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Weird Wide Web - Woman sells her farts

───   15:13 Wed, 01 Sep 2021

Weird Wide Web - Woman sells her farts | News Article

A woman has opened up about her bizarre side hustle that has brought in tens of thousands of dollars.

While most of us fart many times a day, we usually just try and hold out until the room stops smelling and get back to our business.  But Lush Botanist realised there was money to be made in her flatulence.  The 'pro-farter' explained on a Channel 4 documentary that she was contacted by someone on the internet asking for her to let rip on camera.  It ended up being one of her most popular videos - and then a different person offered her money.  "I have been doing this business for three years," she said. "I kept getting requests over and over.  I thought, 'You know what? People will pay me for this and I'm going to do it.'"

A fart isn't something that most people can conjure up on a whim - however, Lush is lactose intolerant, which means her stomach has mini-meltdowns when she eats anything that contains dairy.  In order to get her stomach brewing some rogue farts, Ms Botanist said she likes to eat a variety of cheeses.  She said parmesan makes her flatulence really 'sulphury', whereas mozzarella creates 'those big bubbly farts'.  The self-described 'fart queen of the internet' revealed she can charge up to $175 (£130) per passing of wind and the most amount of money she's made in a single day was close to $4,000 (£2,900).  All up, she reckons she's made around $25,000 (£18,200) from her fart videos.


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