h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hmmm...
At the moment I'm suffering at the hands (?) of a wild mushroom risotto and appear to have alighted at an appropriate thred.
Synchronicity is a wonderful thing...
Have to go and...tame some mushrooms. Perhaps I should just leave them alone.
Yes.
In future I'll stick to what I know and love.

Luther quote is a hoax. It was credited to him years after his death. But if you want a provedly original hefty Luther quote involving farts here is one:

'Wenn ich hier einen fahren lasse riecht's der papst in Rom.'

(If I fart here the pope in Rome will smell it).


Plus: There's a old latin saying: Suus cuique crepitus bene olet. (One's own fart smells good)

HELL

PS: Ruminant animals are the 2nd biggest responsible for Methane emmissions (30%) (Rice-fields and swamps are first. Man-made emmissions account for less than 5%)

H.

Pheeew!

* more typos removed (others inserted?),
* the fine art of Le Petomane has got its place now
* searched without luck for the W H Auden quote
* 'carminatives' link fixed (the referenced site *changes* it when the page is being displayed)

The link to the 'bacteriophages' entry is there because it also explains what bacteria are -- there isn't a dedicated entry...

ZSF, the bed sheet trick is already there, in the para about 'Dutch Oven' . A search for 'Rorum-dorum' didn't yield anything

Hell & others, more changes to be done later, you're supplying them faster than I can take them


Err... Bossel wouldn't expel rorumdorum farts for Peer Degustation, would he?


I tried it the other day -- yes, I can fart through denim too!

A smart a** called Helaaf

Ahem...

And I thought I could manage to shift the responsibility to my alter ego. Naaah, WD's sensitive nose immediately got wind of it

Yes Bacteriophages does explain what they are but there *is* an article on Bacillus 1-2-3 which would probably be better

Rorum-dorum farts are really LOUD! I can't give you any references other than the fact that my dad uses it. He's from Lancashire, England. Maybe it's a regional variant. (My mother of course, never does them!)

O/~

I can imagine that

My father does them in like fashion: he'll offer you a finger to pull it (which doesn't work anymore because everybody will be heading for the outside), then puts himself in an upright position with his legs half a meter apart and 'rrrrrrrrrrrrrooar' it goes.

Manners. Don't talk to me about manners

My brother-in-law (well, ex brother-in-law now) does that. Offers his little finger, then prrt!! and laughs his head off. As you say, wise people avoid the offer.

Hiya

the finger thing! I really think this needs to be in the guide! It is *essential* info!

"Noooooo! Don't pull his fing-aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh............"

"Tttttttthhhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbtttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!"

"Too late. If only there'd been an entry about it in the guide."

"Yeah, too bad."

"A tragedy that could have been avoided."


Spiff

Hiya

the finger thing! I really think this needs to be in the guide! It is *essential* info!

"Noooooo! Don't pull his fing-aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh............"

"Tttttttthhhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbtttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!"

"Too late. If only there'd been an entry about it in the guide."

"Yeah, too bad."

"A tragedy that could have been avoided."


Spiff

Hello... Thanks for including me on the researchers list, but... You don't have to include me just because of my minor comments.

Bye,

HELL

PS: The Luther part is still somewhat inaccurate. I.e. Luther didn't live in the middle-ages.

I also think my contribution is quite a small one. You've done all the research, so I'm happy for you to take my name off as well. It was very generous of you to put it on. You should get the major billing on this!

My knowledge comes from the males I've associated with in my life!

This one gets my vote! very informative....

This is wonderful! I am amazed that there isn't already an entry in the Edited Guide, but this one seems pretty definitive.

Something that I used to come across from time to time (but not recently) was people (okay, blokes) saying 'house' after farting. I have no idea why, or how widespread it was.

My drinking buddies and I always say, in the event of a wind-related incident, 'oops, sorry about that.' Insincerely.

Yes, I agree with all of those who hold that the Guide should not be without this entry. A grammatical error in the "Farting etiquette" section should be fixed up, in the sentence "... cannot blame the dog because there isn't any around ..." (plural-singular mismatch). You should say either "... isn't one ... " (singular agrees) or "... aren't any ..." (plural agrees). Either will do, but "... isn't one ..." is a better match with "... the dog ... " (singular).

Good of you to acknowledge the male preoccupation with farting - it was a proud day in this father's life when my 2-year old daughter earnestly informed me, having just ripped off an audible one, "I've got bottom noise in my tights". Ah, the wonder, the glory.

Guran

'Incoming!'

Hi all !

I did some minor and major changes:

- rearranging bits everywhere for a more logical flow of things
- changed the 'dog' part to be consistent in plural/singular grammar
- new bullet item with the warning 'Don't pull the finger'
- included 'whoever dealt it...'
- checked the Bacterium-2-9-3 entry. The 'Bacteriophages' entry IMHO *is* a better reference.


The link at the very bottom was pulled by the mods and is currently under re-examination. Anybody interested should pay a visit before the link might be removed again

"Suus cuique crepitus bene olet." (One's own fart smells good) - left open for the moment, as I'm looking for the right place to take it in.

For the mean time, I've kept Luther in the 'Middle Ages'. He died in 1546 which IMHO is still in the Middle Ages. Does anyone know better?



For the meantime, here are some more quotes:

Job - Chapter 037: Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

Song Of Solomon - Chapter 004:
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.

cheers, and thanks for all the comments!

Helaaf

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The guide is no longer deprived of an entry on this subject.

The eds have accepted my reccomendation and the entry is now queued for sub-editing. Before you know it (he said optimistically) it'll be on the front page.

Orcus