Taylor Herring: World's Funniest Fart Noise by Beano.com & Bose

Some people might be gassed to hear that Beano has commissioned a scientific study with Bose to unveil ‘the world’s funniest fart sound.’

A study to trump all others, 'The Flatulence Report' also means to answer the age-old question 'what makes farting funny?'

As part of the research, sound specialists Bose Professional and scientist Dr. Helen Pilcher and a bunch of Beano boffin studied recordings of 176 different farting noises.

The full fart spectrum ranged in sound from low to high-pitch, short to long, dry to wet and from loud to squeaking.

Focus groups across the UK then scored each against a number of metrics, including a funniness scale of 1 to 10. The top ten funniest farts were then tested and voted on by a broad sample group of Brits of all ages.

After statistically analysing the fart sounds and scores, the team identified key factors that helped them devise a mathematical formula to describe the world's funniest fart sounds.

The Intensity of the fart (I) is multiplied by the length of fart (L), to the power of social embarrassment, rated on a scale of 1 to 3 (S). This is then multiplied by the number of kids present (K), and divided by the age of the listener (A) multiplied by gender factor (If female, multiply by 1.05).