• Question: What makes you fart

    Asked by jimmybob to Cathal, Ciara, Emma, Michael, Sive on 14 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Sive Finlay

      Sive Finlay answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      Hi Jimmybob,

      It’s to release all of the waste gases which build up inside you. These gases are a combination of the air we breathe, gas which seeps into our intestines from our blood, waste products from digesting our food and from the actions of bacteria that live in our guts. When all that gas builds up together it has to go somewhere!
      Sive

    • Photo: Michael Nolan

      Michael Nolan answered on 20 Nov 2013:

      Beans beans are good for your heart
      the more you eat, the more you fart

      simple eh?

      see also the campfire scene in Blazing Saddles.

      If those nasty waste gases didnt get expelled via farts, they would probably cause a small explosion somewhere around your intestine which would be a lot less pretty than a simple smelly fart!

      M

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