Britain’s ‘oldest fart joke’ praises ‘superb flatulence’ in 800-year-old gag
Britain’s oldest fart joke has been discovered, with the 800-year-old gag lasting centuries and tickling the likes of King Henry VIII.
The illustration was uncovered by the University of Aberdeen, with historians profiling the picture of two troopers prodding a flatulent animal. Professor Jane Geddes has since defined the “particularly explicit” picture could also be one of many oldest fart jokes round.
An angry-looking beast was seen emitting a squirt of liquid from its behind, showering the 2 knights, who had prodded the animal with their spears in a joke described as “automatically funny to anyone from about the age of four”.
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Professor Geddes of University of Aberdeen’s School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History, chatting with the Daily Mail, stated: “This image in the Aberdeen Bestiary is particularly explicit. All the other animals in the book really have some moral attached to them, so you have to be thrifty or hardworking.
‘But the bonnacon has no moral attached to him whatsoever – he just sh***, that’s what he does. It’s automatically funny to anyone from about the age of four onwards. There are certain basic things that we still find amusing and one of them is poo.”
With the good thing about hindsight the joke is given an additional layer, with Professor Geddes confirming the unique parchment the humorous picture praising the superb flatulence had been positioned on is roofed in gold leaf.
(Image: University of Aberdeen)
“It’s gleaming gold, it’s an exquisite miniature paining, and then there’s poo,” she stated. The ebook has been round because the 1200s and was created on the Aberdeen Bestiary.
It entered the Royal Library at Westminster Palace in 1542 and is among the best-kept relics of the medieval period. It was picked out by scouts of Henry VIII and entered a group of English libraries.
Professor Geddes added: “This shows the book was designed for an audience, probably of teacher and pupils, and used to provide a Christian moral message through both its Latin words and striking illustrations.”
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