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Rage Against The Machine

September 5, 2006 By Jenny Ryan 5 Comments

Two Christmases ago one of my fifty-something relatives gave my twenty-something brother the gift of a fart machine. And because, deep down inside, we are all still only seven years old, we all thought that was just hysterical. Especially the men, who immediately went about testing the highly detailed and technical scientific hypothesis entitled, “Hey-what happens if we do this?!”

So this weekend I was visiting my brother and sister-in-law, and for some completely inexplicable reason I was compelled to discover whether or not he still had the fart machine.

“Oh yeah, I’ve still got it,” he said. “And did I tell you that whenever I use my cordless phone, it sets the fart machine off because they both operate on the same frequency?”

No, he had not shared that awesomely hysterical fact with me. But wait-the story gets even better.

Because one day he had to call maintenance for his apartment because his toilet, of all things, was broken. So as he was trying to explain his bathroom problem to the maintenance guy, he was being accompanied in the background by a continuous soundtrack of variations of the sound, “PBLTTTTTT!”

That, to quote Mastercard, was PRICELESS.

Filed Under: CFG And Family Affairs, The Naked Truth Tagged With: fart machines

Comments

  1. cskog001 says

    September 5, 2006 at 4:31 pm

    As if that compares to the Skogstad Dinner Table Talk?

  2. Zeus says

    September 5, 2006 at 6:10 pm

    ROFLMAO….ok that’s classic! And here I thought only my human pet’s family was capable of such filthy bathroom humor!

  3. Kukka-Maria says

    September 6, 2006 at 2:28 pm

    Stories filled with flatulence are ALWAYS hilarious and this one was no exception.

    I need a fart machine. Wait, I AM a fart machine! I blame the cat treats…

  4. CRSE says

    September 9, 2006 at 8:20 pm

    My family would LOVE that. We are all about the fart jokes.

Trackbacks

  1. Using My Powers for Good by Jenny Ryan says:
    December 25, 2006 at 6:40 pm

    […] As you may recall, the reigning “Best Christmas Present Ever” on my side of the family is the fart machine my brother received a couple of years ago. So clearly, the gift giving bar has been set very high here. […]

  2. Christmas 2006: Present Round-Up | Using My Powers For Good says:
    May 14, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    […] may recall, the reigning “Best Christmas Present Ever” on my side of the family is the fart machine my brother received a couple of years ago. So clearly, the gift giving bar has been set very high […]

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