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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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Posted By Sam Worley on 08.14.12 at 10:10 AM

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From a Times book review that, incidentally, "denounces the priggishness that turns our attention away from intestinal gas, its origin and expulsion":

"I am about to dip into the category listed in the subtitle as 'beyond' yawning, laughing and hiccupping. It includes, among other behaviors, itching, crying, and the body’s two ways of expelling digestive gases, belching, and the other one."

Can you guess? Can you?

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