At dinner one day towards the end of last year, we noticed a strange smell.<\/p>\n
“Alex,” I said, wrinkling my nose, “did you just fart?” (If you don’t have kids of your own, this will sound strange, but it’s true: parents can distinguish the smell of their kids’ farts. Also, we can usually tell by the smell of their breath and body odour when they’re about to fall ill.)<\/p>\n
“No,” Alex said.<\/p>\n
“Well it certainly smells<\/em> like you farted.”<\/p>\n “I didn’t fart…I pumped<\/i>.”<\/p>\n “You did what?”<\/p>\n “I pumped<\/i>. A fart goes like, ‘brrrp’, and a pump goes like, ‘pffft’.”<\/p>\n “Ohhhkay.”<\/p>\n I’d never heard of the distinction before, but since then, we’ve had this definition confirmed by a number of sources around Edinburgh. I guess it must be a local thing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At dinner one day towards the end of last year, we noticed a strange smell. “Alex,” I said, wrinkling my nose, “did you just fart?” (If you don’t have kids of your own, this will sound strange, but it’s true: parents can distinguish the smell of their kids’ farts. Also, we can usually tell by … <\/p>\n