Please, just be serious!
2006-09-10 15:56:55 · 13 answers · asked by hippiechic35 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
The fart itself is not funny. It is what we think of it...we've been told it is a no-no. When farts are most funny is when they are accidental, like falling down...which is often used for laughs but in reality, falls are NOT funny. Farts in church are unexpected and, if on purpose, almost sacreligous. Yet, I defy anyone NOT to laugh on hearing the echoing rip. Just thinking about it, makes me laugh. Private farts, when no one is around, beg for laughter. But that same gaseous gaff in a crowd is uproarious. Fart sounds are not that easy to modulate. Pinch one too much and it squeaks...too loosely and its a flop...and f flat.. But a good pucker can produce a well-tuned phreeeet with such perfect pitch that its deserves applause. Funny question.
2006-09-10 16:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by Victor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is some thing that no one is expecting to hear. Some times some people do it intentionally just to see other peoples reaction. Then there are times when it just slips out because the person has less control of it happening and they are very embarrassed. A really funny fart, is one you do when your dog is asleep on the sofa next to you. You let a loud one rip and watch how high the dog jumps and watch the look on his face as he sniffs the air. Now that's a funny fart. I did this to a Cocker Spaniel (years ago) and she came uncorked. I was rolling on the floor as I had no idea she would react this way. I would never fart in public or in front of any one as that is disrespectful of others. But the dog will never tell and as the cats on the Tidy cat ads say "they'll never know" Hope this answers your question.
2006-09-10 23:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by ELIZABETH 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you think about it, the things that we find most humorous involve someone losing dignity or being hurt (just watch America's Funniest Home Videos if you don't believe me, and see which ones make you laugh loudest).
Farts involve both loss of dignity (on the part of the farter) and someone being hurt (or at least subjected to unpleasantness, on the part of the smeller). Ask anyone the funniest fart story they know, and it will involve someone being really embarrassed by a loud fart in a solemn/quiet situation, or one that smelled so bad that people were fleeing the area.
Interestingly, while humor is different in different cultures, farts are universally funny!
2006-09-10 23:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by Eric 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason I thought one was funny is because the questioner at the time was being ridiculous, over and over again and the person finally answered by typing *toot* then saying "oops". Showing what she thought of the irate questioner. The situation was funny. Not the fart.
2006-09-11 02:19:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sound, the length of a fart or the smell and the look of horror on the face of the one oppressed by the pugnant, smell. Sometimes vengeance is so smelly!
2006-09-10 23:04:31 · answer #5 · answered by doesitmatter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the simple fact that the AIR from inside one's @$$ is now inside another person's lungs, by surprise....that makes it heck of a lot more funny than just crackin' 'em off.
2006-09-10 23:03:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When people are embarrassed, they laugh. So a joke like that would make some people laugh. I think it's rude and vulgar, not funny.
2006-09-10 22:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's something that you think of as being done in privacy. when someone comes out and does it, it's obscene yet funny.
2006-09-10 23:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think it is so funny because it is something that my mom would scold me for..... lol..... and the smell is just so bad sometimes that dammmmm you gotta laugh
2006-09-10 22:59:01 · answer #9 · answered by Faithfulshutterbugger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha its air coming out of your butt. THAT makes it funny. lol
2006-09-10 23:03:12 · answer #10 · answered by Whatever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋