Benjamin Franklin: "Fart Proudly!"
There's an old joke that goes: An elderly man complains to his doctor, "Doc, I have this problem. I keep throwing these silent farts all day long. (See? There goes one now). I can't help it, doc. I keep farting and farting, but they make no noise. (Oops! There goes another one.) I don't know what's wrong with me. I can throw the most massive farts, and they make no sound. (Ahhh, that's three in a row.) What do you think?" "I think you need to have your hearing checked," the doctor says. Now, I told you that story to tell you this story: My father has his own room. His room, actually, is the guest house in the front of our main house. If it's not called the Unwanted Guest House, then it should be. His room has its own satellite TV, radio/CD player, telephone, and refrigerated air. The problem is that he likes to watch TV in the family room of MY house, which forces everybody (mainly me) to watch TV somewhere else. And that's where my...