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>
> Dav wrote:
> > On 13 Apr 2006 08:37:23 -0700, "Food Snob" > wrote:
> >
> > >I thought of a good ad campaign. It features people in situations
> > >where a smelly fart would really ******** things up. Like a first
> > >date, or being introduced to the president of the company, or many
> > >other occasions. You do the set up, then comes the fart noise, then
> > >the looks of grossed outedness on the faces, then the jingle, "Aw-oh,
> > >he shoulda used Beano."
> > >Kind of like those Southwest commercials, "Want to get away?"
> > >
> > >Thing is, most stations would refuse to run a commercial with a fart
> > >noise.
> >
> > I'd really love to see an ad with a bunch of schoolkids (maybe a
> > school choir) singing the 'beans, beans, good for your heart...' song
> > - to advertise baked beans. It could be like one of those Marmite ads
> > in the UK that slags off the product it's trying to sell in an ironic
> > manner...
> >
> > We all know that beans make you fart - so why not use that as a
> > selling point? Farting is pretty ****ing funny after all - in fact
> > some people *love* to fart.
> >
> Some people are even into farts sexually. They'd of course be
> anti-Beano.

Certain foods stir up intestinal gas more than others. So every now and
then a buddy and I would do broc and cheese with beer for lunch. Then in
the afternoon we'd both be stretched out on the dual sofas in the living
room just cranking away.

When his wife got home she literally turned green.