Holiday gift idea for that annoying uncle who insists you pull his finger at every family gathering! 65-year-old French inventor Christian Poincheval claims he’s invented a pill that makes your farts smell like chocolate… or roses. And according to him, they work wonderfully.
Christian says he developed the pills six years ago, after having dinner with some friends. “We had just come back from Switzerland and we were eating a lot with our friends and the smell from the flatulence was really terrible,” (WAIT, WHAT?)
“When we were vegetarian, we noticed that our gas smelled like vegetables, like the odor from a cow pat, but when we started eating meat the smell of the flatulence became much disagreeable,” he added. “We couldn’t breathe so me and my friends decided something had to be done. We needed to invent something that made them smell nicer.”
From Oddity Central:
So he went to see a scientist to look into ways of inventing a natural remedy for the common problem. Together, they researched natural ingredients that would reduce flatulence and after months of experimentation, came up with the recipe for his pills. He began selling the rose-scented ones in 2006, and recently added chocolate for this year’s festive season. It contains vegetable coal, fennel, seaweed, plant resin, bilberry and cacao zest.
Christian claims that the pills are really popular, and he sells at least a few hundred jars every month. “I have all sorts of customers,” he said. “Some buy them because they have problems with flatulence and some buy them as a joke to send to their friends. Christmas always sees a surge in sales.”
The pills are sold on Pilulepet –$12.50 for a jar of 60.
(via Oddity Central)
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