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Gas Propulsion
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 45 Comments › )Filed under Art, Humor, OOT, Open thread, Sports at May 21st, 2012 - 11:00 pm
the history f art
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 137 Comments › )Filed under Academia, Art, Asia, History, Humor, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, OOT, Open thread, Weapons, World at March 24th, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Approximately 200-400 years ago during Japan’s Edo period, an unknown artist created what is easily the most profound demonstration of human aesthetics ever committed to parchment. I am referring to He-Gassen a.k.a. 屁合戦 a.k.a. “the fart war.” In this centuries-old scroll, women and men blow each other off the page with typhoon-like flatulence. Toss this in the face of any philistine who claims that art history is boring.
Ancient Japanese art is a gas – but my hoax-alert antennae are twitching with the reference to “He-Gassen” even though I found another source here. [Found here, h/t Princess Natasha.]
And like a fart in the wind, we’re cranking out an early Saturday edition of
The Overnight Open Thread.
Malawi Legislates Against Reality
by 1389AD ( 174 Comments › )Filed under Africa, Climate, Environmentalism, Humor at February 2nd, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Some people just can’t cope with the human condition, so they try to legislate it out of existence. Case in point:
Better in than out: African country set to make breaking wind a crime
Breaking wind is set to be made a crime in an African country.
The government of Malawi plan to punish persistent offenders ‘who foul the air’ in a bid to ‘mould responsible and disciplined citizens.’
But locals fear that pinning responsibility on the crime will be difficult – and may lead to miscarriages of justice as ‘criminals’ attempt to blame others for their offence.One Malawian told the website Africanews.com: ‘My goodness. What happens in a public place where a group is gathered. Do they lock up half a minibus?
‘And how about at meetings where it is difficult to pinpoint ‘culprits’?‘Children will openly deny having passed bad air and point at an elder. Culturally, this is very embarrassing,’ she said.
I happened to mention this to an attorney, who pointed out that such asinine-sounding laws are often enacted to create an opportunity for selective enforcement against anybody whom the “powers that be” want to punish.
Despite the efforts of Beano, it is obvious that flatulence won’t be going away anytime soon. Flatulence in livestock has been blamed for “global warming,” even though the latter is obviously not occurring at all. The causes and effects of flatulence have been explored on Mythbusters. Before long, it will come out, despite one’s efforts to hold it back.
Fart Interrupts City Council
