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WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

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I Remember a boy at school letting rip as it were in a PT lesson which reduced the class to laughter, he then received capital punishment from the PT Instructor later.

'Capital punishment': that sounds a bit drastic. Please explain what you mean.

We didn't call it 'PT' but 'PE': it was one double lesson during the week. As I've explained on another thread I had to play Rugger every day except on Wednesday afternoons when we had Corps.

As it happens, the PE master's farts were legendary and a source of continuous mirth among the boys.
 
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'Capital punishment': that sounds a bit drastic. Please explain what you mean.

We didn't call it 'PT' but 'PE' and only had to do it until 14: it was one double lesson during the week. The absence of PE after 14 didn't mean that the school was lax on sports: as I've explained on another thread I had to play Rugger every day except on Wednesday afternoons when we had Corps.

As it happens, the PE master's farts were legendary and a source of continuous mirth among the boys.

(We were a very strict school.) I Was wondering if anyone would notice that, I meant of course, Corporal Punishment.:oops:
 

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(We were a very strict school.) I Was wondering if anyone would notice that, I meant of course, Corporal Punishment.:oops:
I noticed it straightaway!!!
Our PE master barked instructions at us. As far as his farts were concerned, we used to say that we ought to be issued with gas masks.
 

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I Remember a boy at school letting rip as it were in a PT lesson which reduced the class to laughter, he then received capital punishment from the PT Instructor later.

At school - as in many all-male environments - farts were a constant source of amusement and comment.
 

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The oldest trick, of course, is to fart into a glass jar, seal it double-quick, then label it with date and time and see if it is still 'alive' days or weeks later.
 
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Some relevant Royal Marines sayings:

'Down and patch out' (after a loud fart).

'I'll raise you.'

'Officer's Mess Commander Speaking' (after a long fart).

'Speak up Brown, you're through' (loud).
 

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Those euphemisms you have put above are very good indeed. Amazing how a bodily function can still cause such mirth.

It's still a source of mirth. Of course, there is no longer the risk of getting a loud and dramatic 'bollocking' from a man in authority: a schoolmaster, games master or Corps instructor. This added a certain frisson to farting at school - especially as the bollockings were half-hearted as most of these men farted a lot themselves, especially the games masters.
 

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It's still a source of mirth. Of course, there is no longer the risk of getting a loud and dramatic 'bollocking' from a man in authority: a schoolmaster, games master or Corps instructor. This added a certain frisson to farting at school - especially as the bollockings were half-hearted as most of these men farted a lot themselves, especially the games masters.
You didn't happen to go to The Coopers Company school along The Mile End Road by any chance?
 

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The way you reminisced of your schooldays brought back memories of my own, your school sounded a lot like mine.

I would be interested to hear some of those memories. ... As it was a boys' boarding school, it was an even more enclosed male environment than Cooper's. Sport, known as 'eccer', was more important than academic achievement and there was a strong emphasis on the Corps as well. Discipline was strong although many of the masters had a sense of humour. As far as the subject of this thread is concerned, I was bawled out many times for farting!!!
 

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