Today, a smell test.
Michael Levitt, an Australian colorectal surgeon, spoke in a recent episode of the “Science Friction” podcast, which focuses on links between science and culture. The episode addressed “poo.”
Another “poo” episode guest wrote a children’s book about a superhero girl who saves the world from giant dung beetles.
The doc noted a U.S. study that measured solid and windy “output” in women and men. For windy output, he said, subjects were fitted with “contraptions” that “measured how much wind came out.”
He spoke without irony or surprise – and with some delicacy.
But let’s be clear.
The study measured farts.
Picture that wind-grabbing “contraption.”
If you can.
Now wipe the mental image.
If you can.
It gets worse – for men. The study found “the average man produced a greater amount of wind.”
This is shocking news.
Guys! Please say you agree. Please, please, please.
The doctor certainly didn’t. He said women who accompany husbands to his consultations affirm the study result. “They nod,” he said.
Then why study windy output at all?!
Smelly, all right. So smelly.
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