Ridiculous Study of the Day Says Smelling Farts Might Prevent Cancer

[ashling]

http://time.com/2976464/scientists-say-smelling-farts-might-prevent-cancer/

Ridiculous Study of the Day Says Smelling Farts Might Prevent Cancer

So thank the guy in the elevator. While it might have seemed like the ride from hell, IT MIGHT JUST SAVE YOUR LIFE. Or not.

When my cousin visits he sleeps on our inflatable bed. It is a pretty good bed, but it does need to be pumped up during the night. I tell him that for some strange reason, it deflates a little every time you fart in your sleep.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. so...not woo but whoosh?

[LiberalElite]

2. Describing Rivers as an "actress" is a stretch-

unless they mean it ironically.

[Tom_Foolery]

3. So we now know why dogs sniff butt. Interesting! n/t

[rurallib]

4. So I can tell Mrs. Lib I am saving her life?

not.gonna.buy.it

[T_i_B]

5. Never knew it was so healthy....

....so stand near me after I've eaten a mushroom curry!

[mockmonkey]

6. hmmm

“‘We have exploited this natural process by making a compound, called AP39, which slowly delivers very small amounts of this gas specifically to the mitochondria,” Professor Matt Whiteman, who worked on the study to be published in the Medicinal Chemistry Communications journal, said.

They should team up with these guys.

[Initech]

7. Why does this remind me of South Park?

"You've become so smug that you enjoy the smell of your own farts!"