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This Hotel Hosted a Five-Day Retreat Dedicated Entirely to Farting

The retreat offered people a judgment-free place to fart freely, with absolutely no risk of being kicked out for stinking up the joint.

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We all need a place to ourselves where we can just let it all out. Usually, that means venting deep-seated emotional baggage, but let’s be honest: some of us just need a designated safe zone to unleash our horrid, rancid farts.

A woman who owns a hotel in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England, is providing just such a sanctuary, where those of us who are prone to wild fits of gastrointestinal distress can freely express ourselves. According to the Isle of Wight County Press, the Fig Tree Hotel hosted a sanctuary called “The Art of Letting Go,”........

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