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Flatulence humor is humor relating to flatulence.
Whoopee cushion
A whoopee cushion, also known as a poo-poo cushion and Razzberry Cushion, is a practical joke device that produces a noise resembling a raspberry or human flatulence. It is made from two sheets of rubber that are glued together at the edges. There is a small opening with a flap at one end for air to enter and leave the cushion.
To use it, one must first inflate it with air and then place it on a chair. An unsuspecting victim sits on the whoopee cushion, forcing the air out of the opening which causes the flap to vibrate and produce its distinctive sound.
The item was invented around 1940 by the Jem Rubber Co. of Toronto, Canada by employees who were experimenting with scrap sheets of rubber. The owner of the company approached Samuel Adams, the inventor of numerous practical jokes and owner of S.S. Adams Co., with the newly invented item. Adams said that the item was "too vulgar" and would never sell. Fortunately for Jem Rubber, other companies were approached and the product quickly proved to be a success.
By the mid 1980s, whoopee cushion manufacturing had moved to the island of Taiwan. The AIDS epidemic had produced such a demand for rubber gloves and condoms from Taiwanese manufacturers that whooppee cushions were unavailable. Some American manufacturers began to make vinyl versions, but they did not have the same acoustic properties of the rubber version.
In the 1990s, a new era of technology opened as self-inflating whoopee cushions and remote-controlled whoopee cushions were introduced.
Fart alarm
A fart alarm (also called a fart detector) is a device that claims to sound an alarm upon detecting flatulence. In reality, it goes off whenever someone pushes the button or walks by.
The fart alarm very closely resembles a smoke detector but when activated (by button or motion sensor), the fart alarm bursts into life shouting its warning with light flashing and sirens wailing.
The battery-operated fart alarm employs a motion sensor so that, when a person walks by, a red light starts flashing and its siren sounds and a recorded voice loudly proclaims, "Fart detected! Fart detected! Warning perimeter violation! Do not come any closer! You have entered a no farting zone!! Evacuate, Evacuate!"
The fart alarm is intended to create an embarrassing situation for the victim and can be used anywhere: at home, office, school, bathrooms, in a car or mobile home or any other place one may have the nerve to place it.
Fart extinguisher
A fart extinguisher is a novelty device that purports to be able to extinguish the foul odor of flatulence by masking it.
Intended to mimic a fire extinguisher in design, they sometimes release an air freshener and are most often given as gag gifts.
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"Flatulence humor"