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"In New Zealand the government in 2003 proposed a flatulence tax ..." Read All About It!
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This legislation was actually enacted for a short time back in Elizabethan England. It was found that the medicines they were using to treat mental illness were causing flatulence in the patients to such an extent that nurses were unable to care for the patients.
This short-lived legislation was the subject of Hardy's original work (now sadly bowdlerized) Fart from the Madding Crowd.
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Fart from the Madding Crowd. Nihil (sic) sanctum estne?
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Fart from the Madding Crowd. Nihil (sic) sanctum estne?
Have you never heard of the odour of sanctity?
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Have you never heard of the odour of sanctity?
Yah, but a lot of us in the Catholic-Orthodox tradition use incense to cover it up.
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yeah, those of us outside frequently find ourselves incensed!
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yeah, those of us outside frequently find ourselves incensed!
Wow, that came across as really touchy! Was the padre that insensitive?
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I'm a touchy feely typist
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I'm a touchy feely typist
And here was I thkinking that my providing bait for another bad pun could be called incensitivising.
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