# Another bum idea. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378 "2012-07-16T03:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zep\_Tepi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/1 "2012-07-16T03:28:51Z")
My wife plays bowls and she told me some while ago that the majority of the old people “pass wind” when they bend down to bowl the ball or wood as it used to be called. I came up with the idea of a little hollow “T” piece where the base of the “T” could be inserted into the rectum allowing gas to escape without the embarrassing rasping noise. The two shoulders would fit snugly into the crack and stop the devise from being lost forever. They would have to be a “use one time” disposable item and to stop insects from making an entrance I guess that they could have a small amount of foam fitted inside the T. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/2 "2012-07-16T03:33:29Z")
You realize this thread will leave you the butt of many jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/3 "2012-07-16T03:41:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You realize this thread will leave you the butt of many jokes. I had two such devices…but I rectum. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/4 "2012-07-16T08:15:05Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I had two such devices…but I rectum. rectum… Damn near killed 'em Si ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/5 "2012-07-16T08:19:57Z")
It’s bum idea alright. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/6 "2012-07-16T08:54:50Z")
How will it block solid matter from exiting? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/7 "2012-07-16T09:04:03Z")
Put a whistle inside it instead and you have a hilarious novelty item. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/8 "2012-07-16T10:10:05Z")
A similar device was a minor plot point in the Swedish comedy “Ägget är löst!” from 1975. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/9 "2012-07-16T12:49:18Z")
A real thing, and mentioned several times in passing (heh) in [James Joyce’s _Ulysses_.](http://books.google.ca/books?id=PlswG4z4uPoC&pg=PA606&lpg=PA606&dq=james+joyce+wonderworker&source=bl&ots=P-H4kIUpQj&sig=SOfJbZ13sSLzczttXEhj_VHwdcc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Gw0EUKbmN8vNqAGllLiyDA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAw) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/10 "2012-07-16T13:29:52Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Put a whistle inside it instead and you have a hilarious novelty item. We’ll call it the [Bubb Rubb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qYEYj6zTHM) (and the Lil Sis for girls). ---
**Author:** ![Zep\_Tepi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/11 "2012-07-17T04:35:13Z")
I was going to market it as the ultimate “Who Done It”. AaronX - You could say “why do you not pass solid matter when you pass wind”, but unless you have Delhi Belly, you don’t normally. All jokes aside, I made one of these and wore it for a couple of days. It was not uncomfortable and it certainly worked extremely well, but I don’t play bowls. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/12 "2012-07-17T20:45:53Z")
You lost me at “inserted into the rectum”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/13 "2012-07-17T20:56:07Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Put a whistle inside it instead and you have a hilarious novelty item. I think a duck call would be even better, or one of those novelty whistles with the little spinner inside (what are they called?) ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/14 "2012-07-18T01:10:38Z")
> [@Zep\_Tepi](#): > > All jokes aside, I made one of these and wore it for a couple of days. It was not uncomfortable and it certainly worked extremely well, but I don’t play bowls. Now, I normally support the “no pics” policy on these boards, but…this post. I can’t handle it. This is precisely why God gave humanity jpegs of Philip J Fry. Also, > [@](#): > > to stop insects from making an entrance I guess that they could have a small amount of foam fitted inside the T. are pants not an option? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bum-idea/628378/15 "2012-07-18T09:47:12Z")
> [@Zep\_Tepi](#): > > They would have to be a “use one time” disposable item and **to stop insects from making an entrance** I guess that they could have a small amount of foam fitted inside the T. Thus far, I have yet to stop an insect wanting to explore, or nest in my arse. Nay, ne’er have I seen, or felt one or its swarm waiting in silence or abuzz, by the entrance to my exit. Old people only like things that are made of wood or lavender. So there’s your design fault right there. They do like T - when it’s in a cup; not packed in foam up their blurter.