Fart jokes in literature are more common than you think ...
1) In James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) Leopold Bloom is described in a particularly unflattering scene as sitting "asquat the cuckstool ... seated calm above his own rising smell".
2) The author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift, wrote an essay titled "The Benefit of Farting" (1722). He comes off as quite the flatulence connoisseur, writing "I take it there are five or six different species of fart." These are "the sonorous and full-toned or rousing fart", "the double fart", "the soft fizzing fart", "the wet fart", and "the sullen wind-bound fart". (Source: Mental Floss.com)
Picture this #1: Nivea might want to take the big-obvious-lie off their packaging...
Picture this #2: From the Taranaki Daily News, an unintentional bosom gag...
Picture this #3: Snapped at the Auckland Home Show. I don't see the connection between this gold naked lady statue and carpet...
Sport: Ultimate Dave cartoon on the Oracle postponement pass...
Video: A month or so back the internet was banging on about a movie called Sharknado (a b-grade horror about sharks being flung around the place by tornado-like water spouts), starring Steve from 90210 screening in America and geo-blocked everywhere else. But now Prime has nabbed the schlock, horror fest and will be screening it on Tuesday, at 8.30. Here's a taste...
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