Waterman Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Why was farting created? I mean couldn't our bodies work without farting? I hate it when I'm sitting down and I have the urge to fart and when I do this disgusting smell comes. I am so lost in this universe full of farting, couldn't we just stick to burping? What's causing this irrational behaviour in our bodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 it's gas passing through your intestines, and not just your stomache. welcome to hypography :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterman Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i'll be honest and say i'm not an expert on this subject, but we ingest air, or carbonation for example, which is air that takes up space inside of us that along with food must be released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINNY Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 we ingest air, or carbonation for example, which is air that takes up space inside of us that along with food must be released.not just ingestion of air, but also respiration of bacteria in our digestive system, specifically the intestines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortenS Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I have this book, called a REsearch Guide to bodily fluids, by Paul Spinrad, and it contains about everything you want to know, and quite a few facts you probably didn't want to know about most of the yucky stuff our bodies excrete in some way or another. Anyway, nitrogen, oxygen and carbondioxide provide most of the volume of a fart. Hydrogen and methane makes it flamable, and hydrogensulfide makes it smelly. Also some more complex chemicals, like indole and scatole that add to the individual characteristics of the fart. There are a few components of the fart you can somewhat control: Nitrogen and oxygen, comes from swallowed air. If you eat too quick, swallow air, sigh a lot or do any other activity that cause more air to enter the digestive system, you add volume to the fart. Nitrogen and oxygen does not add anything to the smell, but they might add to the sound, due to the increased volume. Hydrogen, methane and hydrogensulfide are bi-products of bacteria living in our digestive system, particulary present in the large intestines. The more food you eat that goes past the small intestines without being digested by you, the more material you provide for the bacteria, and the more farts you will make. What food you eat will greatly influence what kind of farts you make. Some diseases can also increase the rate and volume of farting, like people with lactase deficiency if they drink some milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Why was farting created? I mean couldn't our bodies work without farting? I hate it when I'm sitting down and I have the urge to fart and when I do this disgusting smell comes. I am so lost in this universe full of farting, couldn't we just stick to burping? What's causing this irrational behaviour in our bodies?Farting is an indication that you are getting enough fiber in your diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biochemist Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Why was farting created? I am intriqued by the implication in this question that farts have a deeper purpose, not just an existence: They were Created. It should be noted that "fart" is not defined in the medical literature. It has even been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that there a a need for an accepted defintion (noted in the Journal as a "fart healt" need). We have a definition for flatus (gas or air in the gastrointestinal tract) and even a word for the noise caused by flatus (borborygmus: rumbling noises caused by propulsion of flatus through the intestines). However, there is no explicit medical terminology for the sudden ejection of flatus through the anus. Oddly, there actually is one for the analogous occurence from the vagina (e.g., flatus vaginalis) but not for the poor anus. It was suggested (in the mid 70's, in the Journal of Irreprodicuble Results) that the medical sciences agree on a consistent defition of both "burp" and "fart". The suggestion was that we assign the "fart" term to any passage of gas through the GI tract in the prodromal direction. Further, it was suggested that we assign "burp" to any passage of GI gas in the antidromal direction. When it was noted that this definition would define intake of air through the mouth as a fart, most thought this was unworkable. Intake of air through the anus would also be considered a "burp" by this defintion, but this was not viewed as so much of a problem, since it only applied to some circus performers and yoga practitioners. Ergo, "fart" remains technically undefined. And yet, broadly understood. I mean couldn't our bodies work without farting?Yes, but calculations suggest that without farting, the typical human female would reach an approximate volume of 1.7 cubic miles at death. Males would typically retain their standard volume, since they invaribaly have a nearby associate "pull their finger" at an appropriate time to keep their body volume normative.I hate it when I'm sitting down and I have the urge to fart and when I do this disgusting smell comes. It sounds to me like you should just consider standing up.I am so lost in this universe full of farting, couldn't we just stick to burping? What's causing this irrational behaviour in our bodies?Back to your original question, farts do have a purpose. There are entire moveis that would not have any moments of levity if not for an unplanned gaseous release from the audience. I think, personally, that farts were Created by God to provide moments of levity. Really big ones even provide moments of levitation, but that is somewhat uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I am intriqued by the implication in this question that farts have a deeper purpose, not just an existence: They were Created. We have a definition for flatus (gas or air in the gastrointestinal tract) and even a word for the noise caused by flatus (borborygmus: rumbling noises caused by propulsion of flatus through the intestines). However, there is no explicit medical terminology for the sudden ejection of flatus through the anus. Oddly, there actually is one for the analogous occurence from the vagina (e.g., flatus vaginalis) but not for the poor anus. On the 7th day god said, "Let there be GAS!" And it was good. (Perhaps Michaelangelo was inferring that God was about to oull Adam's finger on the Sistine Chapel :) ) Would the term flatulation and flatulence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biochemist Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 On the 7th day god said, "Let there be GAS!" And it was good. (Perhaps Michaelangelo was inferring that God was about to oull Adam's finger on the Sistine Chapel :) I think this is a pretty keen insight. And given that I just heard the Conclave has selected a new Pope form the confines of the Sistine Chapel, perhaps that puff of white smoke is actually the result of God pulling on Adam's finger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Pope Flatulant the Turd....(oops..Third) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 haha i don't care how old i get, stuff like that will always be funny to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortenS Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Since there are no scientific words for farts from the anus, we need to rectify that. Here are some suggested names for farts, and even an attempt at classifying different ones. General fart:Flatus anusifrom latin: flatus - blowing, anusi - plural of anus - ring A loud fart:Flatus anusi magnumfrom latin: magnum - loud A silent but deadly fartFlatus anusi tacitufunestusFrom latin: tacitus - silent, funestus - deadly A carpet creeping fartFlatus anusi gravitardelatusfrom latin: gravis - heavy, tarde - slow, latus - wide A smelly fart:Flatus anusi olidusfrom latin: olidus - smelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 A change your shorts fart:Flatus anusi hydrous driputi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 A fake fart from a woopy cushion:Flatus anusi simulatus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MortenS Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Nice ones, Turtle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biochemist Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Since there are no scientific words for farts from the anus, we need to rectify that. Here are some suggested names for farts, and even an attempt at classifying different ones. General fart:Flatus anusifrom latin: flatus - blowing, anusi - plural of anus....All great suggestions, but I think we probably should use Flatus Anusalis to be consistist with the usage for eruptions form other cavities (per my post above.) Besides, I don't think we ought to assume that "anus" should be plural. Although if they were plural, some folks could fart in stereo. Americal Idol, here we come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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