February 09, 2004

Chum

In a recent case, Haitian defendant Emmanuel Etienne claimed that his deceased victim had the power to turn himself into a headless donkey by "expelling three flatulents." [Daily Telegraph (London)]( from News of the Weird.)
Well? Are you people simply going to let that lie there? I certainly hope not. Posted by LeeAnn at February 9, 2004 06:30 PM
Comments

Of course not.

The expelling of said fumes is called a flatus, not a flatulent. What the hell was he thinking?

Posted by: Light & Dark at February 9, 2004 10:46 PM

That's not a headless donkey.

It's an ass.

Posted by: Jeff at February 10, 2004 06:46 AM

That's a lotta back pressure when a donkey loses his head over flatulii.

Posted by: Bob at February 10, 2004 10:40 AM

No. No. No. This was a typo. It relates to the Catholic influence on Voudon; the word was actually "flagellants".

Posted by: triticale at February 10, 2004 10:41 PM