/23
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On 2023-03-29, Thomas Joseph wrote:

> I see what you mean though. Now I get the visual. A
> really messy garage with things strewn about and only
> your father knew where everything was - so you dropped
> the moose turd where you found it to keep things from
> getting complicated.

Me & my brother are planning to clean up the place
so we can sell it. Technically, there is a house
as well, but it reeks of mould from zero attic
ventilation, smoke residue from a 'redneck'
wood furnace, plus urine and shit overflows
in the basement due to a blocked septic system.

Thomas Joseph

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Mar 29, 2023, 2:28:03 AM3/29/23
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Mike Duffy wrote:

> Me & my brother are planning to clean up the place
> so we can sell it. Technically, there is a house
> as well, but it reeks of mould from zero attic
> ventilation, smoke residue from a 'redneck'
> wood furnace, plus urine and shit overflows
> in the basement due to a blocked septic system.


God, no joke, I'm glad I don't own anything. Whew/
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