An Inane Conversation

[oldfella]

We were sat under the umbrella on the patio, drinking cold beer and listening to the hum of the a summers day and the chatter of the women about the grandchildren, and the new recipes, the other side of patio, when after quite along lull in the conversation Jacques my Belgium friend said, completely out of the blue, " Do ants fart". As you can imagine there was quite long silence, until Roland our french friend said, "If they do, it must hurt if you are Fire ant" :

[MuddyWitch]

MW

[Thomzo]

Sounds like another chance for a Roger Irrelevant thread to me.

Zoe

[battybird]

We were sat under the umbrella on the patio, drinking cold beer and listening to the hum of the a summers day and the chatter of the women about the grandchildren, and the new recipes, the other side of patio, when after quite along lull in the conversation Jacques my Belgium friend said, completely out of the blue, " Do ants fart". As you can imagine there was quite long silence, until Roland our french friend said, "If they do, it must hurt if you are Fire ant" :

hot pants????

[frozenthunderbolt]

lmao

[Stonehead]

Well, termites fart. In fact, termite farts apparently produce more methane than cars, planes and factories put together. Or so my son tells me. He gets facts like that from the book Why is Snot Green?

He also informs me the worst farters are:

1. Termites
2. Camels
3. Zebras
4. Sheep
5. Cows
6. Elephants
7. Labradors
8. Vegetarian humans
9. Non-vegetarian humans
10. Gerbils

We have many inane conversations in our household, although I can't vouch for the veracity of the content of those conversations...

[battybird]

I have had to cut and paste this to save for the next "quiet moment" when we have friends round! Great!!