# Japanese Fart Scrolls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101 "2012-03-18T01:53:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/21 "2012-03-20T23:29:57Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Wait, I’m confused. I don’t see a cat in any of those scrolls. It’s the very last one. Look at what’s being blown through the air by the fart. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/22 "2012-03-20T23:32:14Z")
HAH! Clearly, Terrance and Philip have Japanese ancestry! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/23 "2012-03-20T23:39:30Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Wait, I’m confused. I don’t see a cat in any of those scrolls. The last one features a helpless little feline waving a paw in a futile gesture against the potent blast (or maybe he’s being swept away by the gust). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/24 "2012-03-21T01:23:22Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > The last one features a helpless little feline waving a paw in a futile gesture against the potent blast (or maybe he’s being swept away by the gust). Well blow me down. Thanks. It was not showing up on the zoom-in picture viewer, so I gas I just missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/25 "2012-08-18T20:21:28Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Dammit, now I can’t stop singing, > > “It’s the Japanese fart scrolls, > Sneaking out with the poo . . . .” > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pPvVVTC\_5k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pPvVVTC_5k) I had occasion to reread this thread awhile ago and then today found myself composing a new chorus in the shower. **The Japanese Fart Scrolls** (Sing along to Freddie Rich & Orchestra’s swingy 1932 rendition of [The Japanese Sandman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le72v00Be1o)) \*It’s the Japanese fart scrolls Sneaking out with the poo Just some lovely old art scrolls And social comment’ry, too They depict men in battle With the blasts from their butts They can knock over cattle Cats and rice paper huts And the wind that they’re passin’ With precision and flair Makes you ask, “Was _He-Gassen_ Or just blowin’ hot air?” They’re the Japanese fart scrolls A political pun Just some lovely old art scrolls A tsunami of fun\* ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/26 "2012-08-18T22:24:13Z")
And it’s time for Tellence and Phirrip. I do feel bad saying that btw. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/27 "2012-08-18T23:16:12Z")
This thread stinks. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101/28 "2012-08-18T23:19:21Z")
Well, I’ll definitely buy tickets to see _Divine Wind: The Exhibit_ when it passes through town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-fart-scrolls/616101.md?page=1)