Althouse: "As a rule of thumb, I’d say that if the leader of a nation farts in front of you at a climate-change summit, please try to resist telling everyone about it, no matter how long or loud it is."

November 10, 2021

"As a rule of thumb, I’d say that if the leader of a nation farts in front of you at a climate-change summit, please try to resist telling everyone about it, no matter how long or loud it is."

Writes Danielle Cohen in "Do Not Fart Near Camilla Parker Bowles" (NY Magazine).

88 comments:

tim in vermont said...: They sure manage to keep a lid on the fact that the US has met, not only the Kyoto targets, but the Paris Accord targets, largely through fracking, and if they can keep that a state secret, surely they can keep a secret about the methane emissions of a guy who also reportedly just beshit himself in front of the Pope.

Snopes says that the latter isn't true because nobody has gone on the record confirming it, though they don't address the fact that the livestream was suddenly cut off during the meeting with the Pope and no explanation seems to have been given. Of course if one of our resident Biden sycophants can explain why the feed from the meeting with the Pope was suddenly cut, I would love to hear it.

Speaking of Snopes, if Joe Biden isn't Flem Snopes, I don't know who is. Somebody here mentioned that the Bidens were like characters out of Faulker, and the more you think about it, the more the Biden's are like the Snopes family, except I am not sure that even the Snopeses were into the 'intramural sports' like the Bidens. "My honor as a Biden," LOL.; 11/10/21, 6:15 AM
Tank said...: No civility bullshit tag?; 11/10/21, 6:15 AM
Lucien said...: Would it be bad to get a reputation as someone that others should not fart near?; 11/10/21, 6:18 AM
peacelovewoodstock said...: "Unless it is Trump."; 11/10/21, 6:20 AM
gilbar said...: doesn't depend, if it's a dry fart? or a wet fart?
you know what i mean, by wet fart; don't you?; 11/10/21, 6:22 AM
gilbar said...: they sound different; 11/10/21, 6:22 AM
Chris said...: Oh please, there's no way he would be writing the same thing if it were trump. Spare me.; 11/10/21, 6:24 AM
Achilles said...: The problem is that Biden is an embarrassment in every way.

He is demented.

He is corrupt.

He is a rapist.

Now he is shitting himself in public.

Democrats are now literally shit covered disgusting gross people to be around. It is embarrassing to be a democrat. They are being singled out and mocked because their leaders are so terrible.

You have to be a really stupid person who only gets their information from curated sources to be a democrat and you have to hide from the majority of Americans that are not as stupid or gullible as you are.

I have been saying that Joe Biden is going to destroy the Democrat party for a generation.

This is how it is done.; 11/10/21, 6:26 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: I'm sure she would be as protective had it been Pres. Trump; 11/10/21, 6:27 AM
David Begley said...: It surely isn’t classy to talk about farting in public, but it is funny. During his entire Presidency, Trump was attacked and lied about daily. This tiny thing is nothing.

And what about the rumor that Biden pooped his pants when he met with the Pope?

Maybe a doctor could speculate about the meds Biden is taking that is screwed up his GI tract.

I have no fucking sympathy for Joe Biden.; 11/10/21, 6:28 AM
wendybar said...: As a rule of thumb, a President who farts in front of people, and has to change his clothes at the Vatican because he soiled them, may have bigger problems....He has no clue where he is, or what he is doing. It is ELDER abuse. Jill should be ashamed of herself, letting him embarrass himself and our country. I hope it's worth it to her.; 11/10/21, 6:29 AM
Breezy said...: Perhaps Camilla knows climate change is just a scam-boondoggle, and is just finding some joy in the tedious charade.

(As an aside, if you don’t want people to advertise these human blips, perhaps not writing about them yourself will help.); 11/10/21, 6:31 AM
Bob Boyd said...: In the metaverse no one can hear you fart.; 11/10/21, 6:35 AM
tim in vermont said...: They are waiting for Harris's approval to drop from 28% to 25%, which will be the signal for a 25th amendment coup. First they will get Harris to resign, replace her with their choice for POTUS, then they will replace POTUS, who might not even realize it's happening, after which they install a new Veep, and presto, new POTUS, no consultation with the American people required. They might even put in a 'consensus choice' like Hillary Clinton. If this happens, Trump will have to return the $1 he lost in the "Trading Places" style bet he made with Bill Clinton, and then pay Mr Blythe Clinton $1, insiders with knowledge of the bet say.; 11/10/21, 6:43 AM
paulgo said...: He's adding to the greenhouse gas problem: there's methane in that fart. He should be outed for being a climate change contributor!; 11/10/21, 6:44 AM
Bob Boyd said...: As the planet has warmed, observers have recorded an increasing number of extreme wind events, with resultant damage, taking place in Biden's pants.; 11/10/21, 6:46 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: It’s so different from the Trump era when the NYT wanted any and all salacious outrageous rumors about that particular Leader of our Nation aired publicly and discussed thoroughly in public, regardless of the veracity or even likelihood of it being plausible. Didn’t matter! We simply had to publish speculation as fact: nepotism, pee-pee tapes, incest, rapacious tax avoidance, secret servers (odd how many times Democrats accuse tough opponents of that one!), gorilla channels, raging through the West Wing, invented insults, alleged coups… There is not time enough to list all the #fakenews the DNC-Media complex promoted with no conscience no care about whether it should be left unsaid, and fucking A certainly NO SHAMING of the Elite like Camilla in defense of the dignity of the Office.; 11/10/21, 6:50 AM
Left Bank of the Charles said...: Perhaps Joe was taunting Camilla. I fart in your general direction.; 11/10/21, 6:51 AM
Amadeus 48 said...: Travelers’ tummy can be a bummer. Dopey Joe probably caught a bug and, as someone said, those stimulant drugs that keep him going no doubt take their toll.

The British royal family has a well- known penchant for telling poop jokes. Rank has its privileges. Dopey Joe stepped in it.; 11/10/21, 6:57 AM
FleetUSA said...: The bias in NY media is obvious even on such a rude topic.; 11/10/21, 6:59 AM
Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...: To curb the rising seas,
We all must do our part.
Stuff a cork up Biden's butt
So the asshole doesn't fart.; 11/10/21, 7:14 AM
Achilles said...: The media cannot talk about the hashtag #PresidentPoopyPants.

Biden is now President Poopy Pants.

We will never let it go.

You can recover from being corrupt and evil. People still respect competence even if you are a corrupt rapist.

But you cannot recover from PresidentPoopyPants.

Mockery is the ultimate weapon. You will not be able to cut to commercial fast enough in most sporting events.

Let's Go Brandon.; 11/10/21, 7:15 AM
Menahem Globus said...: My mom's anti-dementia meds cause similar issues. She was cognizant enough to step away when it was about to happen.; 11/10/21, 7:18 AM
Jamie said...: Pre-coffee, I read the first sentence of the article as, "Right now, a cotillion of global leaders..." It seemed oddly appropriate.; 11/10/21, 7:25 AM
God of the Sea People said...: Is she sure it was a fart?; 11/10/21, 7:26 AM
Scott Patton said...: Without being explicit as to how the thumb enters into it, the admonition seems to apply more to the farter than to the fartee.; 11/10/21, 7:27 AM
Bob Boyd said...: The problem is Biden farted in front of women. Do do that.
Women don't think farts are funny. They find farts gross and disgusting. And they absolutely will tell people what a pig you are. Count on it.
If Biden had farted in front of another guy, they both would have looked at each other for a second and then burst out laughing even if it really stunk.
Biden must know all this by now. I can only assume the temptation to rip one in front of Camilla was more than he could resist. If that's the case, I actually have more respect for him.
Or maybe he's just getting old. Farts, like all of us, have a natural yearning to be free. Captive farts are always watching, waiting, biding their time. They can smell weakness and fear.; 11/10/21, 7:30 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Biden's papal emission is pretty disturbing when you consider how things will only get worse with time -- in a couple of years ....; 11/10/21, 7:33 AM
Achilles said...: “Let me ask the staff, what are we supposed to do now?”

Joe Biden at the Milwaukee Bucks press conference.; 11/10/21, 7:40 AM
rehajm said...: Streisand Effect: ACTIVATE!!

...as the US burns, there is gratification in these twits learning the limits of their reach. These assholes can't cancel British Royals or infect everyone in a Wisconsin courtroom...

Hopefully it's a start.; 11/10/21, 7:42 AM
Lars Porsena said...: Reading the incandescent rage at Bowles and the media that reported it is the best part.
Party uber alles for these folks even when its something silly.; 11/10/21, 7:53 AM
Big Mike said...: The European elites hated Donald Trump, but it has not taken them long to become absolutely contemptuous of Joe Biden. Wait until they get a load of Kamala Harris after Joe is removed via the 25th Amendment.; 11/10/21, 7:54 AM
Sally327 said...: I think that when a member of the British Royal Family (by marriage, yes, but still one of "them") is compelled to disclose awkward or embarrassing behavior on the part of a guest at a function --something these people (aka members of the BRF) are trained to ignore or smooth over-- then you can guess it has to have involved (a) an American and, most deliciously, (b) a powerful, important American.

This episode validates everything they think of us. Vulgar, loud, obnoxious and, most of all, uncivilized.; 11/10/21, 7:55 AM
Iman said...: Whatsa little flatulence between elites?; 11/10/21, 7:57 AM
Eric said...: I've been wondering what foreign leaders who have met with Biden come away thinking of him and what they say to each other. I suspect that her willingness to go public like this reflects disrespect and ridicule.; 11/10/21, 7:58 AM
PB said...: Loud and long meant that lots of people heard/smelled it. For her to not acknowledge it would make her seem a fool. I doubt she went on and on about it.; 11/10/21, 8:01 AM
West TX Intermediate Crude said...: "Rule of Thumb" relates to men beating their wives with a rod of approved thickness.
Denounce yourself, Professor.; 11/10/21, 8:01 AM
Critter said...: Shitty is as shitty does.; 11/10/21, 8:02 AM
Critter said...: Let’s go Brandon!; 11/10/21, 8:03 AM
JZ said...: I don’t see the word fart used in headlines, usually. Makes me think of the phrase “coarsening of the culture”, and I wonder, who’s to blame this time? Biden, Parker-Bowles or New York magazine?; 11/10/21, 8:14 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Just reminded me of yet another leftist climate hypocrisy.

All these rich powerful elites meet to discuss climate change - and what do they eat?

MEAT.; 11/10/21, 8:16 AM
jaydub said...: I don't believe this gossip for a minute. How is Joe supposed to fart very loudly when he has his head up his ass all the time?; 11/10/21, 8:17 AM
tim in vermont said...: Shitty Shitty Bang Bang.; 11/10/21, 8:17 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Supposed to be "Don't do that."; 11/10/21, 8:19 AM
John henry said...: One news report said Camilla "talks of nothing else". My question is "why the fascination, Camilla?"

Might this be a case of who smelt it dealt it?

Ridiculous. Everyone knows women don't fart. And her a princess too!

I'm giving Brandon the benefit of the doubt on this one and blaming perfidious Albion; 11/10/21, 8:20 AM
Quaestor said...: Joe Biden's asshole spoke the only true utterance at the Glasgow summit.; 11/10/21, 8:29 AM
Maynard said...: Maybe a doctor could speculate about the meds Biden is taking that is screwed up his GI tract.

I speculated here, during the campaign that Biden was taking a boatload of blood thinners to reduce the odds of a stroke or aneurism. That is why he was resting all the time.

This is a situation where the American people need to know what Biden's physical and cognitive difficulties are. He is clearly impaired and unfit for his office.; 11/10/21, 8:43 AM
Michael K said...: I suspect that she was not the only one who heard it.

The serious question is, did it have lumps?; 11/10/21, 9:00 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: What a pouty, stupid article! Why is it that the major media outlets seem to be taking on the air of a high school gossip sheet?; 11/10/21, 9:07 AM
Achilles said...: Joe Biden has taken Billions of dollars in known bribes, abandoned military family members in Afghanistan to be tortured and murdered, given the taliban billions of dollars in US equipment that was immediately sold to the Chinese and Iranians, and raped at least one woman and ruined her career for reporting it.

But he is going to fall because he shits his pants in front of other leaders.

#PresidentPoopyPants.

Let's go Brandon.; 11/10/21, 9:07 AM
Tina Trent said...: Wow. Biden managed to appall a woman who married a man who said he wanted to be her tampon.

This is actually the first thing I like about him.; 11/10/21, 9:09 AM
chickelit said...: Biden's words are mostly flatulence from a different orifice and people can't stop talking about that either.; 11/10/21, 9:17 AM
Aggie said...: "Yet one leader in attendance, Prince Charles’s wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, is reportedly fixated not on stopping the rapid decline of our planet but on a much more urgent matter of international concern: Joe Biden’s long fart."

As a Rule of Thumb, providing finishing-school corrections based on third-hand rumors in an unreliable media world would generally be considered to be poorly advised. "Reportedly", "allegedly" are your clues to be skeptical before offering your opinions.

I have not yet personally read any accounts of Camilla saying anything about anything, with quotation marks around it - much less making fart jokes. I think the whole thing smells like it's made-up.; 11/10/21, 9:22 AM
Narayanan said...: Breezy said...
Perhaps Camilla knows climate change is just a scam-boondoggle, and is just finding some joy in the tedious charade.

(As an aside, if you don’t want people to advertise these human blips, perhaps not writing about them yourself will help.)
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so what does Prince Charles do wehen he feels the urge to contribute methane to the cause of climate change?; 11/10/21, 9:25 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: After Bush the farther, 41 I believe, threw up on the Japanese prime minister, he went on Don Imus in the morning radio broadcast and delivered some of the best self deprecating humor I ever heard from a president. Can this POTUS do that? I doubt it.; 11/10/21, 9:30 AM
Harsh Pencil said...: Where is Laslo on this! Our hostess needs something like a bat signal for him.; 11/10/21, 9:32 AM
Wince said...: "Totally, and it smells like fart."; 11/10/21, 9:47 AM
hombre said...: If the leader is someone who deserves respect, this is a valid point. If he is someone whose competence and capacity are at issue a member of the British ruling family would be remiss to let it pass — so to speak. 😂; 11/10/21, 9:48 AM
rcocean said...: How dare anyone make Fuckin' Joe Biden look bad. LOL.

Lets fart Brandon.

Of course, Trump had done this, it'd be the subject of non-stop ridicule on every TV comedy show and front-paging the NYT/Wapo. Plus, we'd have everyone talking about "Is Trump too sick to be POTUS?". All liberal/leftist wouldn't give a damn about "This is too vulgar to talk about".; 11/10/21, 9:54 AM
Narayanan said...: West TX Intermediate Crude said...
"Rule of Thumb" relates to men beating their wives with a rod of approved thickness.
Denounce yourself, Professor.
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rule of law <=> rule of thumb
i see not difference; 11/10/21, 9:57 AM
Mea Sententia said...: Joanne Rogers has spoken about how her husband Fred would fart at the stuffy events they had to attend together, just to make her laugh. It’s funny that Mr Rogers liked to fart.; 11/10/21, 10:04 AM
MadisonMan said...: reportedly
Right.; 11/10/21, 10:05 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Narayanan said...

so what does Prince Charles do wehen he feels the urge to contribute methane to the cause of climate change?

Run out and buy a carbon credit?; 11/10/21, 10:10 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Wince said...

"Totally, and it smells like fart."

Barbarians At The Gate

"We haven't even talked about the smell..."

"Well, what did they say that was like? A fart?"

"Yep."

"You're not serious, they really said that?"

"We've got a awful lot of fart figures, sir, yes!"

"Tastes like shit and smells like a fart! We've got ourselves a real winner here! That's one goddamn unique advertising slogan, I'll give you that!"; 11/10/21, 10:18 AM
Ceciliahere said...: Luckily for Trump, he never did fart at a world meeting of people who never fart. If he did it would have been in the headlines at the NYT. Wapo, etc. for weeks, and Rachel Maddox’s would be asking if the Russians were involved. Biden must think his farts are like Channel No. 5…with a melodious sound. He is delusional in every way. So what’s the problem? He can fart whenever he feels like and all present should applaud and chant “Let’s Fart Brandon.”; 11/10/21, 10:20 AM
Joe Smith said...: In her defense, from what I've read the fart was epic.

Swalwell would be jealous...; 11/10/21, 10:21 AM
John henry said...: More correctly, I should not have said that women don't fart. They do, they just pretend not to and lie about it.

John Henry; 11/10/21, 10:35 AM
Achilles said...: Tina Trent said...

Wow. Biden managed to appall a woman who married a man who said he wanted to be her tampon.

Wut?

Is his penis particularly absorbent?

Or some kind of vampiric fetish?; 11/10/21, 10:53 AM
Big Mike said...: Let's go Brandon!

Brandon has gone … in his pants.; 11/10/21, 11:08 AM
Balfegor said...: American presidents are just presidents, not royalty. No reason the Prince's wife has to help play up the mystique of the American throne. Her husband probably won't even be king until after Biden has left office, after all, unless the Queen is more frail than she appears. And even if he were king, has the UK ever suffered particular ill effects from the late Prince Philip saying something rude about foreigners in public?

Furthermore, it doesn't seem like she's repeating this story to the press, is she? She's just gossipping about Biden to her friends, I thought, and they're mentioning it to the press. From what I read in the papers she's a pretty horsey/country sort of person, so it's not particularly shocking that she'd be talking frankly about Biden's bowels. Seems like a bit of nothing.; 11/10/21, 11:11 AM
tim in vermont said...: The only thing a blood thinner will do for a person with an aneurism is shorten the suffering when it dissects.; 11/10/21, 11:12 AM
Friendo said...: A Haiku:

Farting Joe Biden
Crop-dusts British Royalty
Poops pants for the Pope; 11/10/21, 11:13 AM
Scott M said...: Why did this come up?? Did Jill Biden fart in front of Camilla Parker Bowles?; 11/10/21, 11:16 AM
TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...: I solemnly promise I will do my best to never, ever, ever fart near Camilla Parker Bowles.

So help me Gaia.; 11/10/21, 11:32 AM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Danielle Cohen is a pathetic loser and sad jock strap sniffer.

I appreciate Danielle outing itself this way; 11/10/21, 11:35 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Ridicule is a powerful weapon. President Poopy Pants deserves all he is getting.; 11/10/21, 12:31 PM
Mark said...: Where's the CBS tag?; 11/10/21, 12:34 PM
Darkisland said...: I should have been clearer upstream. Women DO fart, they just pretend not to and lie about it. Men are expected to pretend nothing happened.

John Henry; 11/10/21, 12:46 PM
Earnest Prole said...: Everybody knows it's imprudent to fart in the presence of a Rottweiler.; 11/10/21, 12:49 PM
Darkisland said...: "Diplomacy is the art of never unintentionally insulting anyone"

Let's assume for the moment that it was not Camilla and that Joe read dealt it. Loudly and obnoxiously.

So did he do it on purpose or by accident? It certainly would be a valid response to any royalty on any subject. It is especially appropro to British royalty complaining about climate change.

So if joe farted on purpose to show what he thought of the proceedings, I say Good job, Joe. If by accident, I say let's pretend that it was on purpose.

Perhaps he had one of our founding fathers, no stranger to British and other royalty in mind:

Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly.

-Ben Franklin

"I am an American and I fart"

-John Henry

John LGBTQBNY Henry; 11/10/21, 12:52 PM
MalaiseLongue said...: Repetition of history: from tragicomedy (Bush 41 vomiting on the Japanese prime minister) to farts.; 11/10/21, 12:56 PM
Yancey Ward said...: In the age of chivalry, a man took the blame for his wife's public farts.; 11/10/21, 2:15 PM
Joe Smith said...: I hope she at least had a mask on...she probably would have wanted noise-cancelling headphones too.; 11/10/21, 3:21 PM
Lurker21 said...: And yet, anybody who claimed to have overheard Trump saying anything immediately went to the press with it. They didn't ask what the context was, or what he may have meant or if they heard it correctly or if they were actually the ones who heard it at all.

It's a complicated question whether random remarks really reveal some inner character trait. If Hillary Clinton really called a staffer a "Jew bastard" was that a one-off, or a revelation of some deep and essential part of her character?

Nowadays, everyone has said or tweeted things that they would be ashamed of saying if those things became public, and if we go back over their whole lives, there are plenty of things to find. The media plays gotcha with the tweets and comments of those they don't like, while burying the inconvenient utterances of people they approve of.

I'm glad that Duchess Rottweiler went public with this. The popey poopie pants story is most likely untrue. So the "fact checkers" will use it as a sign that people are making up stuff about Biden. It's great that some true stories come to light every now and then.; 11/10/21, 3:38 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Scott M said...
Why did this come up?? Did Jill Biden fart in front of Camilla Parker Bowles?

Well, either that or have explosive diarrhea into his Depends. Given how long it apparently went on (the noise), I'm guessing it wasn't just a fart.

Apparently she found it disturbing enough that she discussed it with many friends; 11/10/21, 5:50 PM
Achilles said...: Ceciliahere said...

Luckily for Trump, he never did fart at a world meeting of people who never fart.

There is probably some luck involved.

But if you lift one leg slightly and relax properly and let it out slow enough...

Some situations require this sort of nuance.

Unfortunately Biden is on a particular dementia med that makes your gastrointestinal system gassy and his cognizance is still in question much of the time.; 11/10/21, 7:48 PM
Jeff said...: The problem is Biden farted in front of women.
Are you sure about that? I heard it was in front of a horse.; 11/10/21, 10:11 PM
Bonkti said...: The shart heard 'round the world.; 11/10/21, 10:31 PM