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Founding father Benjamin Franklin secured the alliance with France that led to victory in the Revolutionary War, negotiated the Treaty of Paris ending said war, signed the Declaration of Independence and the U.S Constitution, discovered that lightning was electrical, invented bifocal glasses, wrote the famous Poor Richard’s Almanac, and ran newspapers.

He also had some thoughts on farting.

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[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 36 points 2 days ago

"So I got this great gig modeling for stock images..."

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait people walk for mental health, and not to crop dust their neighborhood?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Crop dusting my neighborhood is for my mental health

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, but let’s come up with a better term. The German term isn’t much better.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 25 points 3 days ago

Verdauungsspaziergang, and Gehfurz

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My translator is saying Flaftenvaften is a Danish term meaning, "the evening of the fluttering" lol

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 16 points 3 days ago

Now that's a beautiful way to put it.

Furzspaziergang? der Furzgang?

[–] Apollo98@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

It seems to be borrowed from English and is just Fart-walk? Idk, I’m not German or Austrian. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000301098/blaehungen-nach-dem-festmahl-probieren-sie-es-mit-einem-fart-walk

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago
[–] guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I always knew it as “the beef walk”

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I fartwalked before it was cool.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I used to fartwalk to school. Upwind both ways.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago

Its like media outlets publish this every year around the holidays.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1218737982

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ben Franklin was a rebel indeed

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 16 points 3 days ago

"Gentlemen, we must fart together--or else, we shall surely fart separately!"

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

He liked to get naked while he smoked on the weed

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Never trust a fart.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

lol, “start”, they say.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I fart run. But golly had to stop in front of someone's house and didnt realize they had a security camera trained on the road...

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do security cameras pick up audio??

[–] TheTurner@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes. My brother's Ring cam caught him farting like 20 feet from their front door. Lol

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

That's fuckin awesome lol

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Typically yes.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

Get fartlekken

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Always use the dump and crab move technic