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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Amanah yang Bertambah

"Zainal, ko jadi fasi utk program BOOM ni bleh?" tiba2 tanya anas kpd aku.

Aku pikir kejap dan kemudian menjawab, "insyaAllah boleh, aku bantu takat yg mampu."

Sebelum terima offer anas tu, aku pikir kejap takut2 ada taklifan atau kesibukan lain yg menanti (walhal buat-buat sibuk jer tu). Dan akhirnya, aku pikir, xper, org buat benda baik, elok kita tolong. Sebagaimana firman Allah dalm Surah Al-Maidah, ayat 2:


وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ‌ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٲنِ‌ۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ‌ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ

Maksudnya: Dan hendaklah kamu bertolong-tolongan untuk membuat kebajikan dan bertaqwa, dan janganlah kamu bertolong-tolongan pada melakukan dosa (maksiat) dan pencerobohan. Dan bertaqwalah kepada Allah, kerana sesungguhnya Allah Maha Berat azab seksaNya (bagi sesiapa yang melanggar perintahNya).

Moga-moga sedikit usaha ini dikira sbg kebajikan di sisiNya. Awal-awal tu memang rasa mcm akan jadi sangat sibuk, tapi bila tengok balik kawan2 yg AJKT PERUBATAN pun jadi fasi gak, kagum plak dgn diorang. Kalau diorang pun sanggup luangkan masa utk jadi fasi BOOM di sebalik kesibukan tanggungjawab yang dh sedia ada, kenapa tidak aku?

Bila direnung kembali, sememangnya banyak amanah dan tanggungjawab yang perlu dipikul dan dilaksanakan. Namun pada pendapat peribadi aku, bila dah terima amanah, tak boleh mengeluh sbb ianya lambang kepercayaan orang lain pada kita. Dan menjadi kewajipan setiap Muslim utk melaksanakan amanah2 yg telah diterima sebaiknya. Kalau nak dikira, student life dekat alex ni mmg memerlukan pada 'time management' yang sangat baik, supaya setiap amanah yg dipikul dapat dilaksanakan dengan sebaiknya. Amanah utk study (huhu, ni yg aku lemah ni), amanah utk hantar assignments on-time (time kasih kat ahli2 group D section 1 yg saling bekerjasama), amanah selaku musyrif, amanah selaku mentor SC (mintak maap kat member2 SC sbb dh lama x buat), amanah terhadap dakwah dan tarbiyah, amanah terhadap ibu bapak dan adik2, dan paling besar sekali, amanah selaku Hamba Allah S.W.T.

Sedar atau pun tidak, ramai org Islam selalu sibuk dengan amanah lain sampai tertinggal amanah rohaninya. Kalau kita tgk sirah para Rasul dan Sahabat, sesibuk mana pun mereka dlm urusan pemerintahan dan dakwah, amanah rohani mereka amat terjaga. Kita selaku org Islam sekurang-kurangnya kena la maintain Solat Berjemaah sebanyak yg mungkin, Quran dibaca tiap-tiap hari. Pastu tambah sikit solat2 sunat qabliah dan ba'diah, baca Ma'thurat, puasa sunat, sekali sekala qiamullail bagi yg berkemampuan (adeh, aku pun byk nk kna improve nih!). Jangan kita lupa, amanah selaku Hamba Allah itu lah amanah yg terbesar dan terpenting, kalau amanah ini terjaga, insyaAllah dgn berkat rahmat dan redhaNya, amanah2 lain yg dipikul akan menjadi mudah.

Haih...banyak lagi yg perlu diperbetulkan dalam diri ini demi mencapai pengurusan masa yang lebih baik. Sangat benarlah peringatan Allah dalam Surah Al-'Asr:


بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ (١) إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسۡرٍ (٢) إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ (٣)
Maksudnya: Demi Masa! (1) Sesungguhnya manusia itu dalam kerugian (2) Kecuali orang-orang yang beriman dan beramal soleh, dan mereka pula berpesan-pesan dengan kebenaran serta berpesan-pesan dengan sabar.

Moga-moga Allah S.W.T. menyelamatkan kita daripada tergolong dalam golongan 'khosiruun' iaitu manusia2 yang rugi. Ya Allah, kurniakanlah keberkatan masa dalam urusan2 kami.

Akhir kalam, selamat maju jaya buat semua AJK, Facilitators, dan peserta2 program BOOM! May all of us will Bloom Out Of Mediocrity and become Outstanding Muslim Doctors in the future.

Wallahu'alam.


Thursday, April 9, 2009

Kenangan 2 Syuhada' HAMAS

2 tokoh Islam akhir zaman yg paling aku kagumi.
2 tokoh yg mengidami mati syahid, dan mereka memperolehinya.
Tiada kata-kata yg mampu ku-ungkapkan...
Terasa diri ini sangat jauh dari mereka,
Syurga Allah itu pastinya tempat kembalinya mereka, tapi kita???

Ku sudah x mampu berbicara lagi, biarlah video ini menjadi penghayatanmu:





"Allahumma 'ahyiina bihayatil 'Ulama', wa-amitnaa bimauti Syuhada' "

"Ya Allah, Kau hidupkanlah kami dengan hayat para 'Ulama', dan Kau matikanlah kami dgn kematian para Syuhada'."

Monday, April 6, 2009

Lain Artis, Lain Bahasa, Lain Lirik, semuanya demi Palestin tercinta!

Tetiba aku teringat akan nasib saudara-saudara seusiaku di Palestin, dan sampai idea di benak otakku utk kongsi video dan lirik lagu2 yg didekasikan khas untuk Palestin. Sengaja aku tampilkan 4 video, 2 English, 1 Melayu dan 1 Arab. Nak tunjuk bahawa isu Palestin sebenarnya menyatukan umat Islam sedunia. Kadang-kadang kita lupa bahawa mereka ialah saudara2 seIslam kita, pedulikah kita pada mereka? Apakah yg telah anda lakukan untuk Palestin??? Selalu beringatlah dgn sabda Baginda s.a.w. yg bermaksud:
"Tidak beriman sesorang kamu sehingga mengasihi untuk saudaranya apa yg dikasihi untuk dirinya."

Soal diri anda sekarang sebelum anda dipersoalkan oleh Allah S.W.T. di akhirat kelak!

Hayatilah lagu-lagu ini:
1) Untukmu Palestin by Raihan



Berdzikir dengan nama tuhanmu
Bermunajatlah di tengah malam
Bertaubatlah padanya penuh rasa hamba
Agar doa kita di..makbulkan
Agar Palestin kita genggam semula
Agar Palestin bebas di tangan kita
Kembali damai disirami air

Kebenaran Al-Quran dan sunnah
Palestina kan dimiliki lagi
Ingatlah Allah dan hindarkan dosa
Palestin kan aman lagi
Dengan ketaatan dan amalan soleh

Palestine you will
regain your land
Remember Allah and stay away from sin
Palestine will be at peace again
And filled with the worship of Allah

Dengan kata dan ketaqwaan
Pada Allah yang maha kuasa
Ketakutan dan kelemahan
Peluru dan dentuman
Bukan lagi penghalang
Pembelaan Allah akan datang
Palestin... Palestin...
Palestin
Palestin...
Palestin... Pa...lestin

2) We Will Not Go Down (Song for Gaza) by Michael Heart



A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they’re dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight


3) Palestine Forever by Sami Yusuf



Mother don't cry for me I am heading off to war
God almighty is my armour and sword
Palestine, Forever Palestine

Children being killed for throwing stones in the sky
They say to their parents "don't worry, God is on our side"
Palestine, Forever Palestine
Mother don't worry when they come for us at night
Surely they'll be sorry when God puts them right
Tell me why they're doing what was done to them
Don't they know that God is with the oppressed and needy
Perished were the nations that ruled through tyranny
Palestine, Forever Palestine

Children of Palestine are fighting for their lives
They say to their parents "we know that Palestine is our right"
They say to their parents "we'll fight for what is right"
They say not to worry God is on our side
They say "we'll die for Palestine"
Palestine, Forever Palestine

4) Kulluna Wahid by Tamer Hosny




ترابك يا فلسطين تاج على راسى .... امشى اتباهى بيه بين اهلى وناسى
your sand palestine is a crown on my head, i walk and proud between my family and my people

ترابك يا فلسطين تاج على راسى .... امشى اتباهى بيه بين اهلى وناسى

your sand palestine is a crown on my head, i walk and proud between my family and my people

يارب مش عارف انا اعمل ايه ... يارب قدرهم على اللى هما فيه

my god i don't know what to do, god understand what they'r going throught

مش عارف اعمل حاجه نفسى اعمل حاجه ... شايف اخويا بيتعذب وانا بتفرج عليه
i don't know what to do, i wish i can do somthing, i watch my brother is tormenting and i'm watching

محتاجين وقفه عربية لحل القضية ... باعلى صوت ارجوكوا اتحركوا
we need an arabic stand to solve the situations, in a loud voice plase get moving

عارفين مش قصدكوا .. بس بردو محدش يقدر يسكت واخواته بتموت

i know it's not your fault, but still nobody can be quiet and his brothers are diying

يارب مش عارف انا اعمل ايه ... يارب قدرهم على اللى هما فيه

my god i don't know what to do, god understand what they'r going through

مش عارف اعمل حاجه نفسى اعمل حاجه ... شايف اخويا بيتعذب وانا بتفرج عليه
i don't know what to do, i wish i can do somthing, i watch my brother is tormenting and i'm watching

يارب نولهالنا فرحة صبر السنين ... ونفرح على ارضك يا عراق وترجعى لينا يا فلسطين
god make it easier, the happniess and patience for years, and be happy to iraq ground and palestine come back to us

يارب نولهالنا فرحة صبر السنين ... ونفرح على ارضك يا عراق وترجعى لينا يا فلسطين

god make it easier, the happniess and patience for years, and be happy to iraq ground and palestine come back to us

يارب مش عارف انا اعمل ايه ... يارب قدرهم على اللى هما فيه

my god i don't know what to do, god understand what they'r going through

مش عارف اعمل حاجه نفسى اعمل حاجه ... شايف اخويا بيتعذب وانا بتفرج عليه

i don't know what to do, i wish i can do somthing, i watch my brother is tormenting and i'm watching

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Berakhirnya Sebuah Penantian...

"Jenal, amacam result ko?" tanya seorang sahabat kpd aku.

"Boleh laa, alhamdulillah, 3 A jer..." aku menjawab.

Hari ini merupakan antara hari yg paling dinanti oleh students tahun 3 Univ. Iskandariah, keputusan peperiksaan akhir semester lepas dikeluarkan hari ini dan ditampal di luar dewan kuliah, maka berpusu-pusulah warga tahgun 3 mengerumuni dinding, seperti semut2 mengerumuni biskut Borio yg jatuh ke lantai, hehe. Alhamdulillah, aku dapat 3 A-, 3 B+, 2 B, dan 2 B-, walaupun aku x caye mcm mana PBL dan HR aku leh B, hahaha.

Antara suara2 yg didengari:
"adoii, teruk arr result aku!!!"
"alhamdulillah aku xder yg fail..."
"uiyoo, power syial mamat/minah ni...gempak giler result!!!"(secara langsung aku terkeluar drpd golongan yg power syial ini)
"wei, result aku down doe..." kata seorang manusia, jawab seorang manusia yg lain, "gi mati la ko!! takat 2-3 ketol B, yg lain A, ckp byk plak, aku ni, A pun xder!"
"alhamdulillah sem ni lbh baik dr sem lepas."
dan sebagainya..

Buat rakan-rakan yg berjaya, tahniah, mabruk 'alaikum, buat yg kurang berjaya, bykkan sabar dan muhasabah, serta tingkatkan usaha dan doa, moga2 kegagalan hari ini, membuahkan momentum untuk kejayaan yg akan dtg.

Sama ada berjaya atau gagal, kita semua tetap kena bersyukur ke hadrat Allah S.W.T. Ingatlah firmanNya dlm surah Ibrahim ayat 7:

وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَٮِٕن شَڪَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡ‌ۖ وَلَٮِٕن ڪَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِى لَشَدِيدٌ۬
M
aksudnya: Dan (ingatlah) ketika Tuhan kamu memberitahu: "Demi sesungguhnya! Jika kamu bersyukur nescaya Aku akan tambahi nikmatKu kepada kamu, dan demi sesungguhnya, jika kamu kufur (ingkar) sesungguhnya azabKu amatlah keras".

Kegagalan dan kejayaan juga merupakan satu bentuk ujian drpd Allah S.W.T., bagi yang gagal ianya adalah ujian dlm bentuk kesusahan utk menguji sejauh mana anda redha dgn ketentuan dariNya, manakala bagi yg berjaya
ia merupakan ujian dlm bentuk kesenangan yg bertujuan menguji sejauh mana anda mensyukuri nikmat dariNya. Ingatlah firmanNya lagi dlm Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 2-3 yg bermaksud:

"Apakah manusia itu mengira bahawa mereka dibiarkan saja mengatakan, "Kami telah beriman." sedangkan mereka tidak diuji? Dan sesungguhnya Kami telah menguji org2 yg sebelum mereka, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui org2 yg benar dan sesungguhnya Dia mengetahui org2 yg dusta."

Moga-moga, keputusan exam pada hari ini menjadi momentum kepada kita untuk menjadi pelajar yg lebih cemerlang utk masa akan dtg insyaAllah. All the best for this semester!

Thank you for reading, have a nice day, wassalam.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Fart Science

Lelaki pun kentut, perempuan pun ketut, semua org pun kentut. Tapi berapa ramai yg tahu fakta sains tentang kentut??? haa, mari kita baca artikel yg akan aku letakkan kat bawah ni, artikel ni memang panjang, tp sangat menarik dan ilmiah, kalau xnak baca semua, leh baca subtopik2/questions yg korang minat jer. Artikel ni sebenarnya diambil drpd emel yg dihantar oleh cik bibi dlm alexmedteam yahoogroup last year(credit to her for this interesting article), so aku terpanggil untuk berkongsi artikel ni dgn rakan-rakan yg lain yg juga manusia yg turut melepaskan kentut(mcm la aku ni tak kentut, hahaha). Tajuk entry ni plak dicilok drpd tajuk rancangan dokumentari The Fight Science, kpd producernya, jgn saman aku yer. Anyway, enjoy the article! :

Where does fart gas come from?

The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas produced by chemical reactions in our guts, and gas produced by bacteria living in our guts.

What is fart gas made of?

The composition of fart gas is highly variable.
Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component, is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen. Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which are also a component of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.
But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we hold in the fart.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because his body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen.
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch.17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being producers as well. The reason for this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence, whereas others think the ability is due to environmental factors. However, all methane in any farts comes from bacterial action and not from human cells.

What makes farts stink?

The odor of farts comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture. These compounds contain sulfur. Nitrogen-rich compounds such as skatole and indole also add to the stench of farts. The more sulfur-rich your diet, the more sulfides and mercaptans will be produced by the bacteria in your guts, and the more your farts will stink. Foods such as cauliflower, eggs and meat are notorious for producing smelly farts, whereas beans produce large amounts of not particularly stinky farts.

Why do farts make noise?

The sounds are produced by vibrations of the anal opening. Sounds depend on the velocity of expulsion of the gas and the tightness of the sphincter muscles of the anus. Contrary to a popular misconception, fart noise is not generated by the flapping of the butt cheeks. You can see proof of this in the close-up video footage of Carl Plant's fart on Mate-in-a-State.

Why are stinky farts generally warmer and quieter than regular farts?

(Question submitted by many, many people!)

Most fart gas comes from swallowed air and consists largely of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, the oxygen having been absorbed by the time it reaches the anal opening. These gases are odorless, although they often pick up other (and more odiferous) components on the way through the bowel. They emerge from the anus in fairly large bubbles at body temperature. A person can often achieve a good sound with these voluminous farts, but they are commonly (but not always!) mundane with respect to odor, and don't feel particularly warm.
Another major source of fart gas is bacterial action. Bacterial fermentation and digestion processes produce heat as a byproduct as well as various pungent gases. The resulting bubbles of gas tend to be small, hot, and concentrated with stinky bacterial metabolic products. These emerge as the notorious, warm, SBD (Silent-But- Deadly), often in amounts too small to produce a good sound, but excelling in stench.

How much gas does a normal person pass per day?

On average, a person produces about half a liter of fart gas per day, distributed over an average of about fourteen daily farts.
Whereas it may be difficult for you to determine your daily flatus volume, you can certainly keep track of your daily numerical fart count. You might try this as a science fair project: Keep a journal of everything you eat and a count of your farts. You might make a note of the potency of their odor as well. See if you can discover a relationship between what you eat, how much you fart, and how much they smell.

How does a fart travel to the anus?

(Question submitted by Sigfrido H.)

One may wonder why fart gas travels downward toward the anus when gas has a lower density than liquids and solids, and should therefore travel upwards.
The intestine squeezes its contents toward the anus in a series of contractions, a process called peristalsis. The process is stimulated by eating, which is why we often need to poop and fart right after a meal. Peristalsis creates a zone of high pressure, forcing all intestinal contents, gas included, to move towards a region of lower pressure, which is toward the anus. Gas is more mobile than other components, and small bubbles coalesce to from larger bubbles en route to the exit. When peristalsis is not active, gas bubbles may begin to percolate upwards again, but they won't get very far due to the complicated and convoluted shape of the intestine. Furthermore, the anus is neither up nor down when a person is lying down.

Why do farts come out of your butt?

(Question submitted by the Perry family)

The butt is the location of the anus in humans, and by definition, a fart is an anal escape of intestinal gas. We should be grateful that we are not crinoids. The crinoids is a marine creature with a U-shaped gut, and its anus is located next to its mouth.

How long does it take fart gas to travel to someone else's nose?

(Question submitted by SteF)

Fart travel time depends on atmospheric conditions such as humidity, temperature and wind speed and direction, the molecular weight of the fart particles, and the distance between the fart transmitter and the fart receiver. Farts also disperse (spread out) as they leave the source, and their potency diminishes with dilution. Generally, if the fart is not detected within a few seconds, it will be too dilute for perception and will be lost into the atmosphere forever.
Exceptional conditions exist when the fart is released into a small enclosed area such as an elevator, a small room, or a car. These conditions limit the amount of dilution possible, and the fart may remain in a smellable concentration for a long period of time, until it condenses on the walls.

Why is there a 13 to 20 second delay between farting and the time it starts to smell?

(Question submitted by B_read)

Actually, the fart stinks immediately upon emergence, but it takes several seconds for the odor to travel to the farter's nostrils. If farts could travel at the speed of sound, we would smell them almost instantly, at the same time we hear them.

Is it true that some people never fart?

No, not if they're alive. People even fart shortly after death.

Do men fart more than women?

(Submitted by Bigdude)

No, women fart just as much as men. It's just that most men take more pride in it than most women. There is a large variation among individuals in the amount of fart gas produced per day, but the variation does not correlate with gender.
I have read that men fart more often than women. If this is true, then women must be saving it up and expelling more gas per fart than men do.

Do men's farts smell worse than women's farts?

Scientific studies of farts show that women's farts have a higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's farts, but men's farts have a larger volume. The two factors equalize out (the same number of stench molecules for both), so the odor is about the same.

At what time of day is a gentleman most likely to fart?

(Submitted by David)

A gentleman is mostly likely to fart first thing in the morning, while in the bathroom. This is known as "morning thunder," and if the gentleman gets good resonance, it can be heard throughout the household.

Why are beans so notorious for making people fart?

Beans contain sugars that we humans cannot digest. The most offensive sugars, known as "flatulence factors" to scientists who research farts, are raffinose, stachiose, and verbascose. When these sugars reach our intestines, the bacteria go wild, have a big feast, and make lots of gas!
Other notorious fart-producing foods include corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage, milk, bread, eggs, beer, and raisins. People unable to digest milk due to lactose intolerance will suffer extreme flatulence if they consume dairy products.
A friend of mine had a dog that was exceptionally fond of apples and turnips. The dog would eat these things and then get prodigious gas. A dog's digestive system is not equipped to handle such vegetable matter, so the dog's bacteria worked overtime to produce remarkable flatulence.

What things other than diet can make a person fart more than usual?

People who swallow a lot of air fart more than people who don't. This can be cured somewhat by chewing with your mouth closed, eating more slowly, and not gulping food or liquids. Chewing gum, smoking, and sucking on candy also can cause a person to swallow more air. Carbonated drinks give a person extra gas. Nervous people with fast moving bowels will fart more because less air is absorbed out of the intestines. Some disease conditions can cause excess flatulence. Going up in an airplane or other low-pressure environment can cause the gas inside you to expand and emerge as flatus. Tilting your head back and pouring a drink straight down your gullet (chugging) also leads to an excess of swallowed air, and hence, farting.

Is a fart really just a burp that comes out the wrong end?

No, a burp emerges from the stomach and has a different chemical composition from a fart. Farts have less atmospheric gas content and more bacterial gas content than burps.

Is it harmful to hold in farts?

There are differences in opinion on this one. Certainly, people have believed for centuries that retaining flatus is bad for the health. Emperor Claudius even passed a law legalizing farting at banquets out of concern for people's health. There was a wide spread belief that a person could be poisoned or catch a disease by retaining farts.
Doctors I have spoken to recently have told me that there is no particular harm in holding in farts. Farts will not poison you; they are a natural component of your intestinal contents. The worst t
hing that can happen is that you may get a stomach ache from the gas pressure. But one doctor suggested that pathological distention of the bowel could result if a person holds in farts too much. And Dr. P. said that the effort involved in retaining flatus can cause hemorrhoids.

How long would it be possible to not fart?

(Question submitted by Ineed69too)

As I understand it, a captive fart can escape as soon as the person relaxes. This means that a lot of people who assiduously refrain from farting during the day do so at great length as soon as they fall asleep. Having been on a great many overnight field trips, long bus trips, and trans-Pacific flights, I can personally vouch for the fact that lots of people do fart voluminously as they doze off. So the answer to the question would be, you can refrain from farting as long as you can stay awake!

Do all people fart in their sleep?

(Question submitted by MrBlack)

I have not made a scientific study of this, but I don't think all people fart in their sleep. I think mainly those who refuse to fart when they're awake do so when dozing off. For other people, toilet training takes such a strong hold that they let nothing pass their sphincters in sleep. For these people, the gas accumulates in the night and they vent it upon awakening.

Where do farts go when you hold them in?

How often have you held in a fart, intending to release it at the first appropriate opportunity, only to find that the fart has disappeared when you are ready for it?
I asked several doctors where the fart goes. Does it leak out slowly without the person knowing it? Is it absorbed into the bloodstream? What happens to it?
The doctors agree that the fart is neither released nor absorbed. It simply migrates back upward into the intestine and comes out later.
It is reassuring to know that such farts aren't really lost, just delayed.

Is it really possible to ignite farts?

The answer to that is yes! However, you should be aware that people get injured igniting flatus. Not only can the flame back up into your colon, but your clothing or other surroundings may catch on fire. A survey done by Fart cloud (the site, alas! is no more) indicates that about a quarter of the people who ignited their farts got burned doing it. Ignition of flatus is a hazardous practice. However, if you want to try it, and you don't have a friend to light your fart for you, you might find it easier to accomplish the job using the Fartlighter.
There have also been cases in which intestinal gases with a higher than normal oxygen content has exploded during surgery when electric cautery was used by the surgeon.

Why is possible to burn farts?

Farts burn because they contain methane (sometimes) and hydrogen, both of which aref lammable gases. (Hydrogen was the same gas that was used in the ill fated Hindenburg dirigible.)
Farts burn with a blue or yellow flame. According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, a blue flame is indicative of the presence of methane in the flatus. Since methane producers are an elite group (only 1/3 of the population), an exclusive club called the Royal Order of the Blue Flame has been established that is open only to them.
Mate-in-a-State has video footage of flatus ignition. Observe the color of the flames. These people are not methane emitters.