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The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.)

Mary Roach

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Mary Roach
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 20
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New Hampshire
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