I like to fart

When you eat, you don't swallow just your food. You also swallow air, which contains gases like nitrogen say: NY-truh-jen and oxygen say: AHK-suh-jen. Small amounts of these gases travel through your digestive system as you digest your food. All of these gases in the digestive system have to escape somehow, so they come out as farts! Gases are also what can make farts smell bad. Tiny amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane combine with hydrogen sulfide say: SUHL-fyde and ammonia say: uh-MOW-nyuh in the large intestine to give gas its smell.

Sometimes we feel a fart coming in at work. The short answer is that yes, it really is better out than in, and if you need to fart, you should. Holding in your farts can cause bloating and discomfort, leaving you awkwardly squirming in your seat. In very rare cases, these pockets can become infected, which would need medical attention. Farts happen when the colon produces bacteria and gas as a result of digestion. The gas moves around the colon and collects in the rectum, and when the volume is large enough it triggers the relaxation of the anal sphincter, allowing the release of the gas through the anal canal. Excessive amounts of gas can be produced when you eat a lot of foods that are difficult to digest.

Fart women must, and fart they do. Women have a long history of farting, but they have an equally long history of holding those farts in or depositing them into a hole in a tree. The point is that not only do we have to lug around all these farts, it is not easy to do so. Holding in farts is serious work; women spend a lifetime perfecting this dark art.

With that in mind, we rounded up 21 of the best fart jokes we could find, and unlike farts themselves, none of them stink. Why are ninja farts so dangerous? What do you call a person who never farts in front of other people? A private tooter. What do you call it when someone eats refried beans and onions?