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Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by spilk »

jonwachob91 wrote: post #29
gmarx wrote: post #27

When I was a medical student I was assisting on an operation when I let loose with a horrible sulfurous fart. I was sly about it and made no noise. At some point the surgeon made a comment about how "it didn't smell too good in there" so I had to come clean; didn't want him further exploring and maybe cutting the abdomen to track down the smell. I tell this because that story is rarely relevant in my life and also to…

Every time I hear stories like this I think back to the episode of Scrubs were Turk farts in during an abdominal surgery and he lets the attending think he nicked the colon.

that was The Todd, not Turk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxTcpbOki0

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by huntersbellend »

tmysl wrote: post #8
happy-go-lucky wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But the results of the experiment should not be considered alarming, because neither type of bacterium is harmful. In fact, they're similar to the ‘friendly’ bacteria found in yoghurt. :)

so you are saying we can make our own yoghurt using this method?

you can make it with your own vagina's yeast, at least: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/vagina-yogurt_n_666...

(nsfw, apparently)

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by hueving »

huntersbellend wrote: post #32
tmysl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

so you are saying we can make our own yoghurt using this method?

you can make it with your own vagina's yeast, at least: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/vagina-yogurt_n_666... (nsfw, apparently)

>you can make it with your own vagina

Where does someone get one of these? Check your privilege! ;)

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by M_Grey »

yellowapple wrote: post #22
gkfasdfasdf wrote: post #12

Bad news for the bikini barristas? http://people.com/celebrity/topless-coffee-shops-the-bikini-...

Depends on the bikini, probably. If the posterior portion thereof has sufficient coverage, there shouldn't be any major issue.

Or better yet, adapt those "As Seen On TV" 'fart absorbing undies' to the task. As bonus the baristas can go back to their kale and cruciform diet, without worrying that their mighty trumpets would disturb the customers.

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by M_Grey »

tmysl wrote: post #8
happy-go-lucky wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But the results of the experiment should not be considered alarming, because neither type of bacterium is harmful. In fact, they're similar to the ‘friendly’ bacteria found in yoghurt. :)

so you are saying we can make our own yoghurt using this method?

I seem to remember that there is a cured meat product... salami maybe, which was shown to be improved when cultured with um... baby shit.

Ah yes, here it is: http://www.livescience.com/43465-baby-poop-sausage-probiotic...

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by derekp7 »

desireco42 wrote: post #11

Don't we have diseases to cure, cancers to heal?

I don't know what it is about this type of comment, but whenever someone says something like this it really infuriates me.

Yes, freedom of speech and opinion and all, but my first thought is "How dare you criticize someone else for wasting time on something you don't feel is important. Unless you've never, once in your life, done a sub-optimal or unnecessary task. Go to a movie lately? Why didn't you send that money to a food bank? Why didn't you use that time to do some small piece of work to save the world?"

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by hutzlibu »

M_Grey wrote: post #14

I think it's fair to say that if you're in a position to be directly farted on by a nude person, more intimate contact has or will occur.

Not necessarily. There are people who just like to be naked. (unless you meant farted in someones face)

Re: Farts can cause infection if the emitter is naked, but not if clothed (2001)

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Post by carapace »

M_Grey wrote: post #14

I think it's fair to say that if you're in a position to be directly farted on by a nude person, more intimate contact has or will occur.

Just this morning I saw a person with no pants entering the Subway sandwich store on Market St. (This is in San Francisco... Civic Center.) Bare cheeks to the wind.
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