Marines To Ban Audible Farts In Afghanistan (VIDEO)

While marines in Afghanistan are used to operating under strict rules, a new order banning audible farting has raised eyebrows.

In the military's quest to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan, marines are now to refrain from audibly breaking wind, lest they offend the Afghans they are seeking to win over.

While potty humor is appreciated (by some) in the U.S., in deeply conservative Afghan culture, breaking wind audibly is not appreciated.

Marines operating in the country have also been taught to avoid discussing contentious subjects, including politics and girls.

Comments

[Jampa]

10:30 PM on 08/28/2011

If we banned audible farts in the US capital , we'd never hear a word from congress or the "supreme" court.

[Jampa]

10:28 PM on 08/28/2011

Yep, Americans know nothing of maners anymore. They've gone the way of good education in the US.

[mediocratic]

02:10 PM on 08/27/2011

silent but deadly,like a good marine should be.

[Jampa]

10:29 PM on 08/28/2011

HAHHAHA

[NancyY]

04:18 AM on 08/27/2011

I think it's about time we brought all our military, including our 'farty' Marines, back home, and let the persnickety Afghanis fend for themselves.

[Feminism is dead]

07:58 PM on 08/26/2011

This is an outrage!

[boatflipper42]

03:33 PM on 08/26/2011

The Afgan's can't stand the competetion from their goat smell to a good old fasion gas bomb!!!

[cheli2244]

03:24 PM on 08/26/2011

We want the troops home, farts and all.

[clarkkentdlyplnt]

12:41 PM on 08/26/2011

I wonder what a government issue fart silencer look like. Did they go hi-tech or do they just issue a cork?

[thanadar]

12:09 PM on 08/26/2011

And yet the Afghans have no problem with wiping their ars-s with rocks.

[nicko68]

10:40 AM on 08/26/2011

Who hasn't farted, after eating Mid Eastern Food?

[nicko68]

10:38 AM on 08/26/2011

Who Prompted this, Barney Frank?

[gridlockjoe]

09:49 AM on 08/26/2011

"You can't handle the toot!"

[clarkkentdlyplnt]

12:44 PM on 08/26/2011

ROFLMAO!! F&F

[European1919]

08:53 AM on 08/26/2011

Ooops. Time to learn some manners, eh? Just being able to murder people in 56 ways just isn't enough of a social skill these days.

[trainer3]

08:53 AM on 08/26/2011

I tried to quit once, but I gained a lot of weight...

[SlinkyTWF]

11:34 AM on 08/26/2011

"After sex I really get the urge to light one up."

[clarkkentdlyplnt]

12:45 PM on 08/26/2011

Strange,,I started to float around the room.

[rbwech]

11:25 PM on 08/25/2011

They must have a method to eliminate the audible fart. Could one of our fine men in uniform please send my wife a copy of the anti fart procedure.

[cheli2244]

03:00 PM on 08/26/2011

hilarious!