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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 01:18 PM Nov 2014

Christian Poincheval Invents Pill That Makes Farts Smell Like Chocolate

France has given the world fragrant perfume and very stinky cheeses, but the country's latest and greatest olfactory contribution may be a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate.

The sweet-smelling product is the creation of Christian Poincheval, a 65-year-old inventor who hails from the village of Gesvres and looks like Santa Claus' younger hippie brother.

Poincheval sells the pills online at pilulepet.com for around $12.50 for 60 capsules. The web page promises the chocolate pills will "allow the user to fart through to the New Year in grand style."

The chocolate pills are a new addition to Poincheval's odorific arsenal, which also includes pills that make farts smell like roses or violets, and fart-reducing powder for pets.

As with most new creations, necessity was the mother of this invention.

He was eating dinner with friends in 2006 when he realized the group had caused a gas attack at the restaurant.

"Our farts were so smelly after the copious meal, we nearly suffocated," he told the Telegraph. "The people at the table next to us were not happy. Something had to be done."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/26/christian-poincheval_n_6227404.html

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Christian Poincheval Invents Pill That Makes Farts Smell Like Chocolate (Original Post) cali Nov 2014 OP
I see nothing good happening from this! icymist Nov 2014 #1
Well, you don't need a pill. Cleita Nov 2014 #2
He needs to re-work his pills to make farts smell like sweet ripe peaches Brother Buzz Nov 2014 #3
My farts smell great already! immoderate Nov 2014 #5
Don't look at the dog pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #4
I wish he'd invent frogmarch Nov 2014 #6

icymist

(15,888 posts)
1. I see nothing good happening from this!
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 01:28 PM
Nov 2014

I mean that I was working with geriatric people who would occasionally eat chocolate in bed. Personally, I believe this should be discouraged in nursing home settings as they tend to get messy. Nevertheless, now the farts are going to smell like chocolate as well? No! No! This will only cause confusion and the future banning of real chocolate!

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
2. Well, you don't need a pill.
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 01:32 PM
Nov 2014

You just need to eat chocolate at every meal and in between. I have noticed that farts do smell like what you ate although more unpleasant.

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