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Flatulence humour or flatulence humor refers to any type of joke, practical joke device, or other off-color humor related to flatulence. ==History== Although it is likely that flatulence humor has long been considered funny in cultures that consider the public passing of gas impolite, such jokes are rarely recorded. Two important early texts are the 5th century BC plays ''The Knights'' and ''The Clouds'', both by Aristophanes, which contain numerous "fart" jokes.〔Aristophanes, (The Knights )〕〔Aristophanes, (The Clouds )〕 Another example from classical times appeared in ''Apocolocyntosis'' or ''The Pumpkinification of Claudius'', a satire attributed to Seneca on the late Roman emperor: He later explains he got to the afterlife with a quote from Homer: Archeologist Warwick Ball asserts that the Roman Emperor Elagabulus played practical jokes on his guests, employing a whoopee cushion-like device at dinner parties.〔Warwick Ball (P412, Rome in the East: the transformation of an empire ) Routledge, 2001 ISBN 0-415-24357-2〕 In the translated version of Penguin's ''1001 Arabian Nights Tales'', a story entitled "The Historic Fart" tells of a man who flees his country from the sheer embarrassment of farting at his wedding, only to return ten years later to discover that his fart had become so famous, that people used the anniversary of its occurrence to date other events. Upon learning this he exclaimed, "Verily, my fart has become a date! It shall be remembered forever!" His embarrassment is so great he returns to exile in India. In a similar vein, John Aubrey's ''Brief Lives'' recounts of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford that: "The Earle of Oxford, making his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 yeares. On his return the Queen welcomed him home, and sayd My Lord, I had forgot the Fart." One of the most celebrated incidents of flatulence humor in early English literature is in ''The Miller's Tale'' by Geoffrey Chaucer, which dates from the 14th century; ''The Summoner's Tale'' has another. In the first, the character Nicholas sticks his buttocks out of a window at night and humiliates his rival Absolom by farting in his face. But Absolom gets revenge by thrusting a red-hot plough blade between Nicholas's cheeks ("ammyd the ers") The medieval Latin joke book ''Facetiae'' includes six tales about farting. François Rabelais' tales of ''Gargantua and Pantagruel'' are laden with acts of flatulence. In Chapter XXVII of the second book, the giant, Pantagruel, releases a fart that "made the earth shake for twenty-nine miles around, and the foul air he blew out created more than fifty-three thousand tiny men, dwarves and creatures of weird shapes, and then he emitted a fat wet fart that turned into just as many tiny stooping women."〔François Rabelais, ''Gargantua and Pantagruel''. W.W. Norton & Co. 1990, p.214〕 Benjamin Franklin, in his open letter "To the Royal Academy of Farting", satirically proposes that converting farts into a more agreeable form through science should be a milestone goal of the Royal Academy.〔Benjamin Franklin, (To the Royal Academu of Farting ), c. 1781, at teachingamericanhistory.org〕 In Mark Twain's ''1601'', properly named ''(Date: 1601. ) Conversation, as it was the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors,'' a cupbearer at Court who's a Diarist reports: The Queen inquires as to the source, and receives various replies. Lady Alice says: In the first chapter of ''Moby Dick'', the narrator states: The Pythagoreans led an ascetic lifestyle which included a prohibition against the consumption of beans. In the 1940s a clandestine record called "The Crepitation Contest" was produced, allegedly by Canadian Broadcast Corporation staff (narration by sportscaster Sidney S. Brown, who identifies himself in the closing seconds of the original unedited recording, and "sound effects" by his producer, Jules Lipton). The recording is in the manner of a seemingly real radio broadcast of a live sporting event, complete with pre-game interviews of the contestants (the “champion”, Lord Windesmear and the challenger, Paul Boomer), detailed descriptions of all aspects of the competition as it unfolds, including the rules and traditions associated with the sport, play-by-play reporting, and crowd sounds reacting to the drama. The listener also hears a game official on the field as he announces scores attributed to the flatulence sounds emitted by each contestant in the competition. Australian comedy musician Kevin Bloody Wilson released his song "Mick the Master Farter" on his 1984 album ''Return of the Yobbo''. The song contains references to his schoolfriend Mick's uncanny ability to fart, and how it solved various situations, e.g. helping his team win a school rugby match, playing the trombone at a Kamahl concert when the trombone player did not show up, and winning the America's Cup yacht race. First Chorus from the song: The bawdy rugby song "Twas On The Good Ship Venus" includes a verse about a flatulent first-mate: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flatulence humor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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