Theories...

So, I have developed a theory. Well, I can't give myself all the credit for this one. Actually, someone else told me about it, and I thought it was great, so I'll pass it on to you all. My theory is that people like to smell other people's farts. Here's a scenario that is the basis for this theory:
The farter lets one go, and announces it to the world "Whoah, I totally farted!!"
If the audience didn't want to smell it, they'd run away immediately. However, I've seen on several occasions that members of the audience will instead sniff the air, then declare in horror "AWWW! You did!!!!" Then they proceed to run away. The first sign of warning should have been enough, but they actually wanted to smell the fart, since they stuck around to actually smell it. It's subconscious. Also there is a social stigma that smelling farts other than your own is gross. I'm not admitting to enjoying the aroma of other's farts, but only throwing a theory out there regarding this behavior. I only seek to find why people would linger when it has been clearly established by a vocal claim that a fart was indeed let loose.

Speaking of lingering, my friend Matt from grad school recently opened my eyes as to why fart smells seem to linger. It's because the olfactory receptors for the fart smell are G-protein coupled receptors, and the important thing about that type of receptor is that it has a prolonged response. So next time you fart, exclaim "A G-protein coupled receptor agonist has just been issued forth from my rectum!" I'm sure people will understand and run away.

Also, I got my new glasses! I'll try to upload a picture into this post, and I'll probably have a somewhat forced smiling expression.


nice new glasses you got there, pal



I will be selling my old broken ones on ebay soon, so check it out!