# Farts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farts/1984>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 1999, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farts/1984 "1999-07-12T23:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 1999, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farts/1984/21 "1999-07-16T13:08:00Z")

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Re: Spargelschnapps…

Partying at a Swiss student’s apartment while at Georgetown. The bottle hadn’t been opened at all, it was merely a decoration as far as the owner was concerned. I asked for a shot anyway and was poured one, complete with a complimentary “it’s your funeral”. It had been sitting around for a couple of years anyway; the age of the brew might have had a lot to do with the unfortunate incidents the next day.

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Cave Diem! Carpe Canem!

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**Post date:** [July 16, 1999, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farts/1984/22 "1999-07-16T13:15:00Z")

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I have to agree with Hannu.

There is nothing worse than passing gas and drawing mud.

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**Post date:** [July 16, 1999, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farts/1984/23 "1999-07-16T14:16:00Z")

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ANother itsem that will help cut the gas of beans when making a liquid based food (like red beand and rice during the cooking stage, or soups) once you are cooking the beans, place in a tablespoon of baking soda and stir it well into the mixture. It reduces the “gassiness”.

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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.

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