September 25, 2008
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Farting
Just a quick note. Last night I wrote a post about plugz where I spoke against it. I was attempting to be funny in the post and was actually attempting to make fun of my own shameless self-promotion. I use Plugz and I want to encourage others to use it. As I look back at the post, I see that it could look like I was slamming xanga and those who created it. In fact, the post is harsh. I should have worded it more carefully to emphasize my own shameless self-promotion and not have spoken against plugz. I appreciate the xanga team and all the products that they continue to release to enhance our xanga experience.
Here we go:
Charges have been dropped against a man who was arrested for passing gas and “fanning” it in the direction of a police officer. He was originally charged with battery. Here is the link: Link
This got me thinking. . .
Do you claim your farts?
Comments (76)
I don’t have that problem on a regular basis …
It depends on the audience…..
…that’s outrageous (about the charges on farting)
When I was little, my dad would fart and blame it on me and I’d start crying because everybody laughed at me.
I’m made of pixie dust. My farts make you prettier.
@askdante - ditto
hahaha well i’d be reasonable if it was an sbd.. cuz those are really silent but deadly..
@La_dolce_vida - That’s so mean!
I never do it in front of anyone to claim it.
Did he say excuse me?
Uuuh. I think the officer that pressed charges has “overly sensitive” issues. Power abuse. Seriously.
farts? women don’t fart, so no i don’t claim ‘em lol
LOL…When it’s called for? ABSOLUTELY….(close the windows and all)…muahahahahaha
LOL
Plugz scare me! Of course anything like this does until I take the time to sit down and figure out how to use it. *sigh*
I usually try to hold it in but if I get caught I’ll take the heat for it.
Nope. If I did, what would be the point of the silent yet deadly fart that I’ve mastered?
Only with family, when we’re in closed spaces – like the car.
I have a Warrent out for your Arrest because you farted at me? WTF!!!
Charged with battery?
Seriously?
I only claim the “Hershey squirts”.
Yes, fart in confined spaces-but only if other people are present. Hey, potty humor was always big in my family. My dad STILL blames the dog.
HAHAHAHA!!!! That made me literally laugh out loud!!
As a side note… I thought you were kidding…
yeah i do
oh no! never claim your farts. also pass them off to the person standing next to you in the elevator.
I dont fart. Along with burping or pooping.
Of course we knew you were being comical and sarcastic about the PLugz…hence the 99 pics of your profile pic. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to loosen up for reeeeeeeal.
i claim everyone else’s farts too!
Ohhh my. This makes me question the worth of having a Xanga.
I only fart around people I feel comfortable with, so that’s the only time I claim them. Lol.
hahahahahahahahahahahahhaahhaha~~~~~
Didn’t know you could get arrested for that.
I’ll claim my farts, and the shit that’s left in the grass because of them.
Ew.. That was disgusting.
Ya. It’s better than people finding out on their own…
If I absolutely have to fart and I’m in public, I’ll stand behind some men and move on so people assume it was one of them.
Some people really don’t get sarcasm. I don’t get those people.
Only as a last resort
A quote from Robot Chicken seems appropriate here: “…nya,ha,ha!; behold the stench of Skeletor’s breakfast burrrito! Nya,ha,ha!”
whoever smelt it dealt it!
my kid has some raunchy smelling farts.
Did somebody take that Plugz post seriously? Even with all those profile pics plastered everywhere? Some people just don’t recognize sarcasm.
Ladies don’t fart, they get the vapors and polite society pretends not to notice. It would be impolite to “claim” it.
@mayanao - me either I would have sued the police department. Now a days I’m sure he could have gotten wrongful arrest/embarrassment OR something for his time… I read this to my hubby and he about died laughing.
Nope. I’ve mastered how to do it without making a noise ^_^
@La_dolce_vida - that’s adorable… except i do that to my dad.
Women don’t do those things. Do we?
My sons would have been arrested many times over, had a policeman been in the vicinity….Boys will be boys, I guess.
depends on whom i’m surrounded with at the time of the event.
ROFL I’m speechless
I try not to fart in front of people.
Everyone knows girls don’t do that.
It’s a myth.
Yes if I was the culprit. But normally they go unnoticed as I have a balanced diet.
I do agree with most of the ladies. Women do not pass gas in my eyes.
If I were that officer, I’d laugh, not press charges. That would make my day, that someone thought so highly of me to do that.
How would that hold up in a public courtroom? People would be singgering everywhere. That cop doesn’t have a reputation now… “The Cop Who Cried Farts.” That wouldn’t be hanging over my head, I’ll tell you that much.
I claim my farts–– unless doing so interrupts someone else.
Girls don’t fart!
& it is the worst thing that any human being could possibly do, ever.
oh heck yes i claim them! :] just ask my fiancee! ;]
I’m more of a fan of the “Dutch Oven”.
The way the news article was worded made me think of a certain Monty Python quote. “I fart in your general direction.”
Such incidents are best ignored, especially by law enforcement officers. Making a big deal about it just makes you look juvenile.
Thats why I have dogs.
Luckily, I am believed when I say it because my bulldog sure lets it loose.
absolutely not…. just let a silent one go, and walk away…
The cop is retarded. if i fart, I just keep quiet and say it wasn’t me. if you have a dog, always blame it on the dog.
This morning on the radio I had heard he had just pushed his but over the cops way and farted on them. They didn’t say anything about him farting and fanning it toward them. That is way different… kinda.
Don’t hate on my gas!
hrmph lol
i am queen of the sbd!
meow mix used to give my kitten gas.. it was gnarly
Yes I do. Side note: that guy looks nasty, like drunken pervert nasty ::shudder::
Passing gas is pretty natural… and I think a pretty necessary function. I think it is necessary to fart wherever and whenever I can, as much as possible.. I try to gauge my entire Portuguese diet around flatulence. I think volume when I plan meals, and after a few hours after a big meal I frequent malls or large shopping area’s to “crop dust” the locals. Standing in line, on the bus, at restaraunts, shopping malls, department stores, court houses…etc. There is never an innopropriate place to pass gas. Giving a police officer a taste of your own band is not a chargable offense… well depending on how “offensive” it was maybe…
@oOBuBBLes711Oo - so I don’t mean to get too personal with your bodily functions but do you secrete your excrement through your skin? Vomiting? Blood letting?
Hmm, “Plugz?” Explain…
And now that proves that cops get away with everything. Are they serious?
Yup. I love to fart,I get to make noise,irritate others and feel better,what’s not to love?
omg O_o seriously?!
I heard that the guy had a pretty bad smelling one.
I dont get gas thank you
this guy….he’s my hero. and yes. i claim them. unless im at work. then i point them in the direction of the other guy…hahaha
Dan, “Plugz” (seriously, why the “z”?) are goddamn fucking bullshit, and to say otherwise is madness. You are mad.
Thats why I don’t fart in front or people, just at home :]
I got that post. I knew what you were saying.
But I also agree with those who say that Xanga is becoming more about celebrity than about blogging. It’s one thing to want to be a “big blogger”- that’s no different than wanting to be a hit novelist (though there is far less money in blogging if one doesn’t work for a real site like politico.com). But the “xangalebrity” craze is turning various people into a bunch of Paris Hiltons- FNGR. Famous for No Good Reason.
Plugz will put already successful xangans on the private pages of those who don’t have Premium.
Please think about that. Frequently those with Premium are the most active xangans. They comment a lot, read blogs written by people they don’t know, spend more than fifteen minutes on Xanga before heading to YouTube. Those who just want to goof around on Xanga for a little bit once a week or less, keep an online journal and vent and such- they don’t have Premium and they will see the Plugz. But they are the ones least likely to get around and read the blogs of others, much less leave comments.
Furthermore, smaller sites don’t generate the credits required to buy Plugz. Right now it takes 1,000 credits to buy three days. Most people don’t even know HOW to earn 1,000 credits. That would require 500 comments or 250 comments on the Welcome Wagon. Because most people, after all, don’t get that many comments. Not getting many comments is why they want to buy a Plug and advertise, no? It will take forever for them to earn enough credits to advertise and they have a right to be upset when the Xanga Team puts a smiley face after the remark “the price will go up.”
My site generates credits pretty well- I get some comments, people like to give me Minis, and when I’m on a comment binge I comment a LOT. But I’ve been around Xanga for a while now and know how to get around the place.
Xanga Plugz puts one more stumbling block before new people, giving them one more reason to leave before they see the benefits of Xanga.
I know this comment won’t change anyone’s mind about anything, but that’s my .02.
Farts? No way. Those would be the California Barking Spiders.
Nooo but I try not to do that in public and if I do,I will get away from that area I was standing or walking real fast,so no one could pin it on me.
I read about this in my school newspaper a little while ago, actually. I think the cop should get pussy of the year reward.
Yes. I give ten second warnings to my friends when I’m about to blow one. Gives them time to run to upwind.
I just walk away from my friends and walk back, after the first few times they figured it out. They now loudly announce when I fart. I find it kind of funny. Farting isn’t a big deal for me, I fart infront of people I hardly know if I need too. XD!
I don’t condone flatulence.
unlike my mother…..who always laughs when she does it……….at LEAST four times a day.