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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Arne Langsetmo	Farting in Public (207* d)	RE: Farting in Public	05 Oct 04
We used to have a rudimentary (I use that word advisedly) classification system... Wouldn't that be "alimentary system", my dear Watson. WRT the French: "Le Petomaine" derives from "peterade" -sp? - ... I've heard that "being hoist on one's own petard" may refer to such type 'explosions' (although the alternative definition of "petard" as a small explosive device or a torpedo also seems to work; it seems that the "petard" military definitions is likely derived from 'small explosions' ... the "petere"). See this. I prefer the alimentary visual of someone being "hoist on his own petard" myself.... Cheers,

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