Doctor says we should not sleep naked because of flatulent spraying

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A doctor has said we should not sleep naked because of the threat of flatulent spraying. Explaining that the average person “farts 15-25 times a day,” Anthony Youn MD said: “this can happen while you are sleeping and a scientific study proved that every time you pass gas you are spraying a tiny amount of faecal material”. However, there is redemption at hand if you wear underwear, he adds, because “your tighty whities will catch all of these particles”.

Coughing is new taboo in theatres

Coughing is the new taboo in theatres, says the BBC Proms host. Petroc Trelawny said that, in the Covid era, people no longer disturb performances in theatres by “coughing unnecessarily” because it “has become the equivalent of randomly shouting ‘fire’ in a theatre – a gesture guaranteed to provoke fear”. The Guardian says coughing could join “the list of unacceptably disruptive behaviours in theatres, along with excessive rustling, talking and using your mobile phone”.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.