You know it never seems to amaze me how so many people at work seem to think we can't hear when they pass gas because they are wearing headphones. They can't hear it so naturally no one else can either. I've grown accustomed to the rude noises people make at the REC. And the majority of them don't bother excusing themselves, because again they think no one heard it.
When I first started at the REC I made the mistake of sitting close to the bathrooms... I don't do that anymore unless I find it absolutely necessary. I won't post the disgusting details to that one... but trust me I'd rather sit anywhere else because people also seem to think if they are in the bathroom you can't hear what they are doing and the sounds they make are anything but musical.
Melinda, Brent, Mike, Stephen, and I often joke about disgusting noises that the body makes. While Melinda was still teaching school she said her kids would always laugh when one of them farted and she'd have a hard time getting them to calm down just because farting is so funny. If you stop and think about it... it kind of is.
Well today I've been with my dogs and being myself and as curious as I get about thing sometimes I decided to look up what causes dogs to have such bad gas. We all know it isn't pleasant when somebody has bad gas, it stinks up the room like a stink bomb and no matter how you try to air it out it perfumes the room for hours. But when dogs have gas it always seems to be a hundred times worse. So I looked up the reason on why and came across this article that made me laugh so hard I just have to share it.
Dogs don't get embarrassed about farting like we do. In fact, they are so relaxed at it, you usually don't hear a dog's fart and only know it's occured because you smell it. Dogs farts are more stinky than human farts for a number of reasons inculding the fact that dog foods are often soy-based. This makes them full of sulfer. Dogs seem to enjoy smelling disgusting things, so while they enjoy the smell of human flatuance, we don't really enjoy their farts quite as much. And it almost seems as if dogs wait until we have company visiting the house until they decide to fart and when they do, the room seems to fill with horrible gas faster than a speeding bullet.
The article then went on to explain why dogs get such bad gas. I skimmed through it, giggling the whole time over that first paragraph and then at the very end there was the perfect ending to such an article.
Let's face it dogs just have gas.
We've been lucky enough that I've only caught Priestly or Pattie farting a couple times. Jack on the other hand wasn't so shy about it. When we were living at the big house in Salt Lake he would get up on the bed, turn so his head was towards our feet and fart in Michael's face. Michael hated this. I thought it was so funny that the bed would shake as I giggled. Jack would give me his happy face as if he knew he'd made me happy.
Ahh, I think that Heavenly Father has to have a sense of humor, and he gave us creatures like dogs who are so pleased with their stinky gas that it just has to make you smile. I'm so grateful for my dogs, they make life so much better.
