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Le Pétomane du Moulin Rouge, 1900 (silent film clip). Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (/ l ə ˈ p ɛ t ə m eɪ n /, [1] French pronunciation: [ləpetɔman]), was a French flatulist (professional fartist) and entertainer.
Medical condition Flatulence Other names Farting, breaking wind, passing gas, cutting the cheese, cutting one loose, ripping one, tooting Specialty Gastroenterology Flatulence is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed ...
Le Pétomane was a professional flatulist around the start of the 20th century in France.. A flatulist, fartist, fartial artist, professional farter or simply farter is an entertainer often associated with flatulence-related humor, whose routine consists solely or primarily of passing gas in a creative, musical, or amusing manner.
Flatulence consists of gases that are produced by symbiotic bacteria and yeasts living in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals and are released through the anus. Flatulence is known colloquially as farting .
Pages in category "Flatulence in popular culture" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Franklin punned that compared to his ruminations on flatulence, other scientific investigations were "scarcely worth a FART-HING" "A Letter to a Royal Academy" [1] (sometimes "A Letter to a Royal Academy about Farting" or "Fart Proudly" [2] [3]) is the name of an essay about flatulence written by Benjamin Franklin c. 1781 while he was living abroad as United States Ambassador to France. [1]
Fart lighting, also known as pyroflatulence or flatus ignition, is the practice of igniting the gases produced by flatulence. The resulting flame is often of a blue hue hence the act being known colloquially as a "blue angel", "blue dart" or in Australia, a "blue flame". The fact that flatus is flammable and the actual combustion of it through ...
' Fart fight '), are titles given to a Japanese art scroll, [1] created during the Edo period (1603–1868) by an unknown artist or several unknown artists [2] [3] [4] depicting flatulence humor. He-gassen is a subject occasionally depicted in Japanese art, first attested at the end of the Heian Period (794–1185).