Farts are Always Funny & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #811

Way back in my former life, I had a significant other who did not find toilet humor to be humorous at all. I, on the other, have forever preached that farts are always funny. There really are no exceptions to this rule either. In fact, the more inappropriate the situation when a fart is released, the funnier that particular fart becomes. A loud fart in a quiet room will always elicit a laugh. A silent stinky fart anywhere may cause some to gag and choke but they likely will still be laughing through that aromatic experience. Whether it’s a well-placed fart or an ill-timed gaseous release, someone within hearing or smelling distance is sure to at least giggle.

Over the weekend, my husband and I were taking outfit photographs near a short bridge that crosses the river to a tiny island. We were on one side of the bridge when I spotted two ladies at the other side about to cross over to where we were. Since I hate having any type of audience when taking pictures of myself, I mentioned to Jeff that there were people coming across the bridge. Well, he apparently did not hear me.

We had just finished the photos and were walking back to our car when my husband stopped in his tracks, lifted one leg like a dog about to relieve his bladder, and ripped a super loud bubbly fart that seemed to echo across the water…just as the two ladies were approaching us from about 10 yards away. It literally looked like he aimed his fart directly at them! I quickly pointed out to him that he just farted at two people and he quietly gasped his response of “Oh my God, I’m so sorry.” I laughed so hard that I couldn’t catch my breath for like 10 minutes…because FARTS ARE ALWAYS FUNNY!

One of my favorite times to fart is in the recovery room after a colonoscopy. Since my mother died from colon cancer 20 years ago, I have been getting routine colon screenings every 5 years. I just completed my fifth one a few months ago and I’m happy to report that all was clear and healthy. If you have ever had one then you know about the post-procedure fart requirements. They actually won’t discharge you from the hospital until you have released adequate gas via your fart canal. Being a good and obedient patient, I sit in the recovery room blowing gas in every direction while I am sufficiently reduced to a hospital-gown-clad bundle of laughter. The soundtrack from the other side of the curtain must be really entertaining! Fart-giggle-fart-guffaw-fart-chuckle-fart-fart-snicker-fart-chortle-cackle-fart-fart-fart-guffaw-fart-laughter-fart-fart-fart-fart.

Although some folks might be appalled by such potty humor, evidence exists to illustrate that people who do not find farts funny are in the minority. For example, HuffPost shared an article back in 2013 titled 150 Different Words For ‘Fart’ which begins like this…

“In a world full of big cynicism and seismic discord, it’s time to celebrate and honor the little things that connect us. Sometimes those little things are random acts of kindness and generosity. Sometimes those little things are random acts of the digestive tract.”

Before I even read the 150 words for fart, I laughed out loud at the very accurate introduction. I was going to share a few of my favorites from the list, but honestly they all made me laugh so you can just read the article on your own and have yourself a good hearty giggle, too.

Another piece of evidence that most people enjoy toilet jokes is right here on my blog. Way back in April 2020 in the early days of the Covid lockdown, I wrote a post called Sunday Sillies: The Diarrhea Song where I shared a variety of verses that my mother and I had written when she was receiving her first rounds of cancer treatment in 2004. Together she and I penned 75 different verses to the old playground gross-out chant which boasts this classic chorus…

Some people think it’s funny, but it’s really wet and runny…
Diarrhea! (Raspberry sound: pffft, pffft)
Diarrhea! (Raspberry sound: pffft, pffft)

Since writing that post over 6 years ago, I have received a few emails from strangers that they had found my article and they really appreciated my unique verses to this classic childhood song. But it wasn’t until April of this year that I realized just how many people find this type of humor appealing.

Beginning in April, I started noticing a tremendous uptick in my page views. Since the inception of my blog 11 years ago, my monthly page views have consistently hovered around 10,000 with my annual page views around 110,000. In April 2026, my monthly page views increased to over 30,000. I did some research to see what types of things would cause such a sudden spike in views and one of the reasons I found was bot activity. Since one month of increased views can easily be explained as some kind of glitch or spammy outside activities, I accepted that answer and assumed my page views would return to their normal 10,000 per month. But then in May, my monthly views increased to over 45,000. And now, less than 2 weeks into the month, my June page views are over 100,000.

Since the number of page views has consistently increased over a three month period, I decided it couldn’t really be a glitch or bot activity so I went searching for another reason. Apparently, if a high traffic site shares a link to your page you might notice a sudden unexpected increase in traffic. But I couldn’t find any websites that might have assisted me. Another reason that page views could increase dramatically is if you are ranking on the first page of Google. So I investigated this theory. If you type “Diarrhea Song” into a Google search, you first get the AI overview followed by a Reddit thread, a Youtube video, and then my 2020 blog post. So apparently when a post ranks third in a Google search, it can quickly increase the traffic to your site tenfold.

When I realized that the Diarrhea Song was responsible for the crazy increase of traffic to my blog, I laughed harder than I have ever laughed at any fart! People think it’s funny….even when your farts turn runny. If you don’t laugh at farts or diarrhea or other toilet mishaps, maybe you should! It might change your entire attitude about humans, life, and the world in general. Everybody farts. Everybody poops. And everybody should laugh at how ridiculous it all is!

Hopefully, you are laughing too hard at this point to care much about my outfit but I’ll share the details anyway. I found this awesome yellow paisley topper on a recent thrifting adventure and I paired it with black leggings and a purple tee to attend one of Ralph’s track meets. The school colors are purple and white with gold and black accent colors so it was the perfect combination to showcase my school spirit.

Because the topper has so many beautiful bright colors in the print, I wore my vibrant multicolored Kantha bead necklace, a thrifted purple and teal wooden necklace, and leather paisley earrings that I picked up at a flea market last year. I added a long scarf that I created by tying together a purple pashmina wrap and two small black and white neckerchiefs. To coordinate with the black, white, and purple in my scarf, I wore my black and white plaid newsboy cap and attached a big purple flower brooch to it. I finished the outfit with my new lavender cowgirl boots and my ivory macrame belt. I removed the belt for a few final photos and actually liked the outfit better unbelted. The next time I wear this combination, I think I will leave the belt behind.

Do you think farts are funny? Do bathroom jokes make you laugh? Do you have any favorite words for farts? Do you have any favorite verses to the Diarrhea Song?

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The world definitely can benefit from more laughter, so keep farting, my friends!

Passing gas on the edge,

Shelbee