Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 13, 2023

They’re also called chick peas so they may not be beans at all.

I thought garbanzos didn’t have skins like most of the other beans… and that those skins are much of the cause of gassification…

If she has never had garbanzo beans, she could have simply and truthfully replied “No.” Garbanzo beans will not give her gas if she doesn’t eat them.

Slightly less infantile than most fart jokes but still a fart joke.

Google says yes.. they are in the same family as other beans. I like putting them in my chili!

My stepdad would eat pineapple with pinto beans. He said he liked Hawaiian music.

A lot is in the cooking. Cover with water, boil for 2 minutes, let sit a few hours. Rinse thoroughly and cook and gas production is greatly reduced.

What about Middle Eastern food, like hummus and falafel? Do those give you gas?

Or she eats plenty of other foods that give her gas so she cannot be sure what gave her the gas.

Beans, beans,

Are good for your heart.

The more you eat, the more you fart.

The more you fart, the better you feel,

So eat your beans at every meal.

“Garbanzo” is one of those inherently funny words.

Many of us find after reaching a certain age that almost everything we eat gives us gas, so it may be hard to attribute it to one food as compared to another.

The slang term “old farts” didn’t just happen.

A play of “The Arabian Nights” suggested that garbanzos could yield EPIC gas.