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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:20 AM Dec 2019

Man whose farts 'can kill mosquitoes six metres away hired to create new repellent'

They’re one of the deadliest animals in the world, but mosquitoes could soon be wiped out - thanks to one man’s farts .

Joe Rwamirama, 48, from Kampala, Uganda claims that his farts can kill mosquitoes up to six metres away, and that he’s been hired by a manufacturing company to help develop a new repellent.

The reason for Joe’s strange insect-killing farts remains unclear, and he claims that his farts are ‘just like everyone else.’

Speaking to talkofnaija.com , he said: “I eat ordinary food just like everyone else but no insect can lay a foot on me, not even a fly.

“I smell like a normal man and I bathe daily and my farts are just like everyone else, they are only dangerous to small insects and especially mosquitoes.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/man-whose-farts-can-kill-21072676

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Man whose farts 'can kill mosquitoes six metres away hired to create new repellent' (Original Post) Major Nikon Dec 2019 OP

well nykym Dec 2019 #1

I would love the backstory on how he figured out his .....talent. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #2

This comment made me laugh more than the article 😂🤣 wcast Dec 2019 #5

he is one of the escaped "supply clerks" from the soylent green facility. 5X Dec 2019 #3

The FartMaster sure likes to toot his own horn. n/t fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #4

You can rent him out for garden parties Major Nikon Dec 2019 #6

Absolutely no convincing evidence of his assertion of deadly farts. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #7

They couldn't print it if it weren't true Major Nikon Dec 2019 #10

I know, right? jberryhill Dec 2019 #13

His neighbors were unconscious and therefore unavailable for comment. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #11

The wonderful thing about the internet, or maybe not so wonderful thing jberryhill Dec 2019 #12

My farts smell like potpourri Major Nikon Dec 2019 #14

I'd bet someone sells a product for that jberryhill Dec 2019 #16

Oh lord, I already have a sewage processing facility near me. Now, I have to worry about repellents. Hoyt Dec 2019 #8

His employer will want to keep him happy. Sneederbunk Dec 2019 #9

Therefore, I won't be able to be on DU as much... LuckyCharms Dec 2019 #15

nykym

(3,063 posts)

1. well

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:22 AM

Dec 2019

blow me away!

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

2. I would love the backstory on how he figured out his .....talent.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:23 AM

Dec 2019

wcast

(595 posts)

5. This comment made me laugh more than the article 😂🤣

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:31 AM

Dec 2019

5X

(3,972 posts)

3. he is one of the escaped "supply clerks" from the soylent green facility.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:26 AM

Dec 2019

they have also been bred to supply the warehouse with methane gas.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)

4. The FartMaster sure likes to toot his own horn. n/t

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:28 AM

Dec 2019

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

6. You can rent him out for garden parties

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:34 AM

Dec 2019

Your guests take turns pulling his finger.

Farmer-Rick

(10,216 posts)

7. Absolutely no convincing evidence of his assertion of deadly farts.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:36 AM

Dec 2019

I don't believe him or the people in his village. Give me some reliable evidence and I may change my mind.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

10. They couldn't print it if it weren't true

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:39 AM

Dec 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

13. I know, right?

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 12:32 PM

Dec 2019

I read articles like this, and their apparent uncritical acceptance, and have little hope for humanity.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)

11. His neighbors were unconscious and therefore unavailable for comment.

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 11:44 AM

Dec 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

12. The wonderful thing about the internet, or maybe not so wonderful thing

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 12:32 PM

Dec 2019

Is that every piece of village lore and rumor somewhere can gain international legs.

There are a lot of these kinds of stories which bubble up from time to time, like the "Russian Man Kept In Bear Cave" story that was facially stupid, yet believed by people around the world.

Of course this story is simply idiotic. Methane is produced by everyone's digestive system, and quite a few other mammals. There is no mystery to its composition, and the notion that this guy has some kind of unique pesticide-producing enzyme is stupid for too many reasons to catalog.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

14. My farts smell like potpourri

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 12:44 PM

Dec 2019

It took years of careful development of my lower intestine bacterial flora to produce the proper redolence.

The idea such a beneficial outcome could happen spontaneously just doesn’t seem credible at all.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

16. I'd bet someone sells a product for that

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 02:47 PM

Dec 2019

There's one that purports to improve the taste of semen:

https://www.amazon.com/SCIENCE-LAB-Yummy-Cummy-Count/dp/B00DYX75TE

I've just never really been that considerate. I mean, hey, it's not like anyone is going to say, "That tasted so good, I'm knocking five dollars off the price." Amirite?

Ah... here it is:

https://www.amazon.com/Nullo-Internal-Deodorant-60-Caplets/dp/B000Q6HBIW