Frank Zappa and Mechanical Engineering

What connects both?

Yes, the answer is 'Fart'.

In his own words,

"The manly art of fart-burning. Compression, ignition, combustion and exhaust."

Gaitonde will surely be impressed.

Chemical Analysis of Fart!

Well, I am obsessed with this. I think I find this really amusing for some reason I can't narrow down on.

The composition of fart varies dramatically among individuals. Five simple odourless gases are their major components. Flatulence produces a mixture of gases such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide. The gas methane combusts, forming water and carbon dioxide.

CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l)

2H₂S(g) + 3O₂(g) → 2SO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l)

The odour associated with flatus is due to hydrogen sulfide, skatole, indole, volatile amines and short-chain fatty acids. These substances are detectable by olfactory neurons in concentrations as low as 10 parts per billion, hydrogen sulfide being the most odorous. So blame them for all the disgusting smell!

C'mon baby, Light my fire!

Light My Fire

(The Doors)

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

I would like to first apologise to all The Doors fans out there. Believe me, I am big fan of The Doors and absolutely adore their songs. Just recently, while studying for my endsems, I happened to read something which has ever since kept me in two minds about this particular song.
Look at the following picture.
If you just think, it is a joke, then my friend you are wrong.
Well it does happen.
Its scientifically proven.
Fart lighting, (also called fart-burning, blue dart, blue flame, blue angel and flatus ignition) is the practice of setting fire to the gases produced by flatulence often producing a blue hue.

So next time, during a date when you girlfriend or boyfriend says, "Set me on fire, baby!", you know what he/she means and prolly what to do even!!

When in Doubt

You say if you could fly,
you never come back down
You have the eyes for that blue, blue sky
Even my feelings for you
must be expressed in words
As you awake from a dream into the unknown world
Spread you wings
Take flight.

With or Without You?

If I look up now
for the rainbow I once saw,
There are no seven colours anymore
Only mist and fog...
As time passes by, the world around me changes
No matter where I search for you,
you're nowhere to be found
So I close my eyes,
I open my heart
I need to know,
if I gaze up again
Will things be different this time?
Maybe if I was ...
the fog would fade away
So I pray,
screaming the wish deep within my soul
When you lose one thing,
you gain another
Don't you?