The Little Book of Farting

By Alec Bromcie

Book Overview

From the very first page, The Little Book of Farting proves that flatulence can be funny-and downright fascinating! For instance, did you know that the average man releases enough flatus in a day to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854794450
• ISBN13: 9781854794451
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Clears The Air On A Smelly Subject

This is a rather informative book on the unlikely subject of flatus. I was fortunate enough to receive this gem as a gift, and must confess that despite a degree in Biology, there are facts about flatulence in this tiny book I had not previously realized. The book contains the basics of gas production, assigns labels to individual techniques for releasing it, provides a useful thesaurus for gas-related euphemisms (i.e. "step on a duck"), and quotations on the subject from a variety of famous individuals from Hippocrates to Lyndon Johnson. A typical example is this nugget from Benjamin Franklin: "What comfort can the vortices of Descartes give to a man who has whirlwinds in his bowels?" There is a slightly less acceptable section on flatus jokes (almost never funny), but that is more that compensated for by the phrasebook for several foreign languages including Afrikaans, illustrated by this example: "Ek het te veel blomkool geeet" (I've eaten too much cabbage.) I have to hand it to Alec Bromcie; he has illuminated the sulfurous art of maldigested complex-carbohydrate byproduct expulsion in an entertaining little book. I give him five stars for willingness to pursue this fetid subject when anybody else would have turned up their nose and retreated.

Bloated no more!!

I used to be scared to pass gas. After reading this book, I realized everyone, from histortical figures to the president of the United States passes gas. Now I feel free to pass a big one during dinner, in the movie theatre, elevator, or even at the home when we're visiting grandma. Thank you (...)