Comments on: He threw caution to the wind.

He threw caution to the wind.

Kickstart70 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:23:22 -0800

An international manhunt is under way seeking the man who expressed his displeasure of Polish president Lech Kaczynski by forcefully expelling intestinal gas. No word on whether he did another for the president's twin brother, nor whether he will attempt arson by lighting these farts on fire.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:25:27 -0800

Polski my gorki!

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:30:12 -0800

Oh my, if America were Poland Babs would have been dismembered and quartered!

By: Kickstart70

Kickstart70 — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:40:54 -0800

They sure are putting up a stink over this.

By: hortense

hortense — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:42:46 -0800

Who are the fart police? Americas leader would love this guy! GWB loves his own passingsl

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:48:39 -0800

And they wonder why we have so many polish jokes.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:55:51 -0800

Ain't that a gas!

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:56:13 -0800

Like there's any way to know which Polack farted, sheesh.

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:15:58 -0800

I hope they start screening more carefully for this at the airport now.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:42:23 -0800

Stanley Kowalski: I am not a Pollack. People from Poland are Poles. They are not Pollacks.

By: Malor

Malor — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:42:44 -0800

He complained to the arresting officers that President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, was responsible for turning Poland back to a Communist style dictatorship. He was reprimanded to show more respect for the country's rulers. Hoffman replied with a loud fart and was immediately arrested. He was charged for "contempt for the office of the head of state."

Sounds to me like he was absolutely correct.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:52:54 -0800

POLAND -- NEVAR FORGET.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:58:26 -0800

Poland is a member of the EU now. Where does arresting someone for "contempt for the office of the head of state" fall under the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union? Here, I would think:

Article 11 Freedom of expression and information 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers.

Though perhaps it remains a question whether farting comes of the heading of "imparting information".

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:07:46 -0800

This man's nonconforming gas is a breath of fresh air.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:18:08 -0800

No, no, George_Spiggott -- he has a freedom to hold his opinion until he is, for example, exiting an empty elevator.

By: maryh

maryh — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:44:34 -0800

Arty Farty loathed his party Lech the Prez was there Hubert Hoffman blew a boff one and Jaroslaw ran out for air [/2nd grade]

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:18:50 -0800

Displeasure? Maybe it was a fart of assent.

By: Brian B.

Brian B. — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:52:53 -0800

He was dumb enough to give a reason? If justice is having the benefit of doubt, then freedom is knowing it.

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:09:27 -0800

*applauds maryh*

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:14:32 -0800

By: athenian

athenian — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:31:23 -0800

God, the current Polish government are an embarrassment. Luckily it looks like there are elections coming up.

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:02:22 -0800

What will you do if we let you go home And the plastic's all melted And so is the chrome Who are the fart police?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:41:42 -0800

*lights match*

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:06:05 -0800

Sadly, the EU has no power to enforce the so-called 'rights' under the charter. Poland is a fine example of this problem. Other new member states have similar problems accepting this new concept (for them) of citizen's rights. Myself, I wonder what would happen if they tried to deny these rights to a citizen of another member state, such as the United Kingdom. That might get quite interesting. Myself, my only response is a refusal to visit and spend money in such countries. And since my partner works for the European region of a global megacorp, it could mean a refusal to live (and therefore, pay some big taxes) to the economies of these countries.

By: mike3k

mike3k — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:30:06 -0800

Arrested for farting loudly? GWB better be careful on his next trip to Poland, since he enjoys fart jokes.

By: econous

econous — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:45:52 -0800

If only this had happened in the US. We'd get our vegi-stained liberal panties in a bunch. It's only Poland right? I hear it's east of New York. Course the guy was complaining about a left wing government, which by my back of the envelope calculations makes him a red stater, so yeah this is in fact hellairyarse.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:19:56 -0800

I'd be farting a lot, too, if the Unabomber was the president of my country.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:38:25 -0800

No word on ... whether he will attempt arson by lighting these farts on fire. Actually if he gets jailed you could hold a great candlelight vigil in the square outside. Instead of holding the candle in front of you, you bend over and moon the presidential palace and hold the candle in front of your all.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:39:09 -0800

~~all~~ass Not sure how I managed that.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:54:22 -0800

I fart in your general direction.

By: sour cream

sour cream — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:21:16 -0800

I am not a Pollack. People from Poland are Poles. They are not Pollacks. To pan bardzo dobrze spowiedzial. And don't forget that there are millions of them between the north pole and the south pole.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:58:05 -0800

When farts are outlawed, only outlaws will fart.