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!
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Nice glasses, you look so emo.
hah, i was going to make the same emo comment - looks like someone else beat me to it. also looks like you're growing your hair out.
what's your aim?
e-mail - website
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come on Karl show everyonw how you came to work last week when they were broken
You should have mentioned such a theory on BATG so the whole nation would be inspired to have in-depth discussions on the scents of G-protein coupled receptors. :sigh: If only...
And yay for ebay!
joe: nope
anonymous & james kirk: thanks, but I prefer not to be considered emo.
just james kirk: actually, I just need a haircut, but I need to wait till next payday. Now that I've become a pretty boy, I have to shell out big bucks for a haircut. Also, I had my AIM on here, but like 500 million people IMed me, so I took it down. I need sleep at night. My email is on here! Send me an email if you want to talk. AIM is just like really fast email anyways, right?
jodi: I actually did explain several of my theories on camera, but I think they're too long-winded and didn't make good quick soundbites.
I was so sad when you and Danielle were eliminated!!! I laughed my head off at your pythons comment!!! Props to u and your wonderfully funni jokes...=)
I hope I'm not the only one who caught your G-protein joke...=P I'm in a Phy Sci grad program and last quarter I was overloaded with new info about G-protein coupled receptors.. Obscure science jokes are one of my specialties and it's nice to share geeky/nerdy, but educational jokes... haha
i'm afraid to ask ... how much do you pay for your haircut
I was in a band once called G-protein Coupled Receptor Agonists...
I wanna know why farts seem to smell worse when you rip them in the shower. Is it cuz you're naked and there isn't any clothing to filter the smell? Or does it have to do with the humidity?
It'll be interesting to see if your glasses fetch more than Shawn's (Season 1 geek) kissed napkin or Tyson's Rubik's cube competition scoresheet on eBay.
Karl ... watched the show from the beginning and was so upset to see you leave!! You're gorgeous and seem really sweet. And you have this amazing personality. Am I gushing? Yeah, a little. Well, thanks for making season 2 of Beauty and the Geek the hottest one ever!
<3 Lena
karl. . . you bought glasses to match mine. that's hot. maybe one day you'll be as silly as me too. hmmm. . . or maybe not. . . but you can always dream.
My take: Flactuation, like pheromones, differ with each individual. And just like pheromones, some flactuations are more compatible to the individual's sense of smell than others. Sometime in your life you've probably sniffed out the remnants of a flactuation and the smell isn't that bad, probably because it's similar to your own. Likewise, you have probably been exposed to the funky ones that clash with your olfactory sytem and had to roll down the window or walk out of the pungent situation.
It really takes compatibility to a whole new level.
By the way, nice frames - both shapes fit you well! I wanna see how the old ones were broken...
aaaw! what's wrong with being emo! i'm trying to grow my hair out for that emo look. :p
I actually cover my nose and run away when someone says that they've farted...
Your probably right but it would take people too long to say and probably lose all effect. Anyway I'm sure this is like the umpteenth time you've heard this but you truely are my favorite and not to be sound crazy but I think you are really cute. As a sidenote I think that you looked good before you had the hair cut and the new glasses are very nice, I have square frames too. Good luck with everything. If you're ever bored ds618723@wcupa.edu
I Am Seriously In Love with you. I almost cried. no joke
hola...
you didn't even give credit to the originator of the theory? maybe they could be famous too.. where are your manners!
go chi-town! i'm hoping we take it all the way. there's so many chi-towners on batg huh. it makes me proud. blush, blush..
karl - i forgot to ask you - have you developed a theory yet on why people love to smell their nasty, sweaty gym clothes slash their junky old worn-in wretchedly sweaty baseball caps? why do people love the smell of their own sweat? i've had this conversation with a zillion people and no one can give me a chemical reason for it, but everyone is definitely curious about why it is so universally true.
Your glasses suit you! Cute!
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ladies ... may i say that this discussion has become ... ehh ... well ... too much information. that's all.
James Kirk, I apologize for my candid comment. I did not realize how absurd it sounded until I reread it. Therefore, I will revise:
Blissee, I love how my shirt smells after a day...but only to a certain extent.
And Alison, "Morning Thunder" sounds funny...especially since another "Morning" something comes into mind.
Probably the same thing behind the "Eww, this tastes awful! Try it" phenomenom. Because almost every time, the person tries it. Although with things like that, you get the unique experiance I had tonight. The female president of Adventurer's Guild (being the gaming guild on WSU campus) went to a day spa today, and she got a foot massage with chocolate-scented lotion or something. she came up and announced it, and then took her shoe off to show people that her feet still smelled like chocolate. Me, being the stupid person I was (plus, I'd watched Firefly/Serenity twice in the last week, and my brain immediately did the River-esque sniff from the movie), smelled her feet. They really did smell like chocolate instead of foot. Well, she tried to get everybody else at Guild to smell them, but nobody would, even though I swore to them that they actually smelled good (were they my feet, I would've had to repeatedly remind myself that it only smelled, not tasted, like chocolate, they smelled that much like it). and now that I creeped you out with my foot story, I will bugger off (until you post something else that my odd little comments would fit on). Byies!
vampamber@yahoo.com
PS- Just tell me when you get too annoyed with me. I'll stop and be a good.... semi-good...... a not-as-bad girl for awhile, let you have a nice amber-free rest. ^_^
PPS- I wish I had as many guys asking me out on dates as you do girls. It'd be a lot more than my zero dates now. Just a thought. (not bitching, I swear, just commenting)
cuteness. XD
Christina again...bathroom monkey poster chick. So, since you live in Chicago and it gets oh so cold there, I have a question. When you fart, can you see it? You know how you can see your breath in the cold, well, why not farts? I've lived in California all my life, so I haven't got a clue.
This is quite an interesting theory into farting which I hadn't put much thought into. Something I have wished for is a product to make crap actually smell like roses. Now this I would like to see.
I *heart* g coupled protein receptors.
My roommates boyfriend told me that if you fart into tupperware and seal it, when it's reopened it's like a BOMB.
Hey Karl, I found your blog from Joe's blog...I enjoyed watching you on BATG2. You're cute, and I dig the new glasses!!
When I was a the gym yesterday, a woman next to me farted, but since I was on the treadmill, I wasn't running away from it.
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