Gas Alert

I guess you could say we had sort of a loose upbringing when it came to bodily functions.  I was not raised in a home where the word "fart" was a cuss or where passing gas was looked down upon.  In a house with three kids, these things were often laughed at and made the "butt" of many jokes.  We didn't find special words like "toot", "fluff", or "flap", instead, we called them like we saw (or heard them), which was fart, or translated in Spanish - pedo.  It was customary that when someone farted, everyone had to acknowledge it with a special hand sign (ask one of us to demonstrate if you are that interested) and the last one to make the sign was tagged as the individual who "ate the fart" (This was more my siblings and cousins rather than my parents).  

Alright, you may be thoroughly shocked by now, but I will continue.  As I grew up, these habits have not lessened, though I do admit, I no longer play the fart-eating game.  I am still quite immature and find great humor in the embarrassing human outputs.  It is extremely difficult for me not to openly laugh when I walk into a bathroom and someone is having a noisy time at it.  Recently, a friend of ours downloaded a fart application on his phone which simulates different types of flatulence.  My sister and I sat at a restaurant for a good 10 minutes laughing uncontrollably and pushing buttons.  No one else seemed to think it was nearly as funny as we did (except you, Kelly).  

Is it really as funny as we seem to think?  Yes, I believe so.  It seems that my view of gas has passed on to the next generation in my home.  Eli, a bouncing 2-year-old, loudly announces his small explosions, followed by peals of laughter.  Last night Mark filmed the video below, showing Eli's reaction to the fart noise application on his computer.  

Judge us all you want, but we will go down laughing (probably at you and your farts)!