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Zap Those Buttock Burps Away
Reuters via wirednews ^
| 3-27-2002
Posted on 03/27/2002 8:42:06 AM PST by Cagey
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:09:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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LONDON -- Indian scientists have come up with a cure for flatulence, by blasting guilty foodstuffs such as beans with gamma rays to knock out the offending chemicals that cause the problem, New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday.
Bacteria in the large intestine are responsible for the gases that cause flatulence, and when these bugs eat certain types of carbohydrate called oligosaccharides they produce a mixture of methane and smelly sulfurous gases, which cause the social embarrassment.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: flatulence
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If the title sounded a little more "Scientific" I would have posted this article in the sophisticated forum.
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posted on
03/27/2002 8:42:06 AM PST
by
Cagey
To: SeeRushtoldU_so;WhyisATexasGirlinPA
Good news Texasgirl, you can now send Rush and I some of that Texas chili and we'll be as quiet as church mice.
2
posted on
03/27/2002 8:46:57 AM PST
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
kinda take half the fun outta beans and stuff, don't it?
3
posted on
03/27/2002 8:51:45 AM PST
by
camle
To: Cagey
"How 'bout some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
BRRAAAP!
"Whewee! I'd say you boys have had enough!"
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posted on
03/27/2002 9:07:21 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
To: Cagey
"How 'bout some more beans Mr. Taggart?"
BRRAAAP!
"Whewee! I'd say you boys have had enough!"
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posted on
03/27/2002 9:12:19 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
To: Cagey;SeeRushtoldU_so
Ok, so we're talking about a 35% reduction in flatulence over the non-irradiated beans.......sorry boys, no chili until it reaches at least the 80-90% range......
To: SirGawain, Victoria delsoul, dead, Tennessee_Bob, xenalyte
Buttock Burp bump
To: Cagey
Isn't it easier just to use a little Beano?
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posted on
03/27/2002 9:22:35 AM PST
by
Maceman
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
You mean there are people that actually eat chili for the taste of it? I always just saw it as a recreational food.
From what you said a while back, it seems that your own son even sees it that way too.
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Beans? In chili? That's not chili, it's stew!!!!!!
Sacrilege...and you call yourself a Texan.
To: Cagey
I prefer the stuff that makes it smell like roses. It makes my wife feel loved to smell roses.
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posted on
03/27/2002 9:29:05 AM PST
by
Khepera
To: Tennessee_Bob;Cagey;SeeRushtoldU_so;TexAggie79
Hey now, the Yankee mentioned beans - not me.......! But you are right, I should have told him beans don't belong in chili......
And Aggie - you are right - my son can make ANY food into a recreational food.....sans beans........
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Personally, as fun as beans can be, the only type I will eat is green beans. All else are forbidden by me. So Chili MUST be without beans if I am going to consume it.
To: Texaggie79
Really? No beans? Not even refried with Tex-Mex food? Good Lord, what is wrong with you? lol
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Can't stand beans. ESPECIALLY refried. They taste exactly like what I would imagine dog poo would taste like.
To: Texaggie79
Having not tasted dog poo, I will have to rely on your judgement.......
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
But you are right, I should have told him beans don't belong in chili...... Ok, consider yourself forgiven. And count your blessings that I hadn't already sent in my report to the Texas Citizenship League.
heh heh heh heh
To: Texaggie79
Buttock Burp would be a GREAT name for a band!
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posted on
03/27/2002 10:13:43 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
To: Cagey
1. Will it work on garlic?
2. What they don't have Beano in India?
Dan
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posted on
03/27/2002 10:14:31 AM PST
by
BibChr
To: Tennessee_Bob; cagey; texaggie79
What are you boys gassing about now????
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posted on
03/27/2002 10:18:43 AM PST
by
Neets
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