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flatulence

[flach-uh-luhns] / ˈflætʃ ə ləns /


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Real issues and critical thinking have about as much chance of surviving in today's divisive public environment as flatulence in the wind.

From Salon

In our conversation, he casually referenced such thinkers as John Ruskin, Bertrand Russell and Henri-Louis Bergson, but was just as quick to ad-lib a flatulence joke.

From New York Times

What’s more, his stories don’t flinch from the rude body humor — flatulence, belching, smelly feet, mock vomiting — that children find so funny.

From Washington Post

Sex dreams about mermaids, ill-tempered seagulls who seem possessed, flatulence employed as “deliberate displays of power.”

From Los Angeles Times

A perverse, hilarious essay on the nature of art in the form of a fantastical tale about food, passion, flatulence and funny hats.

From New York Times