Illegal to fart in public

I see residents in Malawi's financial capital Blantyre have reacted angrily at government attempts to criminalize farting in public, and rightly so.

The Local Courts Bill, to be introduced next week, reads: "Any person who vitiates the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the public to the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour."

The bill will also deal with citizens who pretend to be fortune tellers.

As one local man said: "We can't allow this bill to go through. We all fart. Where do they think we could go and fart?"

A lady added, "We all fart in public and it will be difficult to tell who has done it. Some do it silently. It some cases it is like teargas which goes like shhhh! Our legislators need to concentrate on discussing development projects. It would make sense if they talked about defecating and urinating anyhow but not farting. This will not work. We will keep on farting." she said.

I do hope Joe doesn't ban "Hot Air" on this site, I would miss Richard Bridge's posts.

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