I have a couple part time TA’s to fill in for me when I need them. Today happens to be one of those days. I am writing a follow-up essay about September 11, for our school publication so the TA’s are helping me out.
I was sitting here in my office, literally right down the hall from one of my classes when I had an epiphany.
Farts and Love.
One really knows you are in love with someone when you can Fart infront of them and they don’t smack you, leave you, or otherwise care at all. Unless the flatulence is of a particularly swampy nature of course. Or if it is delivered in a dutch oven.
Wanting to share the wealth of knowledge I was thinking about, I walked down to my class where my TA happen to be getting into explaining our research project for this semester.
I walked in, she said hello there! I said I have something for the class. With a big grin I asked the class how they know they are unequivolcally and lastingly in love with someone. A couple hands went up, a couple gooy answers but no one mentioned flatulence at all.
So I point to one girl who had not raised her hand but I knew from last year she had a pretty serious boyfriend.
[Let me mention I have a returning student in this class who is in her 40’s - I did not call on her because she had a silly little grin on her face…]
I ask said girl - how about you and Andy? How do you know you love him…
girl: I just do, he’s amazing, he this he that …
Can you fart infront of him…
Class huh??? huh?? LOL huh? LOLAFAOF
Well my returning student spoke out! “Thats it! on the money!”
They all got a good kick out of it, and I did too, especially watching some of the coy young faces not expecting that one. I may be all alone on this with dopers, but I just needed to share a funny moment on such a sad day! 
Carry on I said…and walked out.
