Monday, August 4, 2008

FARDING vs. FARTING

Went out to eat lunch with three great ladies today. As we were leaving the restaurant and heading back to the church to work, we somehow got on the very serious and hysterical subject of farts. How the dialogue digressed so far I'll never (try to) remember, but it was SO "dead dog" funny!!!

Rush Limbaugh, on his Friday, August 1, 2008 radio show, shared that many years ago he was pulled off the Chicago WLS airwaves for 45 minutes because he said, "One of the things we can do to really clean up highway safety is to get women to stop farding in their cars. If you get that stopped, we'll be safer. You can see it every time it happens. If you get that stopped, get women to stop farding in their cars, then they'll be paying attention to driving, and it will be a lot safer out on the roads." The word "farding" is actually defined as "to apply makeup" (French), but it sounded like Rush was saying "farting". Many listeners were incredibly shocked.

Apologies if this subject is a bit too personal for anybody reading - but isn't truth even a little refreshing? Did you know that belching after a meal in some foreign country somewhere (or so I've heard) is a compliment to the cook? Might farting be a compliment to someone in someway somewhere? (We do have rules in our house for flatulence. If you're brave enough and want to shock my boys, just ask one of them about "doorknob".)

To keep up appearances, though (I AM a pastor's wife), I think I'll stick with farding.

1 comment:

Kristin Baker said...

This is hilarious! Cody had one the other day that sounded like someone was shooting a beebee gun on an innertube . . . ah the joys of marriage.