The humor of flatulence: awesome?

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to anyone who thinks farting is funny i say "blow it out your ass"

Oh gross someone else has to talk into it after that! Poop particulates! Poop particulates!

why, yes... The humor of flatulence is the humor of the gods. seriously.

I've thought this for a long time: "the humor of flatulence is a wholesome, time-honored institution, and it's all right!"

the fart is the highest form of low humor

No, I don't find farting that funny, and no it's not an Aspie thing. It seems to be an American man thing. Each time there's a topic online (not just WP but on any internet forum) of somebody asking for advice about flatulence or something like that, it turns into a joke thread, and 9 times out of 10 it is Americans what think it's so funny.

What is so funny about air coming out of one's arse? OK it can be a little funny for a little while, but I don't find it hilariously funny.

imagine if the 3 stooges had been allowed to do bodily function humor.

Not to me.

Farting in a crowded lift (elevator) is very funny - there's no escape. It's even funnier if it's full of corporate types who take themselves too seriously (and who'd never dream of breaking wind of course, not even in private ...)

I've been known to accidentally let one slip, and it comes out sounding like a duck quacking, and i'll stomp the ground around me trying to get that duck. or i'll say "dawgie! what was THAT?"

i'll tell you why I think farts are so funny. they are their own perfect metaphors for insubstantial BS, which I hear every day on the radio, in advertising, and in conversations. I don't like BS and I generally dislike hearing other people talk because it all too often is boring, not thoughtful, or even insulting. it's like being forced to eat slightly rotten vegetables and I enjoy hearing farts because I think they're basically the same as most things that come out of people's mouths, just a lot more honest about it.

farts are quite Zen in a way, actually. I can enjoy a fart noise without clinging to it... exactly what the Buddha said we should do to rise above suffering.

ker-fart

farts are almost perfect, because they sound funny and they feel nice

Beans, beans, the music fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel
So let's have beans at every meal!

Actually, the idea of flatulence being rude and disgusting is a Western (New World) concept. IIRC, not braking wind after a meal in some Asian cultures is considered to be rude and disrespectful.

there is a copy of a 45 rpm record in my collection, by a group called "the funnyboners" who did a song called "beans beans" - I went like thus-

Beans Beans [The Funnyboners]
now butter beans and navy beans are fine, you will agree-
or black-eyed peas and pinto beans, they all taste good to me-
i've never had enough of them, and i guess i never will-
i eat so many beans they make me bathe in chlorophyll.
beans, beans, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens.
i went to see my girl last night, that girl is really smart-
she knows that through my stomach, is a shortcut to my heart-
she cooked a pot of beans for me and i had quite a snack-
as soon as i got up i blew the shirt right off my back!
beans, beans, i love my beans- better than chicken or turnip greens!
one evening i was playing pool with some of my old gang,
down at the corner billiard parlor where the boys all hang-
i looked around and sneaked one out, just as an airplane passed-
"MY GOD!," they yelled, "A WAR IS STARTED! WE'RE ALL BEING GASSED!"
oh beans, beans, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens!
i had some beans for dinner, then i went to see a show-
no sooner than i sat down, that the winds began to blow-
the people all around me soon began to hold their breath-
strong men began to weep, and 18 women choked to death.
oh beans, beans, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens!
i went out to a party, it was in a crowded room,
and pretty soon the air was filled with black-eyed pea perfume-
a guy pulled out a gasmask as he headed for the door,
he said, "i came prepared, because i heard of you before!"
beans, bean, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens!
one day i took a boatride, and my beans would not behave,
i blew the boat from under me and caused a tidal wave,
and once i went into the biggest building in the town,
next day a wrecking crew was there, to tear the building down!
beans, beans, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens!
once i went to a concert, it was in a very swanky hall-
before the show was through, i nearly caused a free-for-all!
i accidentally let one out, and hit the key of G,
a baritone upon the stage, was thrown plumb out of key!
oh beans, beans, i love my beans, better than chicken or turnip greens!

Beans are not fruit. They are legumes.
The first two lines should be changed to:
Beans, beans, the great legume
the more you eat, the more you fume.