Given the hours of unwholesome family fun we've had recently with the Farting Fun Kit, I was highly amused by this article my brother sent me.
The Merriam Webster Dictionary definition for flatulence is brief: "flatus expelled through the anus." And while it's a natural bodily function, it seems some Camden-Rockport Middle School eighth-grade boys are taking it to new heights and making a game of seeing who can expel the loudest and grossest flatus.
According to this week's Fire Cracker school newsletter though, the joke's on the boys as the penalty for "intentional farting" is now a detention.
Once you've stopped laughing, I'd ask you to ponder a few questions along with me, namely:
1) How, exactly, does one determine if a fart is intentional? Is it through facial expression? Post-flatus giggling? An absence of blushing on the part of the farter?
Enquiring Minds Want To Know.
2) Is "Flatus" really a word? If so, can I use it in my next book?
3) In fact, can my next book be about a school that bans intentional farting?
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