We have all done the "Silent But Deadly," "Pull My Finger," and "Blue Flame" ? that is everyone farts. My father used to get me to pull his finger as a child with hilarious results, my Mom was not as amused. Fart games abound.
Whether it takes the form of stealth bombers or noisy bottom burps, farts are a normal byproduct of the human body. Everybody farts multiple times throughout the day and night (yes even me).
Flatulence is made up of five gases: nitrogen and oxygen, which are swallowed while talking, chewing, or drinking fizzy beverages, and carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane, which are produced in the gastrointestinal tract during digestion of food. Gas produced or trapped in the intestine only has three possible routes it can follow: some will be absorbed into the body; some will be burped out; and some will pass as you know what.
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