Folk called John are the UK’s most prolific parpers.
A poll of 2,000 Brits found that blokes were the most likely to emit a whiff at least 10 times-a-day, with 34% admitting being ‘prolific parpers’.
Women weren’t far behind, with 26% confessing they break wind a minimum of 10 times every day.
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When it comes down to names, however, John, Jon or Johnny were No. 1, closely followed by Paul and Simon, with Sara the top trumper among women.
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Famous Johns include the aptly-named Johnny Rotten, Johnny Depp, John Wayne, John Cleese, and John Travolta.
In the Viz comic, a character called Johnny Fartpants can’t stop pumping – with his gaseous emissions so powerful they enable him to ‘fly’ and even to accidentally knock down houses. In the comic, Johnny exists on a ’strict pump diet’ of beans and cabbage water.
Johnny Porter, 50, of Nottingham, said he has always had a ‘wind problem’.
The gardener said: “For as long as I can remember I’ve always been the gassiest person I know.
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“My parents used to laugh about it when I was a teenager, and it seems I’ve just never grown out of it – it’s a part of me.”
He added: “My wife used to find it really annoying, and used to get up and leave the room when I let one off, but she’s so used to it now she barely bats an eyelid.”
According to the NHS, it’s normal to pass gas between 5 and 15 times a day.
The study also found that the favourite words to describe a bottom burp was ‘fart’, which 60% said they used to describe the gaseous emission.
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Others include trump with 16%, break wind, with 9%, parp, with 2%, and bottom burp with 1%.
A spokesperson for Branston Beans said: “These findings remind us that while farting is universal, our attitudes towards it are as varied as the nation itself, whether you’re a ‘fart’, ‘wind’ or ‘trump’ person!”
“Importantly for baked bean lovers, more than half of the nation – 55% – admit that their frequency of flatulence doesn’t change, even after consuming ‘the musical fruit’.”
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