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Jill Plays Favorites! Gift Ideas from Jill Clarke

Jill Plays Favorites! We asked Jill to look around the Mirth shelves and pick out a few of her favorite products. We cut her off after 60 seconds and this is what she came up with: Emergency Bow Tie Remote … Continue reading

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Remote Controlled Fart Machines: In Search of the Perfect Prank

Lab Notes: Our researches tell us that though whoopie cushions have been around for over a century,  no one had ventured in to the realm of reproducing flatulence electronically until the late 1980′s. Several disappointing versions of this well-loved gag … Continue reading

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Le Petomane: Fact not Fiction!

We received a postcard, in French, from the Mirth in a Box  researcher team who went to Marseilles to verify the existence of Le Petomane. With a bit of help from a French dictionary we think it says the following: … Continue reading

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Le Petomane: Pioneer in Amusement

Who Was Le Petomane? Le Petomane was the stage name of Joseph Pujol. Sometimes known as the “French Flatulist”(professional farter), Le Petomane comes from the French words peter (to fart) coupled with the ending mane (maniac) and roughly translates to … Continue reading

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Request for More Research on Le Petomane

                                   

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