France
has given the world fragrant perfume and very stinky cheeses, but the
country's latest and greatest olfactory contribution may be a pill that
makes farts smell like chocolate.
The sweet-smelling product is the creation of Christian Poincheval, a
65-year-old inventor who hails from the village of Gesvres and looks
like Santa Claus' younger hippie brother.
Poincheval sells the pills online at pilulepet.com for around $12.50
for 60 capsules
(Wrong, 19,90 € = approx 24.74 USD)
The web page promises the chocolate pills will "allow the user to fart
through to the New Year in grand style."
The
chocolate pills are a new addition to Poincheval's odorific arsenal,
which also includes pills that make farts smell like roses or violets,
and fart-reducing powder for pets.
As with most new creations, necessity was the mother of this invention.
He was eating dinner with friends in 2006 when he realized the group
had caused a gas attack at the restaurant.
"Our farts were so smelly after the copious meal, we nearly
suffocated," he told the Telegraph. "The people at the table next to us
were not happy. Something had to be done."
It was the start of a long period of stinky researching, during which
Poincheval made some interesting discoveries.
"When we were vegetarian we noticed that our gas smelt like vegetables,
like the odor from a cow pat, but when we started eating meat, the
smell of the flatulence became much disagreeable," he said, according
to TheLocal.Fr. "We needed to invent something that made them smell
nicer"
Poincheval claims his pills not only create chocolate-scented farts,
they reduce intestinal gas and bloating thanks to ingredients like
vegetable coal, fennel, seaweed, plant resin, bilberry, and cacao zest.
Since people tend to stuff their bellies during the holidays,
Poincheval figures his chocolate fart pills should be stuffed in
stockings.
"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," he said, according to IBTimes.co.uk.
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