This seems related, it's from 1001 Nights, which is fairly old, and is the same type of joke as the one in the article: http://www.tomthumb.org/422/the-tale-of

This seems related, it's from 1001 Nights, which is fairly old, and is the same type of joke as the one in the article: http://www.tomthumb.org/422/the-tale-of-abu-hasan-and-the-fart-1001-nights/ http://www.tomthumb.org/422/the-tale-of-abu-hasan-and-the-fa...