[mulligan]

The bar in the villages has really been lowered to 0 class.

[Boomer]

jebartle, Here it is, from 2008, now, for you and Mr. jebartle, in recognition of this 2022 thread you started with the question, “Is this a guy thing?”

The old thread is titled “The World’s Shortest Fairy Tale”
and the entire thread can be found by using ‘search’ on the old TOTV version. The new version seems to have shut out the archives beyond a year old.

(I remembered the thread. I have a sort of weird memory — not as weird as Marilu Henner’s memory — just a little weird. Weird as it may be, I sure hope I always get to keep it.)

Anyway, the original thread is long and fun. It is a bit sad though because it included a lot of lovely, funny people that we don’t see anymore. But anyone who has been around here forever will remember The Great Fumar (including gracie if she is reading this. . .In fact, gracie is in the original thread having fun, too.) Ah, those were the days. Lots of bluebirds on board.

Here we go. . .

On 11/12/2008, The Great Fumar opened the thread with the following:


once upon a time , a guy asked a girl
"will you marry me?" the girl said,
"no!" and the guy lived happily ever after
and went fishing, hunting, and played golf
a lot and drank beer and
farted whenever he wanted......

The end


I replied with my dissertation on guys thinking farts are funny. Here’s that post:

Ladies,

Would anyone like to go with me to apply for a government grant to study why the male of the species is so amused by farts.

Baby boys laugh at farts. Big boys laugh at farts. I believe that all males are completely taken with the thought and practice of farting.

One of my friend's husband packed a special fart-producing diet to take along on one of those male-bonding trips, like fishing or whatever. He laughed maniacally while loading up his suitcase with cans of baked beans, bean soup, refried beans, and any other kind he could find. I think he planned to win some kind of contest that we do not even want to think about.

Another friend's husband had an old vinyl record that was a farting contest. He and Mr. Boomer used to find it quite hilarious. There were all different types of farts, recorded for posterity. The vinyl has probably migrated to iPod by now for the amusement of an entire new generation of males.

I once heard a quite dignified matronly lady complaining because her husband would take great delight in farting in bed and then pulling the covers up over her head. The thing is -- in public her husband appeared to be as dignified as she was. I could never quite look at them in the same way after I heard about that.

I think Chaucer wrote one of the "Canterbury Tales" about somebody farting out the window. That was supposed to be great literature.

And have you ever known of a woman who would actually buy a Whoopee Cushion?

And now, The Great Fumar brings us this little fairy tale about farts.

I could go on and on about this mystery. I could probably think of a bunch more examples. But maybe I had better shut up. I am starting to sound a little nuts. I have just written a whole page about farts.

But I do think this issue may deserve some government funding for a study.

Could it be that the mystery of this fascination and admiration for farts is somehow attached to the Y chromosome?

The admins may have to pull my post. Maybe we are not allowed to write about farts.

But wait! The admins are all males. They are probably not even reading this stuff. They will never even see my post, much less pull it. I'll bet they are too busy sitting around, telling each other, “Pull my finger.”

Boomer


Later in the thread, the talk turned to flying. The Great Fumar flew. Mr. Boomer does, too, and I had said that on those guy trips to Oshkosh, I shuddered to think what 4 guys crammed into a single engine plane might do during their flight, their annual guys’ pilgrimage.

To which, The Great Fumar replied. . .

I feel I should comment on this as it is serious business.......In 2002 during an approach and flair on runway 27 at Oshkosh my companions whose expulsions were so poorly timed that the boost forced me to do a go-around and this time with the side vent open.......trailing blue smoke , people thought we were part of the Air Show.......Now you can go ahead and poo poo this if you want too but we won second place ..........

barnstorming fumar

————


And there you have it. I hope you and Mr. jebartle get a smile out of knowing you are not the only ones. And there are times, sometimes even very serious times, when, “You gotta laugh.”

Boomer


Addendum: Hey! After I hit submit, I looked back again at previous comments in this thread and that is when I saw the post from PJ Smiley, Post #15, linking the entire 2008 thread. Thank you PJ for your sense of humor and for your link.

[fdpaq0580]

Seems some have an underdeveloped or non-existent "funny bone".
Humans are funny by nature. We have bodily functions we act ashamed of. People are "shocked" by normal or natural behaviors. We put on airs of supposed sophistication and stick our noses in the air to look down our noses at those who have the wonderful ability to see the "sunny side, bright side, funny side" of life and the human condition. That is a mighty high horse. Some folks need to get off'en it and lighten up.
Laughter is good medicine. It can't cure everything, but it can often make the unbearable bearable.
So, the next time the Village Idiot (often, that is me) says, "pull my finger", smile and play along. Even if you don't get a laugh out of it, they will. You can take credit for helping to brighten someone's day.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Seems some have an underdeveloped or non-existent "funny bone".
Humans are funny by nature. We have bodily functions we act ashamed of. People are "shocked" by normal or natural behaviors. We put on airs of supposed sophistication and stick our noses in the air to look down our noses at those who have the wonderful ability to see the "sunny side, bright side, funny side" of life and the human condition. That is a mighty high horse. Some folks need to get off'en it and lighten up.
Laughter is good medicine. It can't cure everything, but it can often make the unbearable bearable.
So, the next time the Village Idiot (often, that is me) says, "pull my finger", smile and play along. Even if you don't get a laugh out of it, they will. You can take credit for helping to brighten someone's day.

You would have loved the early days of TOTV. There were lots more bantering, conversational threads like the one I was referencing here. And far less snark.

Thanks.

Boomer

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Seems some have an underdeveloped or non-existent "funny bone".
Humans are funny by nature. We have bodily functions we act ashamed of. People are "shocked" by normal or natural behaviors. We put on airs of supposed sophistication and stick our noses in the air to look down our noses at those who have the wonderful ability to see the "sunny side, bright side, funny side" of life and the human condition. That is a mighty high horse. Some folks need to get off'en it and lighten up.
Laughter is good medicine. It can't cure everything, but it can often make the unbearable bearable.
So, the next time the Village Idiot (often, that is me) says, "pull my finger", smile and play along. Even if you don't get a laugh out of it, they will. You can take credit for helping to brighten someone's day.

Thank you, thank, my dear Doug is a great guy and during this difficult time with bone and lung cancer, we find our giggles where we can.

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by rustyp

Which part is the guy thing ? The audible cloud or the less than audible "excuse me"? My experience is the gals are quick to say "excuse me". A guy gets a double smirk when he acknowledges the audible cloud by proclaiming "did someone step on a duck".

Hollywood thinks it's funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqZboxi7v-o

[CFrance]

fdpaq0580 got there first, jebartle. Take your laughter where you can. Maybe the Debbie Downers on this thread are unaware of your situation. Your husband and you have been in my thoughts and prayers since you posted about his illness. People are here for you.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by jebartle

In spite of the trials and tribulations, there is a giggle.

During our many visits to Dr's and nurses, my sweet Doug enjoys his cleverness, without missing an opportunity, while being assisted from a sitting position to standing, I see a twinkle in his eye and smirk on his lips, followed by an audible cloud that fills the room, and a less than audible "excuse me". It's got to be a guy thing!!!

As my dad explained the night before I go married, You will never understand your wife. If, you do it will change shortly. The same is true for your husband. He will never be your girl friend.

[Gpsma]

So now totv has officially been lowered to fart posts.

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by CFrance

fdpaq0580 got there first, jebartle. Take your laughter where you can. Maybe the Debbie Downers on this thread are unaware of your situation. Your husband and you have been in my thoughts and prayers since you posted about his illness. People are here for you.

Thank you so much, to know him, is to love him!

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by djlnc

It must be a "Gal Thing".

Classless gal thing.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

So now totv has officially been lowered to fart posts.

If you've read enough TOTV posts, you might reconsider the word "lowered".

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Mortal1

there is a sense of humor and then there's crass. I guess if you find this funny you're on the crass end of the scale...little things please little minds.

Au contraire, mon ami...

Le Petomane - Wikipedia.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by rustyp

Hollywood thinks it's funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqZboxi7v-o

Even more famous...

https://youtu.be/FXHkFZ-nG4Y

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Good morning, jebartle,

Your title says it all. You are absolutely right. It is a guy thing.

A sense of humor is a gift. My dad had a wonderful sense of humor that got him through some difficult days as he aged and became very ill. . .

Dad was a quiet man, a good listener, and an observer of human nature — who could come up with perfect, insightful, one-liner comments — often in situations where the seriousness could be getting heavy — like in the medical things he had to go through.

But even in those most difficult of times, every now and then, he would quietly say a strategic one-liner, giving a lovely laugh to his doctor, nurses, physical therapists, or whoever was there. He used to say, “You gotta laugh.” Our family still tells our “Dad Stories.”

But. . .I digress. . .Now, back to the topic at hand. . .

I have been around TOTV since long before we bought here. In the early years, there was a terrific group of people who could kid around with each other, banter, and have a laugh for the day. (Now — the room that is TOTV has a different feel, mostly. But I cannot seem to stop looking. (sigh))

Anyway, somewhere in the archives here, there is a thread started by “The Great Fumar” who I think was everybody’s favorite poster. The topic was farts and we all had a good time with it.

I can find it and bring it here later. (I might need to do a cut and paste and I still don’t know how to do that on my iPad.)

See ya later — and please tell Mr. jebartle to embrace that sense of humor. . .because sometimes, “You gotta laugh.”

I will return with clips from the archives. I think you and Mr. jebartle will like what I will bring you in about an hour. Stay tuned.

Boomer

Some tend to forget. The good old days. Ten, twenty, thirty years ago WE WERE ten, twenty , thirty years younger.