I love this.
Researchers in the UK are putting time and money into a very special project.
It’s a project that could change lives for the better, save marriages and enhance office environments across the nation, and maybe even the world.
So is it cancer research?
A study into combating global warming?
How to grow your own money in a pot in your kitchen?
No.
It’s pants.
That is, pants as in undies, underwear, trollies, grundies, kecks and not as in ‘trousers’.
Apparently, the usual trunks, boxers, Y-fronts are not good really good enough for our modern men. They want more support, ‘package enhancement’ and, wait for it, ‘flatulence filtration’.
Yes that’s ‘flatulence filtration.’ How amazing is that?
Olympic high jumper Ben Challenger can be seen in this clip modeling the fabulous underpants, which according to De Montfort University have been put through some rigorous testing.
I can only imagine…
Baked Bean, Brussel Sprout and Egg risotto anybody?
But the thing that kind of worries me most is, well, where does it all go? The gas I mean. Does it just stay in there, because if that’s the case there are going to be a lot of balloon bottomed people walking around. And if it just keeps the stinky part in, then what happens when Mr Eggy pants whips off his kecks at the end of the day? Will we need gas masks? Should the kids be kept out of the room. Is it safe for pets and plants?
It’s all a bit worrying really. I don’t think we’ll be investing any time soon.
Although Mr B does have a birthday coming up…
And;
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January 8th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
LOL!! I now have an image of men in very large bulging pants
They’d have to re-engineer trousers as well to accommodate!
January 8th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Whatever will they think of next? LOL
January 8th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
It is just a load of hot air, or warm foul smelling air anyway.
Thanks for your lovely words, and my son’s adorableness is made even more remarkable by the fact that I went halves on him.
January 8th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
If there’s a way for the stank to not have a cumulative effect, I think Beaker will be getting poot-be-gone ‘pants’ (heeee! I don’t know why that’s funny to me. Probably the same reason ‘ginch/gonch’ is funny to everyone not from Canada). I don’t know what they feed him while he’s away at work, but it’s VILE the first 2 days he’s home.
January 8th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
My husband needs these. Bad.
January 8th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
That is disturbing on soooo many levels…
January 8th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Just so long as it doesn’t affect the volume or pitch. Plus, if it’s only smell that they are trying to improve, why not just stick a strawberry up your arse.
January 8th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I agree with you, I can’t believe time and money has been spent on developing these. Now, where can I buy some for Husband?
January 8th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Were you paid to talk about fart-containing pants, or did you choose to of your own free will?
January 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
my boss needs these. please won’t someone give him these?
January 8th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Flatulence filtration? For real? LOL! So, like when the filter gets all black and nasty does that mean it’s time to throw away the grundies or can one just buy a refill filter?
January 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Do these flatulence controllers come in PJ bottoms because someone when they over do the Peanut Butter .. well lets just say moving the covers has woken me and it ain’t Chanel No. 5 … more like Skippy No. Ewwww