Talk:Fart

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It is _not_ only air, but alot of other stuff as well. Besides that, cool page :) Jordskjelv 18:51, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Population groups 2 Delete? 3 Resurrect 4 as we've talked about before.... 5 sprotect? 6 The Origins of Fart 7 Farsi 8 Artificial Farting 9 Fart Bacteria

[edit] Population groups

I believe farting is more common amound african population groups Disko 01:55, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• • prove it please, that would be funny if it was true.

The appropriate area to discuss farting the activity is in Flatulence, but can I suggest that you find reliable sources if you want to include this in that article? Ziggurat 02:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delete?

I am tempted to nominate this for deletion on the grounds that it is simply a dicdef description of a piece of terminology, and return it to its status as a redirect to Flatulence but I don't know whether it could be expanded into encyclopedia-ness. Does anyone have some thoughts about how this article could be so enhanced? Ziggurat 23:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

It's just a sound. Nothing much to say about it. It should be merged with the article on Flatulence. I already added the merge banners. -Barry- 23:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Can I {Christine Leeds} please interupt this line of thought? F.A.R.T. is an acronym for "Faculty of the ARTS". People now use farting to describe an unscientific and artistic type of linguists. For example double talk and idioms are a form of farting. The problem with farting is it can lead to faulty inductive inferences and mental illness due to an inability to process logic.I'll hand you back to barry now. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.237.91.184 (talk • contribs) .

Please, someone merge this article. It's all fluff, and I don't think anyone has the time or will to write a five-pager on the entymology and noise of a fart. There should just be a fart section in the flatulence article. Fart should be redirected to flatulence. Darkgarlic 14:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

• snicker* "It's all fluff" -Darkgarlic Nice pun.

[edit] Resurrect

The page is now an (incomplete) article on the word "fart". It isn't an article on flatulence; nor is it a mere dicdef.

A parallel example would be articles on sexual intercourse and the word fuck.

This article is still incomplete; in particular, someone with access to OED should go over and expand/correct as necessary.

--EngineerScotty 06:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

How does one know when such an article is "complete"? It's about the word 'fart' for Christ's sake! Dubc0724 19:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

In one sense, no article is ever complete, as diligent research can always produce more interesting material. However, this article has gaps; the history kinda jumps from Chaucer's era to the 20th century. During the 19th century, for example, the word was considered highly obscene according to one source (however, that source is one I don't consider reliable, thus I didn't add it to the article). The best source for such stuff, of course, is OED--but I don't have access to it (it's expensive). If someone else who has a copy (or access to a copy at a University library, etc) were to fill in the gaps, the article would be much improved. Compare this article with fuck, which goes into much greater detail on the history and etymology of everyone's favorite swear word. :)--EngineerScotty 23:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree; it is fine to have articles about words as long as there is enough material. — brighterorange (talk) 14:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] as we've talked about before....

"flatulence" is having gas, "flatus" is the gas. "fart" is the sound, the act, etc. some neopuritans think this is called "to flatulate" but they're wrong on multiple counts....and even if there were a grain of truth, the COMMON WORD for this is "fart", and wiki uses the common word, not rarely used technical jargon.

in summary -- keep hope alive and don't let this article be deleted and redirected by medical think-they-know-it-alls.

Justforasecond 16:25, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• Were we to rename flatulence to use a more common term, perhaps farting (which currently redirects to flatulence) might be more appropriate? --EngineerScotty 18:15, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sprotect?

Given that most of the edits here are vandalism, should the page be sprotected? --EngineerScotty 02:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Origins of Fart

Voltaire speculates that there was actually a greek god called Fart.

--Chops A Must 19:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Farsi

I've removed this section ("In Farsi gooz is a loud, usually odor-less fart. Choss is a "silent, but deadly" fart."), as the only online source for it [1] is marked in the URL as satire. Could someone with a knowledge of Farsi please confirm or deny this? Ziggurat 01:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• I know that chose-e-feel (phonetic pronunciation) is the word for popcorn in Farsi, which literally translated means "Elephant's fart." That may help. Midoilfan 03:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Artificial Farting

I feel childish suggesting this, but has anyone made an article on armpit farting? i know there is one for the rasberry. How about the fart sound made when you push two hands together in the right way? Sorry, reading this article made me want to ask. --Travlr23 02:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

That's a good point... aside from the fact that George Carlin has dealt with this extensively on his early records, the various ways to simulate the sound could probably be the basis for a decent article in the hands of a few good writers (unfortunately, when it comes to Wikipedia, I'm an editor, not a writer). - Ugliness Man 16:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fart Bacteria

Why remove the image of cultivated fart bacteria?

farting is sweet.