Some Things are Always Funny

People falling down. Always funny. Kids ratting out their parents' embarrasing behavior. Always funny. But the all-time most reliable always-funny topic is gas. Flatulence. Always, always funny.

Hence, this story from The Daily Telegraph:

New Zealand scientists claim to have developed a "flatulence inoculation" aimed at cutting down on the massive amount of methane produced by its sheep and cows.

Such animals are believed to be responsible for more than half of the country's greenhouse gases, causing huge environmental problems.

But Phil Goff, New Zealand's trade minister, told an Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in Paris yesterday that a solution was in sight.

"Our agricultural research organisation just last week was able to map the genome ... that causes methane in ruminant animals and we believe we can vaccinate against" flatulent emissions, Mr Goff said.

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Sheep, cattle, goats and deer produce large quantities of gas through belching and flatulence, as their multiple stomachs digest grass.

We leave it to our creative readers to make their own jokes. You're welcome.