Exactly one year ago today, the world of professional darts was rocked by #FartGate.
It was a classic ‘he said / he said / they both smelled it’ situation, complete with actual post-match interviews featuring strenuous denials of letting rip.
Now, 365 days later, we bring you #FartGate, round two, featuring US representative Eric Swalwell appearing on Hardball to talk about the ongoing impeachment hearings against President Trump.
At this point, we enter the following clip into evidence:
Sorry but that’s a phone vibrating on a hard surface. #Fartgate is a dud. pic.twitter.com/3P2GchWeFP
— SeanKentComedy (@seankent) November 19, 2019
As you can see from the above tweet, opinions are divided. Some say fart, some say phone vibrating, and the Twitter account for Hardball says it was…a mug:
Not sure I’m buying that one, but let’s call in the pros.
On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah decided to ask the questions that really mattered:
Well, the plot thickens.
There’s also a joke in here somewhere about Swalwell being the whistleblower, but we’re better than that.
Actually no, we’re not, which is why we’re going to remind you about the most melodic fart of all time.
Earphones in, you don’t want your coworkers thinking you’re dropping any on the sly.
[source:wired]
