{"id":110771,"date":"2021-09-15T06:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=110771"},"modified":"2021-09-15T06:22:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:22:51","slug":"the-refrigerator-farted-or-who-farted-in-the-refrigerator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=110771","title":{"rendered":"The Refrigerator Farted, or “Who Farted in the Refrigerator?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taken from the application form for Dartmouth College:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mickey Mouse farted and said:
A. \u201cExcuse me.\u201d
B. \u201cOoops.\u201d
C. \u201cPluto!\u00a0 What have you done?\u201d
Choose one, in less than 100 words explain your answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fart.\u00a0 So, where do we begin?\u00a0 The word traces its origins, first to Middle English\u00a0ferten, farten\u00a0<\/em>and then to Old High German\u00a0Ferzan\u2026\u00a0<\/em>to break wind.\u00a0 Meaning, that the roots of the present word were well established before William \u201cconquered\u201d England and brought Norman French as a layer to our present tongue.\u00a0 The French equivalent did not exist in 1066, so the linguistic work-around back then fashioned the term best translated as, \u201cwhat Saxon slobs do\u201d. Thankfully that term, no longer in use, is lost to the dustbins of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But etymology is not why we are here today.\u00a0 Rather it is about hard cooked (boiled?) eggs.\u00a0 Clearly, bringing water to boil & plopping in a few eggs seems simple enough.\u00a0 Why worry?\u00a0 If it was that easy then why are there so many tips on the internet detailing the best way to make hard boiled eggs?\u00a0 So? It ain\u2019t all that easy!\u00a0 Witness Sandy, who has successfully prepared countless hard boiled eggs for my enjoyment.\u00a0 But, and this is the tragedy, there are those times (infrequent to be sure), when an egg bursts its shell in the hot water bath and Sandy is forlorn with grief.\u00a0 As am I.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We proceed to last evening\u2019s egg prep.\u00a0 After cooling, Sandy consigned the clutch of hard cooked eggs (including a ruptured-shell egg) to the fridge, and placed them carefully into a re-purposed plastic egg crate. But then the egg that burst thru its shell was free to release its distinctive\u00a0perfume<\/em>.\u00a0 A scent that clearly would bring to mind the worst SBD you had ever encountered. Later that evening (and not prepared to meet the consequences of the egg mishap), I was just hitting the fridge for a glass of cold OJ\u2026 I opened the door and felt my knees buckle under the weight of the ultimate \u201csilent but deadly\u201d fart.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quickly closed the door.\u00a0 It was of no use.\u00a0 My nostril hairs were already singed. Damage done.\u00a0 Thankfully, concern that my just acquired sliced mortadella might have been contaminated proved unnecessary.\u00a0 The contents of the fridge withstood the blast, even if I was emotionally shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seen below, the suspect egg in the fridge, ready to cut loose!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My man frog, Richard Parker, prepared a light refreshment to go with my superbly assembled Tanqueray Martini: sliced egg with a drizzle of Russian dressing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taken from the application form for Dartmouth College: Mickey Mouse farted and said:A. \u201cExcuse me.\u201dB. \u201cOoops.\u201dC. \u201cPluto!\u00a0 What have you done?\u201dChoose one, in less than 100 words explain your answer. Fart.\u00a0 So, where do we begin?\u00a0 The word traces its … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ministry-of-jokes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110774,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110771\/revisions\/110774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}