895. Books, Farts & Ghosts (with Anna Brooke)

Talking to author Anna Brooke about her book Monster Stink, the sequel to Monster Bogey (Chicken House publishing). Anna is a travel writer and author of books for children. She is a great storyteller, and in this episode she talks about her fun new book for kids, which involves dangerous gas. This leads to a new topic for the podcast; farting! We teach you the most important vocabulary for this tricky subject, and then Anna tells some chilling stories about real supernatural encounters she has had. Not farts, but similar – ghosts!

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Fart Vocabulary

  • A fart / to fart
  • Flatulence / to be flatulent
  • Gas / To have gas
  • Wind / To break wind
  • To guff
  • To let off (old fashioned)
  • To let one go
  • To blow off (old fashioned)
  • To trump!
  • Silent-but-deadly
  • To cut the cheese
  • Who smelt it, dealt it.
  • He who denied it, supplied it. 
  • Whoever said the rhyme, committed the crime.
  • Blow a raspberry (make a fart sound with your mouth)