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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: World Flatus Crisis!
Message-ID: <1877@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 17:46:58 EDT
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> 
> 	I have just made a startling discovery! After giving some consideration
> to the flatus research topics suggested in "The Merck Manual" [see recent
> posting net.bizarre], I performed some simple calculations:
> 
> 	Assuming that the average person expels 100 cc @ STP of flatus per day
> (which seems to be a reasonable overall average), and assuming a total world
> population of 4.5 billion, the daily world flatus output is 450,000,000 liters.
> Assuming a specific volume for flatus of 850 cc/gm  ...
> this would result in a daily world flatus output of 529 metric tons or
> 1,167,352 pounds.  This is an incredible amount!
> 
Ah, but that is only part of the problem.  You see, there are all these
cows, pigs, horses, etc. that also make 'flatus'.  Cows in particular
seem to make massive quantities.  And don't forget that pigs are typically
fed a mix of corn and soy BEANS!
You want to talk pig flatus?  Just go see 'Mad Max, Beyond Thunderdome'.

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