Fart noises are funny. That's a relatively undisputed (and well elaborated-upon) fact of life: from the whoopee cushion to a well-placed, suspected Rudy Giuliani fart during a Michigan election ...

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Farts are funny. Thomas Edison knew it. Mel Brooks knows it. And countless millions, perhaps even billions, of people around the world know it. And yet, flatulence is considered a staple of tasteless, ...