Law of the Playground

In my early school days we had a quite famous rhyme:

“Winnetou der Weise spricht:

Laute Forze stinken nicht,

aber die leisen,

die um das Arschloch kreisen,

vor ihnen hüte dich,

denn sie stinken fürchterlich”

For the non-german-speaking, here is a rough translation:

“Winnetou the wise says:

Loud farts don’t stink,

but beware of the silent ones,

that circle around the arsehole,

for they smell terrible.”

Winnetou was a native-american character from the popular cowboy and indian stories written by Karl May.

[anon]

I heard this when I was eight. OK, so it’s not German. Like I care.

*There’s a ball of wind

It goes to your heart

It travels down your backbone

and turns into a fart.

a fart is very useful

it gives you lots of ease

it warms the bed at night time,

and suffocates the fleas.*

[anon]