Thursday 7 June 2018

63 - A FART DEFINES ........................................

Pooja Bedi writes  a column for The Times of India paper,  an 'agony aunt' type of column, with a write up of advise and then personal queries are answered.  Last Sunday, the legend on her column was titled, 'A fart defines a relationship'.   I like to read her column and that of certain other female writers like Paromita Vohra, Bachchi Karkaria, Shobhaa De,  Namrata Zakaria and Twinkle Khanna.  But the title this week was a little crude.

There are many jokes about flatulence.  Amazon sells games based on this.  Fart cushions are a cause of humor at parties.  In Russia, special performers perform 'fart' songs.  it is also known as toots, trumping, passing gas, breaking wind.  One Mr. Methane even performed a fart song on Britain's got talent, and the entire audience and judges were disgusted.

Flatulence is caused by certain foods that do not agree with the person and cause gas in the intestine.  Pooja Bedi suggests that couples who can fart in each other's presence, can then bond well.  I beg to differ.  Etiquette demands that certain acts like farting, are not good manners.

New Zealand had levied a 'fart tax' on farmers because of their livestock flatulence.  37m tonnes of methane is produced by wind from sheep, cattle, deer, and it accounts for 60% greenhouse gas emissions.

In some cultures it is a cause of embarrassment or comedy.  Personally, it has affected me, so that I avoid visiting theatres, because the persons around fart inconsistently and then you can only squirm and suffer in silence, the sounds and the smells of disgusting farts.

It would be interesting if Paromita, Bachchi, Shobhaa and Twinkle, give their take on this topic.

No comments:

Post a Comment