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

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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.

I heard that story in a Phil Hammond sketch years ago. Either it's a well-known funny story amongst doctors, or else it's something that happens fairly often!

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

#42
post #19

"He asked a colleague to break wind directly onto two Petri dishes" ... "first fully clothed, then with his trousers down." "Our final conclusion? Don't fart naked near food." It may not seem significant but someday everyone will consider these findings obvious. That's because of this brave study.

I am already hard at work verifying whether the results can be replicated.

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

#44
post #8

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?

Can you call it organic?

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

#45
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.

Or you're a nudist, in a shared shower in a hockey arena (or your local equivalent), etc.

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

#46

Did this win an Ig Nobel and if not, why not?

This was from the BMJ Christmas issue - every year they publish a 2-week special full of nonsense like this. As it happens, 4 of the papers in BMJ Christmas Issues have gone on to win Ig Nobels:

http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6679

- Effect of ale, garlic, and soured cream on the appetite of leeches (winner 1994)

- Magnetic resonance imaging of male and female genitals during coitus and female sexual arousal (1999)

- Sword swallowing and its side effects (2006)

- Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis (2012)

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

#47
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.

I... stand corrected. I guess if he was wearing, shirt and shoes...

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

#49
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I... stand corrected. I guess if he was wearing, shirt and shoes...

Lol

She (!) seemed to have everything else clothes-wise, including a hat.

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

#50
post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I... stand corrected. I guess if he was wearing, shirt and shoes...

Lol She (!) seemed to have everything else clothes-wise, including a hat.

Suddenly I have a tune by Mark Knopfler stuck in my head...

So long, I guess that's that Hey, hey, don't forget your hat...

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