i live in the basement, you see. my basement is acoustically challenged. from the vantagepoint of my domestic nether region, i am able to hear the day to day sounds of my own home as well as those of my two neighboring homes. sometimes it's two live crew, strange pygmy chants, or little boy conversations that should only come out of grown men's mouths. but today, just now, it was something truly special.

i just heard a sucession of six short but enthusiastic fart bursts.

phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt

and then silence. as if in answer to my 'could that really be?', they came again and equally measured:

phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt-phrrnt

now there is silence and the trickling of water upstairs in the turtle pen.