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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01BFD4B7.08AE2F40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to a co-operative development team headed by Navy Divers, = USDivers and Hormel Chili, new mixed gas rebreathing technology has been = developed to tap a natural gas source carried in the human body. Project = "Butox" was created to convert natural body methane into a viable air = source using existing military rebreather technology. Sgt.Major Ophgaus = of the Navy's Phlatulence Unit (PU) stated in an interview: "It was a = grand idea just sitting under our noses. It came to us in a blast of = inspiration during chow. Private O'durs happened to be sitting on his = snorkle when *Phhhrt!* it blew over us." The Flatulence Anal Rebreather = Tank (FART) technology is basically a rectal snorkle hooked into = rebreather unit fed by natural body gases. Special care has to be taken = as to diet prior to dives, and methane exposure limits should be = observed. The unit has been known to get overloaded by excessive amounts = of beans, kraut, tofu, and/or cheap beer prior to diving. Manufacturers = of SpareAir are foreseeing competition of their existing product. Rather = than having to carry a redundant air source FART divers merely have to = pull their finger (or buddy's finger) for air in a pinch. While no = instances of Butox decompression illness has been reported, technicians = recommend carrying essential safety equipment on board dive boats for = emergency treatment of an anal embolism including oxygen suppositories = and a disposable bic lighter.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01BFD4B7.08AE2F40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks to a co-operative development = team headed by=20 Navy Divers, USDivers and Hormel Chili, new mixed gas rebreathing = technology has=20 been developed to tap a natural gas source carried in the human body. = Project=20 "Butox" was created to convert natural body methane into a viable air = source=20 using existing military rebreather technology. Sgt.Major Ophgaus of the = Navy's=20 Phlatulence Unit (PU) stated in an interview: "It was a grand idea just = sitting=20 under our noses. It came to us in a blast of inspiration during chow. = Private=20 O'durs happened to be sitting on his snorkle when *Phhhrt!* it blew over = us."=20 The Flatulence Anal Rebreather Tank (FART) technology is basically a = rectal=20 snorkle hooked into rebreather unit fed by natural body gases. Special = care has=20 to be taken as to diet prior to dives, and methane exposure limits = should be=20 observed. The unit has been known to get overloaded by excessive amounts = of=20 beans, kraut, tofu, and/or cheap beer prior to diving. Manufacturers of = SpareAir=20 are foreseeing competition of their existing product. Rather than having = to=20 carry a redundant air source FART divers merely have to pull their = finger (or=20 buddy's finger) for air in a pinch. While no instances of Butox = decompression=20 illness has been reported, technicians recommend carrying essential = safety=20 equipment on board dive boats for emergency treatment of an anal = embolism=20 including oxygen suppositories and a disposable bic lighter.=20 </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0074_01BFD4B7.08AE2F40-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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