# Why are farts funny?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farts-funny/394359>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farts-funny/394359 "2007-03-02T21:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farts-funny/394359/61 "2007-03-05T17:28:27Z")

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[QUOTE=kelly5078]  
I think it’s what you call bathos. We’re all trying (even little kids) to get through life with some modicum of dignity, and then you fart and the whole thing goes out the window.  
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I buy this version of Why. Pratfalls come from the same basic source for why they’re funny – if they are.

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