
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anticipating the response of the humorless left-wing media addicts, I shall concede that this commentary is not dealing with any issue of political or policy importance. ; It is just one of those situations that evokes a hearty laugh.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am referring to the reports in the London <em>Daily Mail</em> that President Biden let loose with a loud and long “beaner” – as my grandfather called them. ; It apparently happened while Biden was engaged in conversation with Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, at the climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland. ; By all accounts, the Duchess was not wearing a mask at the time. ; (No, this was not from some British sitcom – but it could have been).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to the <em>Mail</em>, her ladyship has been losing no time in telling the tale of the telltale fart to the amusement of any and all who would listen. ; I will venture out on the limb of assumption to suggest that it evoked a round of hearty laughter upon every telling.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Passing gas, as the euphemism goes, is a standard laugh line for standup comics and sitcoms. ; It has even been used to get a laugh in television commercials. ; It is considered very amusing as a bar stunt – if you recall the “pull my finger” gag (no pun intended).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What made this bit of presidential flatulence even more humorous is that it occurred at an international conference dealing with the allegedly dangerous outcomes from the release of greenhouse gasses – specifically methane. ; In fact, Special Envoy John Kerry – in his address to the climate folks – expressed the unique danger of methane gas in heating up the planet. ; ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just so you know, methane gas is what we mammals tend to expel. ; That is why there is occasional efforts to minimize cow farting. ; And environmentalists have called upon the Greeks to eat less lamb. ; Apparently, those wool-producers are prodigious gas factories.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We can all sympathize with Biden. ; Is there anyone among us who has not had an unplanned escape from the rear exit of the elementary canal? ; Of course, the humor level notches up a bit when the event happens among British royalty – who may have the most stringent social protocols in the world. ; Flatulating in public is “just not done.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Biden’s embarrassing breech of diplomatic etiquette is not unique, however. ; Check out the Internet for the time President George H.W. Bush vomited in the lap of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa during a 1992 State Dinner in Tokyo.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In terms of laugh provocation, Biden’s <em>faux pas</em> was a gas. (Sorry for that, but I could not resist).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, there ‘tis.</p>