So there’s a bill in parliament making ‘fouling the air’ an offence. One senior judge thinks it means go to the toilet if you need to “pui” or “tui” or “fuish”. Another thinks it simply is against air pollution. I say it even extends to dirty and smelly clothes and armpits (in the cities). However, this debate is very far away from Ghana. What do you think about this?
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OMG, Nana Yaw! Funny post.
ReplyDeletehahahhahahahahhahahaha... saw this on bbc this morning! Ah clearly, Africa's problems need to be redistributed cuz some people are too idle! But "fart" is serious ooo... how do you identify the culprit???
ReplyDeleteIf you bring it to Ghana people would be crying it is our RIGHT as the hawkers, the okada men and all those breaking the law have been saying. I have always been thinking about this: what if we ban the chewing of gum like Singapore did? The president under whose regime the law was passed would lose the next election because the opposition would use it as a campaign topic. That's what our democracy has been reduced to so in the end we do nothing but vote for presidents and MPs. This being our indicator of democracy
ReplyDeleteSilly Friday again! I love the silly ones.
ReplyDelete10 free farts in the streets per day for everybody.
ReplyDeleteYes when I saw the Malawi story I realised how far behind Ghana was. I hope it can catch up and ban bum burps!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should tell people how to hold on to a fart in order to make it to the bathroom and while at it they should classify the degree of punishments to be meted to the degree of fart based on its attributes; silent killers and bombers.
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Testimony to them not having a lot to do in Malawi. Ah!!
ReplyDeleteSigh. But what about babies and children who don't know any better?
ReplyDeleteLooks like they are on course to legalizing farting in Malawi in all public areas. The fact that it is being debated in parliament obviously makes it clear that farting is one of the main issues plaguing Malawi citizens and the law makers alike. The instituion of this debate clearly gives people freedom to fart freely ridiculously: anywhere, anytime and in whichever manner they please i.e in any shape or form(that is dicscretely, in a loud manner of simply by protruding one's anus in a aposh manner towards another's nose and letting out the kiiler fume). Kudos to the law makers of Malawi, it is high time Atta Mills and his law makers took a cue from this powerful nation of "farters". someone pls tell our our law makers what time it is: "time to make farting laws" lol
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Sometimes some people think my 'silly' is not funny.
@ Yeh:
ReplyDeleteYou know, I have read your comment for about 3 days, but I am only now getting it. Yes, if Malawi's judges can spend time on a national (radio) debate on farting, maybe we should transfer the real problems of other countries to them, no?
@ Nana Fredua-Agyeman:
ReplyDeleteI can totally understand a ban on gum. You do not have to pop it in your mouth at all.
But farting? Surely that is different, and Ghanaian should be expected (as should Uzbeks, Americans, Egyptians, Paraguayans, Nepalese, French ... I think you get the point) to reject such a rubbish law.
Having said that, I suspect the second judge (who thought the anti-fouling-the-air law was about air pollution and not farting) gave the more likely interpretation of the coming law.
@ Devlin:
ReplyDeleteYes, Silly Friday. You have been missing for a while.
@ Anon #2:
ReplyDelete10 free farts per day? Can we not make it 20 please?
@ Graham:
ReplyDeleteYes, I have thought hard about it - harder than anything else in my life - since it is that important.
I just do not know if the drug makers have completed their experimentation on the drug that prevents you from farting through your armpit, if your normal passage is blocked by constipation, medical procedure or asinine law.
@ Tetekai:
ReplyDeleteAs I hinted to Graham, above, a colleague of mine swears that a suppressed fart will out somehow: through your pits, your ear, your breath or somewhere. Your pores.
@ Kwame Mensa-Bonsu:
ReplyDeleteI see you agree with Yeh. Maybe we should ship some of South Sudan's problems (present and imminent) to them.
@Meeeeee:
ReplyDeleteI think laws creating offences tend to exclude children below a certain age. It tends to differ by country, but 14 is a good average.
@ Fafaq #2:
ReplyDeleteIt took line 2 for me to catch on to your sarcasm. Yes, I think we should have our own National Fart Debates in Ghana.
At any rate, it will let us think about something more refreshing than our rubbish NDC v NPP (only) politics.
My question is, how do you catch an offender? And would a suspect admit? LOL.
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