Fart: A Documentary Page #4

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to fart to the tunes.

- And when--

- ( chuckles )

uh, "Smoke On The Water"

by Deep Purple was on,

and that's like

his shining moment

when he perfectly

just released a fart

to "Smoke On The Water."

It was amazing.

( farting in sync

with "Smoke on the Water" )

Your story is completely

different from mine growing up.

Because I didn't

fart as a child.

- And-- and my brother--

- What did you do?

I had four brothers

and a sister

and I would--

if they would say,

Laura, did you fart today?

I would've said, "No."

Because I was so completely

embarrassed by it.

( gasps )

Really?

I think

it's absolutely hilarious

because usually women

are so prim and proper.

And, you know,

it's not prim and proper

for a lady to cut one.

But, yeah,

I think it's the most

hilarious thing

when you see them do it.

It's just that,

you know,

you got to be open

to allow it.

And when women do it,

it's-- it's hilarious.

Because, you know,

it's-- oops.

Yeah, you don't

always expect it.

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.

That's always the cover-up,

"Oops.

Oh, I'm so sorry."

And, you know,

for guys it's like,

"Hey, it happened."

In the most basic

sense it's funny,

but it's not funny

when you're taught by society

that it is something

you shouldn't do.

Especially women.

"You shouldn't do that."

Men can do that in the gym

or in the locker room

or whatever,

but women don't do that--

polite ladies don't do that

at the dinner table....

- Other than your family.

- I know.

My Dad's the same way.

"Oh, it's not gonna smell."

And then releases

the most disgusting fart

you've ever heard

and then just keeps

the window up.

It's like, "Come on,

have some respect."

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

The sulfur from eggs.

We used to do

the whole--

we'd eat my aunt's

broccoli salad, deviled eggs,

and my aunt's

baked beans.

And then we would all go

lock ourselves in...

our "bunk house"

and go to town.

Yeah, my boys,

you know, have fart

contests all the time.

Yeah, so there's

a lot of-- lot of gas.

( laughing )

- Lots and lots of gas.

- Yeah.

Well, my 16-year old,

him and his buddy,

we were staying

at, um...

We got a hotel room

and I told them--

because they are horrible,

they smell so raunchy.

I don't even know

what they eat.

My sister is all about

gender equality now.

So, everybody's

allowed to fart, I guess.

They still do that,

but it has to be in jest.

I mean, you can't really

be disgusted by anything

that they do because...

then you're not

in relationship

the way that you should be.

On a first date,

I'm not gonna do it.

Female interviewer:

What if she did?

I would probably

laugh about it.

It's definitely

not a game changer.

- It's not a mood kill?

- No. It could be depending on

what mood you're in.

We were over at the lake

and it was Christmas time,

and my Dad

was being so sweet.

He said,

"Why don't you give me

the keys to the car

and I'll go

scrape off your windows,

and I'll warm it up

for you?"

I was like,

"That's so nice."

And so I did.

I gave him the keys

to the car and stuff

and when I went

out there,

he had not only scraped it,

but had turned the heat on high

and had repeatedly farted

in there for a good 20 minutes.

And I smelled that

all the way home.

Well, one time he did

this big adult fart, like...

( imitates fart )

Female interviewer #2:

Where were you?

Well, we were

just in the car

- driving for some...

- ( fart noise )

Driving is a big issue

in our family,

'cause we took

a lot of road trips

and they want you

to hear it and they

want you to smell it.

So there's no,

"I'm gonna roll

the window down

even if you

can't hear it,"

'cause I'm gonna wait

for you to smell it.

And my sister

was always the one

who would be sleeping

in the backseat

and then all of a sudden

it's like, "Come on!"

You have

to roll the window down.

You're waking her up.

- Sometimes when

we're in the car...

- ( blowing raspberries )

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( farts )

Your natural gas?

There's probably 10 kids

in the back of my friend,

Sara's mother's truck,

and somebody did it.

And we didn't know

who did it.

And it was probably

a 10 minute drive

from the church

to the house.

So the whole way home

it was just the kids

back and forth

and back and forth

and back and forth.

And, "It was you.

I know it was you."

And there was a lot

of boys in the car

And everybody

was just arguing

to the point

of getting really angry.

And finally,

her mother said,

"Would you just shut up?

It was me."

And we all

just stopped, like,

"Wait a minute.

That's a Mom."

That wasn't

supposed to happen.

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- ( farts )--

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- ( farts )

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If something slipped out

at dinner or in the car

or something,

I would laugh about it,

and I would probably...

It would make me feel

like they were comfortable

enough to do it

and-- you know,

I'm-- I'm not...

gonna never call

somebody again

because they farted.

So you wouldn't be

judgmental about it.

Oh, I would judge

the hell out of 'em,

but it's not gonna make me

not wanna see them again.

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( farting )

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( farts )

( laughing )

No, I think

the worst place

is a funeral.

No, I think it's fine.

You could do it

with your partner

wherever you're at.

Oh, that would

just ruin it for me.

Well, it's not exactly sexy,

but, I mean...

Not everything about that

encounter is always, is it?

Sometimes it's funny,

so, you know.

TV shows, movies,

you don't really see

the women and the fart jokes.

That's-- I guess

"Bridesmaids" had a scene

with farting and diarrhea

that was, I thought,

one of the funniest scenes

in the movie.

And, I think, playing up

on the social idea

that women are not supposed

to fart makes it funnier.

Female interviewer:

Why is it that men

find it funnier than women?

Do they?

It is a man's thing.

and we find it funny

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