That other F-word (and it has four letters too)

I am "dedicating" today's blog posting to the person who let go of a stinker in the bus I was on. Everyone in that "war zone" looked around but no one looked sheepish enough to be fingered (hmm... is that why "sheepish" came about? After all, sheep are said to be the worst culprits in the methane-releasing league).

It so happened that a friend recently sent me the link below. Check it out: seemed like a royal fart led to some royal clowning but the Queen of course was not amused.

http://thisweekinlondon.blogspot.com/2007/07/did-prince-philip-fart.html

So, how do we say fart? Let me count the ways (this is of course not comprehensive; you are welcome to add to my short list here):

Flatulence (or should it be "to be flatulent?")
Break wind
Release gas
Let it rip
Pang pui (Hokkien)
Kentot (Malay)

Finally, there is this old joke about how when God created man, the various body parts vied to be the most important organ. The brain said it was the obvious candidate. so did the heart. When the anus tried to assert its right to the title, all the other organs laughed uncontrollably. Pissed off (eh?), the said rectum shut up. Read more in the link below. I liked this link because it uses the joke to emphasise the importance of keeping one's intestines in good shape. It also dishes out a yoga exercise that is claimed to be helpful in, er, gas control. Here it is:

http://www.age-well.org/intestines.html