George,

 GP> It may not have been government-sponsored; quite possible someone like
 GP> P&G commissioned it to see if a fart deoderant would have enough of a
 GP> market.

  I read in a book 45 years ago that most all perfumes have a bit of the
scent of excrement. :P I haven't worn cologne or after shave lotion in
years...but I've been around men and women, who you'd think took a bath
in it!!

 GP> I thought of the one where the guy was in a coma for 20+ years.
 GP> Finally his wife brings in an old boombox & plays her old New Kids on
 GP> the Block cassette; he woke up to say, "turn that  off!"

  I have another name for the rap music, but I can't say it in mixed
company. Basically, there's no melody to it...it's just chanting words,
and every other word is a profanity. As my late wife said "If that's
music...we're doomed".

 GP> There really was a guy who could do that. He was on stage, so I doubt
 GP> they had reactions to the smell (these people have the ability to suck
 GP> up air into the anus, so it's not old stale product of fermentation
 GP> comining out, thus barely any, if any, smell. . .

  That's only after a colonoscopy is completed.

Daryl

... A guy who's addicted to brake fluid can stop any time.
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