Nothing funnier than a fart joke

You may have heard this already, but last week an American Airlines flight from Washington DC to Dallas made an emergency landing due to passengers and crew members smelling burning matches. Apparently, after the plane was grounded, and ALL passengers and luggage was searched, a female passenger admitted to lighting matches to mask the smell of her severe gas, caused by a medical condition. This woman, has not been charged with any offenses, as its acceptable to bring matches onto an airplane for safety purposes, but you are NOT permitted to light them! She won't, however, be flying on American Airlines for a long long time!

I had not heard about this story until Saturday night when I was watching SNL, and they did a spoof of this lady on Weekend update. It was hilarious- castmember, Kristin Wiig, came out as "Gloria Patrick", the flatulent passenger, (said woman's real name is not public knowledge) dressed pretty much like a soccer mom- white blouse, sweater vest, short curly hair, something along those lines. Anyway she comes out all bashful, not making eye contact with anyone, generally sheepish and embarassed as Seth Meyers and Amy Pohler grill her about the incident which caused the airplane to make an emergency landing. A few seconds into the interview, and after she discloses that she has a medical condition which makes her release foul smelling gas, she warns Meyers to leave the set immediately. THEN, she whips out a book of matches, and begins lighting them one by one and swirling the sulfurous smoke around in circles in front of her! It was truly hilarious!

I don't know about you all, but I have always viewed airplanes as the perfect place to 'let go' guilt free. Think about it, its so loud in there, any anticipated sound is muffled. And as far as odors, there are fans everywhere circulating air constantly. Even if there is an odor strong enough to be sniffable, its not going to linger above the creator for long, so as long as you play it cool and don't put up any red flags, you have nothing to worry about! That's just my two cents anyway.

Fart jokes make me giggle. On a related note: When people smell something displeasing and say "pee yoo!", what is it that they are saying? You know, the thing you say, when you make that gesture with your hand waving in front of your nose. Is it "P.U."?, and if so what do those letters stand for? (personally unpleasant?, or maybe its french) Or is it just a sound like stated above? -"Pee Yoo"? At any rate, this saying is not used nearly enough by intelligent adults, and I vote to bring "Pee Yoo" back in full effect! You should use it today whenever you deem appropriate!

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