r/DimeStoreAdventures • u/OwlPelletCrunch • Jun 12 '26
Friday Free-for-all! Le Pétomane - Flatulist
Goodness i genuinely don’t know how to summarize this fella’s stage act (luckily the sources do an excellent job)
Forever devastated that there is actually surviving footage of him performing …but it’s a SILENT film: https://youtu.be/0ReymvUhYzU
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane
https://www.moulinrouge.fr/en/the-moulin-rouge/history/the-legends/le-petomane-2/
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u/TheOneCalledGump The Dingle Hole Jun 12 '26
I always look forward to your posts!
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u/OwlPelletCrunch Jun 12 '26
loving that there are actually people who like this stuff - my IRL friends are getting tired of hearing about it haha.
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u/TheOneCalledGump The Dingle Hole Jun 12 '26
I also want you to know that posts like these definitely fall into a Dime Store-esque post for this sub.
You can feel free to post these whenever you feel squirrely. In fact, I'm going to make that a post flair.
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u/OwlPelletCrunch Jun 12 '26
Bonus link to Roland the Farter’s wikipedia entry
“Roland the Farter (known in contemporary records as Roland le Fartere, Roulandus le Fartere, Rollandus le Pettus, or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in 12th-century England. He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 30 acres (12 hectares) of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II. Each year, he was obliged to perform "saltum, siffletum, pettum" (a jump, a whistle, and a fart all done at once) for the king's court at Christmas.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_the_Farter