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In the US, “toot” is not only a word used for something you might do with a horn. It also means “a fart.” A hilariously bad name if your humor is like that of
by imwillofficial 6y ago
In the US, “toot” is not only a word used for something you might do with a horn.
It also means “a fart.”
A hilariously bad name if your humor is like that of a child. (Mine is)
- wombatpm 6y agoMy wife, exasperated at our two teenaged boys, asked me if men ever outgrow fart jokes. I laughed, said maybe, then asked her to pull my finger. Though when primed with the word Mastodon, I did think of the large trunk and a cartoon-like trumpeting of that trunk. Right after thinking how my grandmother would call her farts toots.
- xnyan 6y agoFart jokes have always been found funny at all age and maturity levels. Even Martin Luther made fart jokes: "When the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I instantly chase him away with a fart."
- tesseract 6y agoThe oldest known recorded joke, from ancient Sumeria, is a fart joke.
- bobthechef 6y agoDon't forget Mozart. He even went further with his shit jokes (it was a family affair).[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology
- userbinator 6y agoA horn played badly also sounds like farting, so perhaps that's where the second meaning came from.