[RD]

Some years back, GEC merged with Plessey Telecom to form GPT.
Unfortunately, in France GPT is pronounced the same as J'ai pété which means "I farted"

A similar thing occurred with the Toyota MR2 in France: MR2 = "merdeux" ...
http://www.toyota-mr2-turbo-performance-parts.com/toyota-mr2.html

[ukmicky]

It would be a hard one to prove,its not like you could collect some as evidence.

[Bored chemist]

Air sampling for polutants is the easy bit. Proving it was deliberate is a challenge. Come to think of it you would also have to prove who was responsible. I have visions of some lawyers earnestly discussing the idea the "you smelt it; you dealt it".

I heard the the Euro is an unfortunate name for a currency somewhere in Europe. I think it was Greece. Any Greek speakers out there?

[Make it Lady]

Billy Connoly thought that it would be much funnier that when a person farts, instead of the usual raspberry noise, your bum should say "fart" in your accent, that way everyone would know who dealt it.

[blakestyger]

... that way everyone would know who dealt it.

Everybody usually does know who dealt it!  [^]

[ukmicky]

Mine are like the silent shockers

As far as the question goes someone farting as an act of nature i very much doubt could be found guilty of a crime. If someone were to hold it in and then deliberatly let loose amongst a group of people with the intent to offend or harrass then that would be different but still hard to prove if it was a deliberate act.

[Bored chemist]

Lawyer
"I put it to you that you deliberately, and with malice aforethought, farted with a view to offend or harass the plaintiff."
Defendant
"No, it's just that I had had beans for tea."
That's just never going to be heard in any court.

[paul.fr]

Lawyer
"I put it to you that you deliberately, and with malice aforethought, farted with a view to offend or harass the plaintiff."
Defendant
"No, it's just that I had had beans for tea."
That's just never going to be heard in any court.

Q; are there really 57 varieties?

[blakestyger]

Mine are like the silent shockers

aka the 'eggy drifter'.

[Make it Lady]

I manage to blame them on dogs,cats and small children. I have never farted in anger though but I think I could part peoples hair with my deadly weapon.

[paul.fr]

Like the Queen, i never pass wind.

[Salamander]

Beans, beans, the musical fruit.
The more your eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
So let's have beans at every meal!

[DoctorBeaver]

Beans, beans, the musical fruit.
The more your eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel.
So let's have beans at every meal!

[DoctorBeaver]

Lawyer
"I put it to you that you deliberately, and with malice aforethought, farted with a view to offend or harass the plaintiff."
Defendant
"No, it's just that I had had beans for tea."
That's just never going to be heard in any court.

Q; are there really 57 varieties?

Here's what Heinz says about it...

Our corporate history tells us that in 1896, Henry John Heinz noticed an advertisement for "21 styles of shoes." He decided that his own products were not styles, but varieties. Although there were many more than 57 foods in production at the time, because the numbers "5" and "7" held a special significance for him and his wife, he adopted the slogan "57" Varieties.

So, the number 57 isn't related to the number of products offered by Heinz. It is interesting to note, however, that the company currently sells 5,700 varieties in 200 countries and territories.

[Make it Lady]

Fartalishus

[opus]

it's not just cows- some of us apparently produce a large amount of methane. If you give people antibiotics, they produce less methane- could this be a solution for the cows too?

[stevewillie]

There are jurisdictions in the USA where it is in fact illegal "to disturb the peace by willful flatulence." I believe there are similar laws in Singapore. The traveler would do well to be informed about the local laws lest they have an unpleasant experience. I plan to write a pamphlet listing all the places in the world where public farting is forbidden (or regulated) so that the traveler is duly warned.